The Dark Knight

I didn't watch this movie when it came out because of all the hype. I didn't want to be disappointed. But, curiosity got the best of me and and I ended up renting the movie last Wednesday.

The first time I watched it, it was really noisy, people were talking, I was sitting far from the TV, and there was a glare on the TV too. This is all really bad conditions for watching this movie because it was filmed in the dark, and you can really miss a lot. From far away and a brightly lit room with a lot of noise everything looks too dark and I did miss a great deal the first time.

Anyway, the second time I watched the movie I did like it better than the first time. I sat right in front of the TV, and the rest of the family was asleep and I didn't have to put up with a lot of noise.

I have to give the movie credit, it had to be a hard movie to make. There were a lot of special affects and details, and serious acting. And scene after scene followed in very quick succession of the next maniacal plot of the Joker. I thought to myself, how does such a freak, find so many goons and criminals to help him out in so many plans, and how does he think up so many plots in a short amount of time? That Joker was super busy. Maybe it was really a longer time period for the Joker to spread out all the chaos, but in the movie it looked like a very short time span.

The Joker was a genius at wrecking havoc on Gotham, and had a lot of twisted plots, and there were a lot of criminals, explosions, and stuff, but Gotham didn't feel real, and none of the characters felt real to me, even if some of the acting was serious. This lack of realness made the movie less relevant in my mind, no matter how complicated and difficult of a movie it was to make. I wish it somehow felt real, instead of a comic book. For me, that would have made it better.

One of the points of the movie, or the point that The Joker wanted to come across anyway, is that he is not the only evil one, we are all capable of becoming evil if we are pushed in that direction hard enough. If something bad happens, or the circumstances are bad enough, we can all do something bad. In this movie, I good guy named Harvey Dent, "two face" becomes bad when his finance dies, and half his face is ruined. The Joker keeps on telling people different stories about his past as to why he is a bad person. He tells different stories that don't match up about how he got the scars on his face.

Boo, hoo, you suffered, and now you can be a bad boy. What a bunch of self indulgent hogwash. There is no excuse to be bad. And the Joker should know that.

Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince

I am not into Harry Potter, I never read any of the books, and I only recall watching 2 Harry Potter movies. I hated the first Harry Potter movie a lot. Every scene was like this: I'm Harry Potter, look at me. I'm so amazing! Harry Potter here to save the day, again. I remember liking the second movie though.

This Harry Potter movie named the Half Blood Prince, was boring in the beginning. It had a lot of disconnected scenes that didn't go together, and it had no plot. It was just random scene after random scene, showing I don't know what. I didn't even understand it.

But, after all the kiddies arrived back at Hogsworth or whatever that school they attend is called, the movie got much better. I started to find it easy to follow, understandable, cute, and interesting. The acting and characters are kind of charming. The plot kept me curious and interested and the movie didn't drag that much. It had a main plot that was dark and mysterious, going into deep secrets and dark magic. Then, there were cute side plots that were fun and whimsical. The movie had layers, and a lot of personality and detail.

For me, once I got past the dull, disconnected dragging beginning part, it was an entertaining movie to watch. I didn't like the way the atmosphere looked in the movie a lot of the time. I wish they made things look differently, but I guess that is part of the character and charm of The Harry Potter movies so I shouldn't complain.

Another thing I found off putting is that Harry Potter had no trouble getting girls to like him. The were throwing themselves at him in this movie. Come on! Harry Potter and his friends seem dorky. The movie puts up this pretence that girls dig him because Harry Potter is famous and he is well known and respected for his wizardry, and because he is the "chosen one." Even if that were the case, in real life, being known as the chosen one, or an exceptional wizard, would most likely make people afraid of you, not o so popular with the ladies. There was someone in my high school that claimed to be a witch, and people would be afraid of her, and avoid her. Okay, I know it must be different if you are attending a school for witches, but if you are known for being exceptional at magic, then the other witches will become afraid of you. Because you are the different one. And Harry Potter is not hot, and he looks dorky, and acts dorky.

So, in summary, the Harry Potter series likes to portray Harry Potter as an all star. Wonderful wizard that saves the day, and is popular, and a hunk for the ladies, and that just doesn't jive with me. He and his crew, doesn't seem like the popular winner types, and I just explained an extra reason why he wouldn't be popular, and why his peers would shun him. I mean, when I watched this movie, seeing all those women crawling over Harry was just so creepy and not even realistic. They did portray Harry as a great Winner all star, self important go getter, but it was muted more than in the first Harry Potter Movie so it didn't get on my nerves.

Other than those complaints, it was a decent movie.