Eragon

I went in expecting it to suck, I hadn’t planned to see it at all, but plans change.

It was a bit better than I had expected, but I had expected to be bored out of my mind. It had its moments. I was amused, and entertained, but there were also moments that I was bored out of my mind.

When the film first started I thought that it reminded me a bit about “Earthsea”, then as it progressed I saw elements of “The Lord of the Rings” and even an element or two from “Harry Potter”. One of the creatures and some events reminded me a lot of “Wizard’s First Rule”. So it had borrowed a lot from other elements, and the cinematography didn’t help with trying to separate this film from the others.

Seeing Jeremy Irons again was great, same goes for Robert Carlyle, though neither had much to work with, they did the best they could. John Malkovich seemed just to have put on his Cyrus the Virus persona again, however it wasn’t very intimidating

The little Saphira was adorable, that had to be my favourite parts of the film, the scenes where she was a baby. If they make plush toys or something of her, I’m sure it’ll be a big seller.

I understood that being a dragonrider was a very important role, but after the word had been emphasised several times I got tired of it. Pretty much every time it was mentioned the person who said dragonrider put this tone in his or her voice that made it sound like some kind of doomed thing. It just happened to often and ended up loosing its importance. By the third time I wanted to tell the screen: “We get it, it’s important!”

Message to moviemakers! Fight scenes and close-ups don’t mix! You can expect the audience to get a reaction from the audience during a fight scene if they can’t see what’s going on.

I didn't get much out of this movie, I was entertained at times, but it will never end up in my collection.

Supernatural – 208 - Crossroad Blues

I liked the recap, if only because we got to see a little of John again. It was different when he was just ‘missing’, but now he’d really gone, and I want him back!

The intro was good; the fact that they actually brought in a real person to the show and played around the myths about him was just wonderful. Honestly one of the ideas I’ve enjoyed the most when it comes to the weekly urban legend.

I think the love for the first scene with the boys has been expressed in pretty much every review I read for this episode. And I can only say that I am very much in agreement.

Sam: So much for a low profile. You’ve got a warrant in St. Louis and now you’re officially in the Feds’ database.
Dean: (laughs) Dude, I’m like Dillinger or something.

Sam: Dean it's not funny. It makes the job harder. We gotta be more careful now.

It was nice, Dean almost seemed like his old self. I’ve not thought about it a lot, but after watching some of the season 1 episodes again, the difference is big. In this scene he was more of his old self, season-1-Dean.

Dean: What do you got on the case there, you innocent, harmless, young man you?

Happy Feet

First off I have this to say; awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

It took about half a minute before I was charmed to bits by the penguins. The opening was sweet, and I have to admit that I think my heart skipped a beat when Hugh Jackman (Memphis) started singing, even though I hate that song.
When Mumble entered the scene more cuteness ensued. Now, I usually hate mushy, cutsie movies, but this one won me over very fast. Maybe I'm getting soft? However it wasn't pushing the mushy stuff, this movie actually had a story to tell and it got right down to it.
I liked the movie a lot, even though there were about two or three times I thought it was over before it actually was, and each time I was thinkin; 'It can't end like this!' It didn't end like that, and I was very happy. It kept going on. I was suprised before the film to learn that it lasts almost 2 hours. It doesn't feel like that at all.

It's a very sweet and endearing film. The story builds up nicely, might not turn the way one expects, but it's the better for it. I knew almost nothing about the storyline going in, so I was very pleased about it turining in a direction I didn't know about. It kind of has two storylines, but the first one helps set up the second one, so it worked nicely.
This movie will end up in my DVD collection, there's no doubt about that.

In closing; I want a Mumble doll.