Wednesday, July 22, 2009
the magical touch /4:14 PM
It isn't as bad as some people depict it to be, but it isn't good like how many die-hard fans paint it to be. It was pretty mediocre in fact, and I know saying this would make several die-hard fans around the world kill me or something. But really, comparatively, this movie does not stand out.
Yes, I watched the sixth instalment -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- on
sunday with my mum. By the way, did I say that my mum was really excited to watch it when she saw the trailer on TV one day?
Haha... Yes. In fact, I've heard many stories about their mums initiating a movie outing to watch Harry Potter as well.
LOL. That made me one of the 'early birds' to catch it within the first week of release.
Okay, before I go into how the movie was, I need to say something....
OMG OMG OMG!!! They screened the trailer for The Final Destination (i.e. Final Destination 4) in the cinema! :D Okay, it's not like I haven't watched it some 50+ times already. but it's a total different experience watching it on the big screen! I was so excited that I sat up straight in my seat RIGHT AWAY!
Haha. I was really hoping that they'll show it in the cinema but I sorta gave up hope since Harry Potter was a PG show after all and the entire cinema was filled with little kids. Their parents would most probably complain about how cinema operators should not be showing such trailers before a PG show. In addition, they've always been screening trailers of the same genre of the actual movie, so yea...
Of course, there was this parent behind me going '
tsk tsk' upon seeing the trailer. I know exactly what he's thinking. He probably thinks it's just another slasher flick in which hapless victims die off in different ways and probably doesn't understand why hot-blooded teens are so keen on watching it. Whatever. He doesn't understand the art of a good franchise.
Tsk.
Haha. I'm glad I watched it at least once in the cinema.
Enough obsession. Anyway, I loved the special effects in Harry Potter, especially in the opening scene where we are viewing the movie in the eyes of the Death Eaters while flying through the streets of London. And yes, the opening scene alone has set the mood for the rest of the movie. Each instalment gets increasingly darker, and the number of kissing scenes increases too. In fact, it seemed like a total teen drama in certain parts of the movie more than it was about the half-blood prince. For those who don't read the book (e.g. me), it gets kinda confusing since the theme surrounding the half-blood prince wasn't even addressed that evidently. Yes, drifting away from the main plot too much can be bad and this instalment falls into this trap.
By the way, Rupert
Grint is totally hilarious. His face alone cracks everyone up, let alone his goofy antics and silly lines. And Tom
Felton's acting has improved
alot, which probably comes with the taking on of a more significant role as well. Of course, this give girls one more excuse to drool over Tom
Felton. Not as if the girls in our class haven't already.
-cue for Joanne, Jing Han and Pei Khee to scream-Yes, I need to do my part too. Emma Watson is HOT HOT HOT! :D
Hahahaha. She has blossomed into such a beauty and even secured herself a
Burberry deal... Cool.
Did I tell you that City Hall seems to be the place for hanging out for our school people on
sunday? I saw at least 10 different groups of people, but I reckon the especially high volume that day was due to the university convention at
Suntec City. Still, it almost felt like being back in school with all the familiar faces. Save for the lack of uniforms.
Haiz. I wish magical powers like that of Harry Potter were real. That way
I'll probably be able to deal with sticky situations better, Like bad grades... *sigh*
But it's not like I would have the magical touch anyway. I just broke a glass cup today. Damn my butter fingers. I can't believe the number of things that have been destroyed in my hands.
Still, I NEED to flick that magic wand.
Movie posters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
Emma Watsons' Burberry ads (SO HOT!):
Tom Felton (for Pei Khee's, Jing Han's and Joanne's sake):
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