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December 02, 2005
Movies Lately
Saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire last weekend and quite enjoyed it. Some of the visuals (particularly just the landscapes) were absolutely beautiful. I didn't remember that book that well for some reason so wasn't sure of the whole plot and didn't notice most of the stuff removed, like the House Elf subplot, but the movie was still quite long so probably a good choice. ****
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I didn't think was nearly as good as the original and really didn't like Johnny Depp's (who I normally really like) take on Willie Wonka - took too many chances and some of them just didn't work for me. I also detested the Oompa Loompa musical numbers and actually fast forwarded through most of them. **1/2
War of the Worlds - very good performances by Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning but the plot was a bit odd and how one character survived never seemed to be explained at all. Spielberg seemed to be mostly trying to portray what humans do (good and bad) in desperate times when there is no authority but I am not sure that concept worked with this movie's plot that well. Cruise also seems to be making a very poor decision in heading for Boston - seems like heading West away from the population centers would have been the much smarter route. **1/2
Posted by aarondf at December 2, 2005 12:31 PM
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