Five movies, with "del muerte" thrown in for effect.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Third installment in the HP series. I was quite disappointed with this one, first because the "escape from evil relatives" bit was getting really old, really fast, and then because the prisoner, all hyped up to be all evil and stuff, was a nice guy, and yet again something was up with the "defence against the dark arts" teacher. The only bad guy here was the character (played by the dude who was the roadie in Rock Star) who had transformed/transmogrified/whatever himself into the form of a pet rat. No clear storyline, and an abrupt ending like they just suddenly all packed up and left the set, unlike the previous two movies.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Fourth installment in the HP saga. This one was in my opinion better than the Teletubbies from Azzbackwahds episode/movie. The only major downer was the half-hour of Harry Potter trying to get a prom date. Also; four times in a row something's up with the defense against the dark arts teacher. You'd think that at least one of the characters would suspect something. Also; for being a kick-ass legendary sorcerer, Albus Dumbledore sure sucks at selecting teachers.
Flags Of Our Fathers (2006)
The life stories of the men who raised the flah at the Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII, here shown from the American perspective. Very well-made, but I though too much of the movie was about the PR tour to raise cash for the war effort after the flag had been raised, and not enough about what lead up to the actual battle.
Letters From Iwo Jima
The flip side of the coin represented in Flags Of Our Fathers. In my opinion, this is the better of the two by far, although it does tend to drag on for too damn long. Powerful stories nevertheless.
The Good Shepherd (2006)
More or less the story of how CIA came to be. Matt Damon does a really good job here as always, and Angelina Jolie doesn't have a substantial enough role to screw stuff up, so her presence is tolerable. Really cool movie.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Third installment in the HP series. I was quite disappointed with this one, first because the "escape from evil relatives" bit was getting really old, really fast, and then because the prisoner, all hyped up to be all evil and stuff, was a nice guy, and yet again something was up with the "defence against the dark arts" teacher. The only bad guy here was the character (played by the dude who was the roadie in Rock Star) who had transformed/transmogrified/whatever himself into the form of a pet rat. No clear storyline, and an abrupt ending like they just suddenly all packed up and left the set, unlike the previous two movies.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Fourth installment in the HP saga. This one was in my opinion better than the Teletubbies from Azzbackwahds episode/movie. The only major downer was the half-hour of Harry Potter trying to get a prom date. Also; four times in a row something's up with the defense against the dark arts teacher. You'd think that at least one of the characters would suspect something. Also; for being a kick-ass legendary sorcerer, Albus Dumbledore sure sucks at selecting teachers.
Flags Of Our Fathers (2006)
The life stories of the men who raised the flah at the Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII, here shown from the American perspective. Very well-made, but I though too much of the movie was about the PR tour to raise cash for the war effort after the flag had been raised, and not enough about what lead up to the actual battle.
Letters From Iwo Jima
The flip side of the coin represented in Flags Of Our Fathers. In my opinion, this is the better of the two by far, although it does tend to drag on for too damn long. Powerful stories nevertheless.
The Good Shepherd (2006)
More or less the story of how CIA came to be. Matt Damon does a really good job here as always, and Angelina Jolie doesn't have a substantial enough role to screw stuff up, so her presence is tolerable. Really cool movie.
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Another five movies? I guess that the weather in Trondheim dictates indoor activities in your vacation...
...after painting, it's cool to chill out with a movie. Plus, the video rental place we use have one of those "rent five movies, pay for three" dealies, so we always end up renting more than we originally thought or even wanted. Especially since we decided to watch the Harry Potter series and get up to speed.
Yeah, you are the Speedy Gonsales of Harry Potter. I can't remember the last time I saw more then one movie in a day.
So I finally saw The Good Shepard. Agree that Miss Jolie doesn't have a substantial enough role to screw up the film.
I liked the movie, but I feel that the skipping back and fourth in time didn't do any good for the drive of the movie. It was not necessary with so much old history to explain who where on the picture. Other than that, a great film. And I can't help being impressed by the way Matt Damon can do different roles.
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