re: TulaneLSU's official 2011 movie reviews thread

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There's no need for such language on the Movie Board. We're all civilized, respectable posters who can articulate our thoughts without the need to stoop to vulgarity.

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you're right, I apologize. I still stand by my opinion. If anyone goes to see a pt 7 of something don't expect it to be a great standalone movie.

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Have you seen the Beiber movie? Maybe it's great.

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Who knows, maybe that turd I just dropped in the toilet taste good to eat. I'm sure not about to find out.

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Don't apologize to the dude. Really

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lol, any other board on here and I wouldn't, but he's right, it's a little more civilized on the M/TV board.

Good stuff

But Season of the Witch is one of the worst movies I have ever seen

And it is super creepy that a grown man would dance with pre pubescent girls in a dark theatre while watching a Justin Bieber movie

I'm sorry, but between all your references to "Beloved" and your boner for Justin Beiber, I think you're a little creepy.

And while I agree with a lot of your reviews like the Green Hornet and mostly Transformers 3 (which I would have given a 6), I scratch my head when I read about your Beiber Fever and calling Natalie Portman unattractive.

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And frankly, I can't really believe you (Tulane) to be some sort of person who is really into movies if you haven't seen ANY of the previous Potter movies.

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Is it really that far fetched? He's seen more Harry Potter movies than I have. I haven't seen a single one.

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Rango As some have said, this is a kid's movie for adults. The themes of self redemption, challenge, and justice are ever present. Set with a Western motif, I have to say it's one of the best Western movies ever made. The computer graphics are believable, the story is tight, the dialogue wonderful, and the characters as spritely as a lizard crossing an interstate. It is also a humorous movie whose wit is matched only by its self knowledge as a Western. It is probably the best movie at the theaters in March. 9/10

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I really don't get the love for this movie.
I thought it was terrible, slow, and boring.

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You also think seeing the last movie in a series was a good idea. Why? Were you really shocked that you had no idea what was going on?

I haven't read the Dark Tower series, but I wouldn't read the last one and say, "man that was crap! He didn't explain anything about what was going on. How am I supposed to figure it out?"

That would be ridiculous of me

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This. The OP's reasoning on the Harry Potter movie makes no sense whatsoever. I'm struggling to comprehend it actually.

Harry Potter (the last one) "'Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.'" So lives the entirety of the Harry Potter series, in my unread, unwatched opinion. All the books are one laywoman's descriptive sermon on Matthew 26. But the series' size and breadth is an elaborate misdirection. Only at the end do we realize what the series is about: the Garden of Gethsemane: coming to realize and face your fate, even if it means sacrificing everything.

In the one tear drops in the bowl scene, all is made known about Harry. I feel I needn't watch or read any of the books because all is peripheral to what is revealed in that bowl. All 20 hours of the film; all thousands of poorly written pages of words. All have been diverting our attention through cheeky wizardry and witchcraft from the heart of the story: Harry is his own foil. Jesus made a similar realization in the desert of temptation where sustenance, riches, and power are offered in exchange for disobedience of God and loyalty to himself (one might argue to Satan.) "It's the quality of one's convictions that determines success, not the number of followers" is how it's put elsewhere in the movie. This providential philosophy is how Jesus, the prophets, and all the great martyrs have lived. It's how the great posters on TD have lived and posted as well. For all the stupid spells, gadgets, brooms, and mutant creatures everywhere, Harry Potter is a morality tale about pursuing the good despite the cost.

I enjoyed this movie much more than the other two HP movies I saw. Despite its dark setting and CGI, the characters seemed to matter a little more and the story came together quite well. As the nerds in the theater next to me wept during much of the last thirty minutes of the film, I felt a surge of internal emotion. Not enough to elicit magical tears, but enough to give the movie a positive rating. 7/10