{"id":618,"date":"2009-08-05T22:49:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T02:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2009-08-05T22:49:20","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T02:49:20","slug":"a-hodge-podge-of-movie-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"A Hodge Podge of Movie Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So this past weekend was a long weekend and I have to say that it allowed\u00c2\u00a0me\u00c2\u00a0to finally watch a few movies I have been wanting to watch. Just for the\u00c2\u00a0record these reviews are not your typical reviews of whose it in, plot,\u00c2\u00a0acting ability etc &#8230; because I believe that everyone can judge for\u00c2\u00a0themselves whether they enjoy a movie, this is just a yes I liked it or no\u00c2\u00a0I didn&#8217;t and if I would recommend you spend your time and view it, so here\u00c2\u00a0goes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-619\" title=\"harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-03\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-03-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First I have to say that even though I am a fan of the whole Harry Potter\u00c2\u00a0franchise they waited a little too long in releasing this installment and I\u00c2\u00a0think with the release of Twilight and all the new hip vampire rage I\u00c2\u00a0thought that Harry Potter would loose some of the momentum that it once\u00c2\u00a0had, but anyway. I did enjoy this movie &#8211; even though I much prefer the\u00c2\u00a0books to any movie &#8211; it got the point across but only barely, one thing I\u00c2\u00a0thought they may have wanted to improve on though is the death of one of it&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0main characters &#8211; Albus Dumbledore &#8211; I know it was at the end but it just\u00c2\u00a0seemed like that entire part was glossed over. I&#8217;m not sure and I may have\u00c2\u00a0missed it because I missed the first 15 minutes or so of the movie but I\u00c2\u00a0didn&#8217;t see the whole thing about minster for magic meeting with the muggle\u00c2\u00a0minister or the way that Harry gets out of his uncle&#8217;s house. This was a\u00c2\u00a0little lacking in the whole getting to know voldemort better by watching\u00c2\u00a0Dumbledore&#8217;s memories and how he manages to escape death and finding out\u00c2\u00a0what Horcruxes are and how the death eaters get into the school &#8230; So wait\u00c2\u00a0there is apparently more missing from this movie than I originally thought.\u00c2\u00a0I guess I was just distracted by the visuals which were good &#8211; I guess good\u00c2\u00a0enough for me to say that if you enjoyed the first five movies then you\u00c2\u00a0will enjoy the sixth despite it&#8217;s lack of detail and I know I&#8217;ll buy it\u00c2\u00a0when it comes out on DVD.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Star Trek<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/star-trek-movie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-620\" title=\"star-trek-movie\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/star-trek-movie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was brought up on the original Star Trek &#8211; okay well maybe they were\u00c2\u00a0reruns but still &#8211; While I found the original series fun but a little far\u00c2\u00a0fetched and the sound effects quite cheesy &#8211; even for it&#8217;s day, I enjoyed\u00c2\u00a0this movie. There a few inaccuracies but beyond that it was fun to see\u00c2\u00a0these characters developed. There are is allot of action to keep you\u00c2\u00a0involved. Even if you didn&#8217;t watch the original series but enjoyed one of\u00c2\u00a0it&#8217;s &#8220;spin&#8221; offs (for lack of a better term) you will enjoy this movie.\u00c2\u00a0There are some funny moments which I think everyone can enjoy. So another\u00c2\u00a0one I would recommend you watch whether or not you were into the series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Night at the Museum &#8211; Battle of the Smithsonian<a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/night_at_the_museum_2_movie_review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-621\" title=\"night_at_the_museum_2_movie_review\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/night_at_the_museum_2_movie_review-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some would say not as good as the original but I think it&#8217;s just as good.\u00c2\u00a0Of course for me the best part of the movie was the slap stick scene with\u00c2\u00a0Ben Stiller and a couple of monkeys but that&#8217;s about what you would expect\u00c2\u00a0from a movie like this. The only thing I didn&#8217;t like about this movie was\u00c2\u00a0the change at the beginning of Ben&#8217;s character &#8211; in the first movie he&#8217;s a\u00c2\u00a0guy down on his luck and has to take this job &#8211; turned CEO of his own\u00c2\u00a0company and has x number of employees working under him &#8211; I didn&#8217;t buy it,\u00c2\u00a0but apart from that it was fun and exciting and full of just fun silly\u00c2\u00a0moments that I feel both the young and young at heart will enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/cory-icon-copy-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16\" title=\"cory-icon-copy-copy\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/cory-icon-copy-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a> Cory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this past weekend was a long weekend and I have to say that it allowed\u00c2\u00a0me\u00c2\u00a0to finally watch a few movies I have been wanting to watch. Just for the\u00c2\u00a0record these reviews are not your typical reviews of whose it in, plot,\u00c2\u00a0acting ability etc &#8230; because I believe that everyone can judge for\u00c2\u00a0themselves whether they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions\/623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}