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Darker and yet funnier than the previous films.

Advantages: Amazing special effects. Excellent acting.
Disadvantages: Unfaithful to the book in parts.

...film in its own right Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is one of my favourites of the series so far. This film is much darker than the others, the wizarding world has now admitted that Voldemort is back and Harry has to realise his ties with Voldemort more than ever before. Despite being a much darker film it is also more comedic than many of the others. The strong theme of romance and various different love stories give the film much needed ...
...are hilarious. The acting is of an excellent standard and Jim Broadment makes a welcome addition to the cast as Professor Slughorn. This film contains less action than many of the others, largely to focus upon the storyline and retell the wealth of information revealed in this book. In order to create more action there are several scenes in the film which do not appear in the book. Some I think work well (the dementors destroying the millenium bridge ...

loobylou88 10.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (DVD)

I am 28 Days Later...I mean Legend.

Advantages: Good set design, good acting. Story line had potential to be good.
Disadvantages: The way the film is filmed is too similar to alot of other films, why make this film???

...Review Details of I am Legend Directed By: Francis Lawrence Release Date: 26 December 2007 (UK) Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi Run Time: 101 Minutes Certification: 15 (uk) Starring: Will Smith Alice Braga Charlie Tahan Plot: When a plague like disease hits New York City, everybody is evacuated, leaving only Robert Neville, a Government scientist who was unable to stop the virus spreading, and who stayed to try and control it at groud zero. 3 years ...
...he drives around in, now I know you probably think, oh he'll just get it from the many cars which will have been abandoned, well for 1, after 3 years of driving around in a new car everyday, he'd have to have found over 1000 cars with full petrol tanks in New York city alone, but after 3 years, alot of cars won't be able to be started, they'll be dead, in need of something fixing, and as most of the cars you see parked up in the film are stuck where ...

stephbond89 07.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of I Am Legend (DVD)

It's not over until the fat lady sings

Advantages: Great acting and effects
Disadvantages: Obvious computer generated effects

BEWARE! THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SPOILERS AND PLOTLINE! THE STORY The story starts in space and we see the moon. We see dust on the moon shaking and a shadow coming over the top. We then see an alien spacecraft. In the USA, a young man is practicing his golf stroke in a laboratory. He notices a warning light flash and a strange noise. He quickly gets his boss and they find that the noise is coming from the moon. They contact the Secretary of Defence ...
...over the moon and that is has broken off into lots of pieces. It is rapidly coming towards earth. He contacts The President. Meanwhile, the president Thomas Whitmore (played by Bill Pullman) is just getting up and gets the phone call from the Secretary. On the other side of town, David Levinson (played by Jeff Goldblum) an ex-scientist has been told that there is interference on all communications. He works out that the interference is coming from ...

rufusredcoat 26.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Independence Day (DVD)

Love, the Atlantian way

Advantages: Another brilliant season from Atlantis
Disadvantages: it has to end at some point

.... . . ---What is Stargate Atlantis?--- Put simply, SG Atlantis is a spin off of the incredibly successful Series Stargate SG-1, which is a spin-off of the movie Stargate (confused yet?) The movie centres around the discovery of what they call the Stargate. The Stargate is a huge ring with nine pretty little pictures on it. It works like an old telephone in that you choose your numbers (the pretty pictures), hit dial and the ring spins and what ...
...it, I congratulate you! Stargate SG-1 expands on the idea that life on earth was not started here. It was, in fact, brought here by an extremely advanced alien race. This race happened to be a tad on the evil side and used humans as slaves and carriers for their young (slithery snake type things) as was touched on in the movie. How do they bring it back without ruining the movies ending? Simple! They discover that there is more than one destination. ...

ryanando 14.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Stargate Atlantis - Series 3 - Complete (DVD)

Get Backers

Advantages: Great Storyline from the manga
Disadvantages: Nothing bad :)

Based on the popular manga, this is the animated version still carrying the legacy of the famed manga. It's about two men with the simple wish of being rich. Midou Ban can make people hallucinate and has the gripping power of 200kg, while his partner Amano Ginji can generate electricity throughout his body. The story is all about their escapades while retrieving the objective of their mission. Throughout their mission, they encounter new and old ...
...in one way or another. The amazing aspect of this anime are the transitions of the story. Although short, you can quickly go with the flow. One more great feature is the amazing abilities that each character possesses, some of them are even superhuman. An example is Dr. Jackal Akabane Kuroudo, who's fond of killing and has an intense thirst for blood which he relates to Midou who he says is just the same as him. As for the sounds, the BGM is always ...

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Review of Get Backers Vol.1 (DVD)