Monday 31 January 2011

DAMN IT!

I keep on forgetting about this god damn blog!
*sigh*
well I have to go to college now but later tonight I shall post a big old random ramble

Saturday 25 December 2010

Merry Christmas!

I forgot about this blog :S

 all I can say right now is happy new year and I plan to update this more next year

x

Thursday 2 December 2010

SNOW!!!

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going to take picture and upload them here!! stay tuned!

Tuesday 30 November 2010

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY! VERY HAPPY DAYS!!! THE XBOX IS BACK WOO HOO!!

wow... that was good old caps lock right there. Anyways she is back! and I plan to play some xbox right now!
so see you guys later!

byes
xxx

Monday 29 November 2010

OH dear lord!

yay snow! in the good old UK its happy days over here!

I plan to build a massive snow man at some point with some friends so should be rather awesome :)

also more good news my xbox will be back tomorrow!!!!!!!

However if the snow stops it from comming I shall be rather annoyed....

anyways not much to say here today but I plan to post reviews of games and films. I also have a neat idea for a new youtube video so stay in touch I will post it here first.

Thursday 25 November 2010

Yay!

Not much news to say here but what I will say is that my xbox is about to be fixed :) happy days! so as soon as its back I shall start up the game reviews I wanted. Again not much to say here.... just expressing my happiness at the impending fixing of the xbox :)

Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows


Saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows yesterday so here is my first review!


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 is the penultimate film in the Harry Potter series. This film is the big build up towards the last film it details the upcoming wizard war and Harry Potter in his quest to find and destroy all the Horcruxes.

 
With David Yates doing his third Harry Potter film you can see that the additional experience has paid off. The film starts off immediately with building a sense of unease and unhappiness. With  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows appearing on the screen but instead of the happy golden lettering it is now dark and rusted which helps build the fact that Harry is no longer a child and is going to embark on the most dangerous quest of his life. It then cuts showing all the main characters getting ready to leave their homes. There is one particularly emotional scene where Hermione wipes the minds of her parents to protect them from the up coming wizard war.
 
There is however one particularly funny scene where Harry is about to leave his old house and there are multiple Harrys on one screen. You even get to see Daniel Radcliffe wearing a bra.
 
They quickly make their escape but not without losses which builds to the tension that the world of Harry Potter is no longer the fairy land it used to be. When Harry arrives at the Weasley household they have to wait anxiously for the others to arrive.

The Mister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour played by Bill Nighy visits the trio to deliver the final bequests of Albus Dumbledore. Ron receives the Deluminator, Hermione a copy of The tales of Beetle the Bard, and Harry gets the first Snitch he caught in his very first Quidditch match, he also receives Godric Gyffindors Sword however is appears to be missing. However before they can work out what the gifts mean they a forced to run from a death eater attack and are now truly alone with only each other for comfort.

It is at the point Voldemort beings to take control over Hogwarts and the Ministry. To get rid of Muggles and Muggle born witches and wizards he also creates the "You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide" motto. This is reminiscent of world war two with Voldemort enforcers walking around in the wizard version of a SS uniform with red band and all and with then producing propaganda on how 'Mudbloods' are lower beings . When the trio later sneak into the ministry to obtain a Horcrux it is around this point when Daniel Radcliffe, Rubpert Grint and Emma Watson start showing just how well they can act.


When they later obtain a Horcrux they must carry it with them for safe keeping however this cursed item intensifys dark emotions, which brings Harrys and Rons friendship to breaking point. It is at this point where the film starts to dip as the plot needs to be explained and the main characters no longer know what they are doing and it makes the audience feel detached from the characters. However there is a particularly moving scene where Harry and Hermione dance which provides a brief moment of happiness for them both.
Photo Credit: Warner Bros.
                                        
However the plot around this point is rather hard to follow it feels like the film has presumed that everyone has read the book by this point. So for those who haven't read it might have a hard time following the film. The final stand point in the Malfoy Mansion is a rather dark scene which shows the Malfoy family at breaking point from living in fear the whole time and it gets even darker when one of the main characters is tortured for information. The final part of the Malfoy Mansion where our hero's escape ends on a sad note which is likely to move even the seasoned movie goer.


The film itself looks stunning with all the magic effects done perfectly I particularity liked the Apparition effect. The chase sequence is one of the best bits of the film if it all being shot perfectly while still managing to get a sense of urgency across to the audience.


However the downside to this is that there is not much of Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) who only appears for what feels like a brief cameo. You can't also shake the feeling this is in an incomplete film and the fact that nothing is resolved makes it an unsatisfying. However in saying that it isn't a bad movie you just get the feeling that it is incomplete. We will have to wait until next year to watch the film part of Harry Potter and don't forget to bring your 3D glasses.