Dexter: Truth Be Told (#1.11) & Dexter: Born Free (#1.12)

Wow, a great way to end the first season of a wonderful show. Rolling in the threads of the major storyline, while leaving a few out there for the next season.

I loved the way it wrapped up; the big reveal was something I kind of suspected earlier, so it didn’t come as a very big surprise.
I keep wondering how next season will turn out, with regards to the things that are still in the air.
I really hope they hurry up and give us season 2 soon!

Lost, season 3

I’ve only seen 2 episodes so far, but it’s failing to impress me. The series seemed to be picking up the pace a bit at the end of last season, so I was hoping they’d finally get back on track. The insistent focus on Jack is driving me a little nuts, he is rather a boring character, and they have many others to choose from. I just find it kind of weird that a character that was supposed to be killed off in the first episode is getting this much focus.

Story wise I feel that the writers really have no idea where they’re going with this. They need to go learn something from Joss Whedon and Eric Kripke about how to plan out a story arch for a TV series. Hopefully they’ll start tying up loose ends soon and focus on finishing this show.
They have till Nathan Fillion’s cameo to suck me back in.

Ugly Betty

I had to see what all the fuss was about. I’ve seen four episodes so far, and it’s a fun show, don’t know if I’ll be calling it great anytime soon, but it’s definitely enjoyable. Personally I don’t really think the show needs the whole conspiracy storyline, as following Betty in her daily trials is entertainment enough for me.
I’ll be continuing watching, as it provides some lighter fare amongst the other shows I follow.

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

I have no idea what possessed me to watch this film in the first place, and what got me to watch it all the way through I will never know. It’s downright painful to watch, and the ending you could pretty much predict from the first minute of the film.

The Scream trilogy

Most of you have probably seen these by now… but I had to.

I still very much enjoy these films. The first one was hugely responsible for getting me into the horror genre, which is why I’ll probably always love it.
The sequels do sadly suffer from what befalls most sequels, a drop in quality. They’re still a fun ride though.

Punch-Drunk Love

This movie definitely goes on my weird-shelf, but on the higher end as I actually enjoyed it.
At first I had no idea what to make of the story, as it’s not entirely clear where the movie’s going. I’ll have to admit it was kind of bizarre watching Adam Sandler in a role like this, but I liked it, and I really hope he’ll do more stuff like this, more serious films.
All in all an enjoyable film, but it helps if you’re not expecting anything particular.

The Prestige

 

There was a level of anticipation tied to this movie. When I first heard about it I misunderstood and thought it would be a fantasy movie about wizards. I thought that might be cool and felt some anticipation. When I realized the film would be about magicians having a rivalry I kind of lost interest, not sure how that could be very exiting. When the trailer finally hit the web I was turned around again and was really exited. It had been a very long time since trailer had had such and effect on me, making the level of anticipation rise.
I left it after that, thinking that I didn't want to know anything more and I would try to put the trailer out of my mind, because I suspected it was rather spoilery.

So after waiting a long time for this film, I finally got to see it yesterday. The opening scene of the film kind of dissapointed me, but that was just due to expectations, it was rectified in my mind as the story progressed and I understood more about how the story was built up. It took me a little while to get into the non-linear way the story was being told. As the story unfolded I got sucked in to it, and really enjoying myself. Exposing layer after layer, keeping the suspense up, was all very well done.
Even though I figured out pretty much every big turn before it happened, and the big twist for the end of the movie was something I picked up on very early, I still managed to enjoy myself when they were revealed. For one it made me feel smart since by the reviews I've read very few others picked up on these things ahead of time, but it was also because having the suspicion was part of the fun of the film. Trying to figure out what would happen next, being part of the mystery just made me enjoy myself that much more.
It's one of those stories of war where you can't help but think if one of them would just have let it be this wouldn't have kept getting worse, and growing the way it did. It did make for a great film, and actually a good comment on humans and the need for vengance.

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.