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Friday, July 29, 2011

Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Movie Review

This is the supposed 'end' of the Transformers franchise but I really doubt and hope not. Frankly the critics were actually right this time, it wasn't that good. I would rather the franchise end on a high note than ending on, well, the Dark of the Moon. The storyline was about how the humans had discovered an alien space ship on the moon. It was an autobot ship with important technology which could have turned the tide in the war against the decepticons. The captain of the ship, Sentinel Prime, was in 'sleep' mode. Only Optimus Prime could revive him, which he did. But it turns out that Sentinel Prime was in cahoots with the decepticons and had planned to betray Optimus. He had brought in a lot of Decepticon forces with the technology, which was essentially a teleporter, to eradicate the Autobots. His ultimate plan was to bring Cybertron closer to Earth so that the humans would help to rebuild it. He was obviously foiled through a combination of Megatron betraying him and Optimus Prime delivering the final blow. It may seem like a fairly simple storyline reading this but it wasn't so. The movie made a terrible job of explaining the plot and the fighting scenes were far and few in between. This was actually the only upside as they were really cool and realistic. What had confused me was how the transformers had spilled blood when they were killed. Weren't they robots?

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part Two Movie Review

So. It's finally here. The end of the nerdy wizard I've come to known the same way I knew Michael Jackson. He was a household name and I knew them without actually watching his movie. The first time I watched it was in 2005 if I'm not wrong. I was just looking through the dvds and chanced upon the Sorcerer's Stone. I watched it and I didn't actually like it that much as I did not understand. But when Goblet Of Fire hit the theatres, I watched it and that was when I started to follow the series. Back to the topic. So this is obviously a continuation of Part 1. It had ended off with Voldemort laughing away after getting the Eldar wand. So Harry Potter eventually kills all the Horcruxes which is essentially Voldemort's shield. But there are 2 left, Voldemort's snake and one more that has not been identified. Snape was brutally killed by Voldemort as he suspected that the Eldar wand had belonged to Snape. Before Snape died, Harry collected his teardrop and through it he learnt the truth. He was a Horcrux and to kill Voldemort he needed to perish. But he eventually found a way around it and Voldemort was annihilated once and for all. Harry Potter breaks the Eldar wand and it fastforwards to the future where Harry is sending his child to Hogwarts too. I definitely recommend this movie as IT'S THE LAST HARRY POTTER YOU CAN'T MISS IT

Friday, July 15, 2011

Merchant Of Venice

This was a fairly interesting book. Although it had a relatively simple plot with not too many twists and turns, it was intriguing as it is actually a play and the way it is written is different in almost every way from what we usually read. The characters are also quite peculiar. The first time I read the book I had actually presumed that Bassanio and Portia was love at first sight. But as I read the book for the second time, I realised that the main reason Bassanio wooed Portia was because of her wealth. Although I believe they did eventually fall in love in the end, I found the way Bassanio's characteristic is actually very relevant in today's world even though it was written ages ago. We are materialistic in nature and to woo a rich lady for her wealth seems relatively normal and logical. To see that being portrayed by Bassanio has surprised me as it was relevant to the modern world. It has been quite a pain reading this book but I have gained important knowledge and can say that I have finally read a Shakespeare book.