Review : Transformers + Harry Potter Book 7

WARNING :

SPOILERS FOR TRANSFORMERS MOVIE & HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS BOOK. PROCEED ONLY IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN/READ ABOVE MENTIONED MEDIA OR ARE TOO LAZY TO DO SO AND JUST WANT TO KNOW THE GIST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Transformers

My bro has been bugging me to watch d movie since he saw it..he was heel bent on getting the whole family 2 d cinema 2 watch it..(plus he wanted 2 watch it again)..newayz..yesterday (Monday-23 July 07).. i took him and my sis 2 watch it at TGV,Kepong..(u knw..d one on d roof of Metro Prima, Jusco?)..n guess wat..IT WAS GOOD!!

It starts off with this dude (Shia Lebouf a.k.a Sam) buying a yellow Camaro..which ultimately is actually a transformer who cant talk ( his voice box was broken in a war)..with the cool name : Bumblebee.

Sam is totally hot for this girl..*dam i dun rmmbr her name*..is it kate?..nvm..she's not important..so he gives her a ride home..after she walks of frm her jerk jock bf..

Sam tinks his car has been stolen wen it drives off in d middle of d nite..naturally he gets on a bike (as in bicycle..not motorcycle) n chases his car down..den sees it transform..

So..some other bot comes n has a wrestling match with Bumblebee..who is trying 2 protect Sam..Story is sam is descendant from this explorer who was d 1st 2 c a transformer ( a.k.a Megatron leader of the Decepticons / the bad side la..)..his great great grandad is Captain Witwicky..who sailed the arctic circle..fell into a hole..found Megatron frozen (imagine cryogenic freezing in austin powers)..accidentally activates d bot's navigation thingy..which causes sum laser 2 input d coordinates of 'The Cube' in2 d captains glasses..oh which also blinds him btw..

So now..Sam is tryin 2 auction off his grandad's glasses ( tsk tsk..heritage la)..the Autobots lead by Optimus Prime see d glasses on ebay n have come for the cube..*sum cube that has freaky power and can change any mechanical thing in2 sum missile aiming..machine gun shooting maniac transformer*..so..they wanna protect Sam and his gal and find d cube..

Megatron is kept frozen by a secret group started by President Hoover ( a prez of USA)..its called Section 7..so..of cos..b4 d Autobots get 2 d cube..the Decepticons come and unfreeze their wacko leader..*who wants 2 create an army of transformers and wipe us humans out..frenly guy this bot dun u tink?..*

So..its d final showdown..bots figh here n thr..amazingly on a bust street..n wen their parts fall off..it NEVER falls on a person..even tho they runnin around evrywhr..evry ammunition on d face of d earth (and outer space) is shot around..again..not hitting any civilians ( these ppl got special force field round them or wat?!)..

Finally Sam takes d cube..plunges it in2 Megatron's chest and finally causes the bot to 'Shut Down'..permanently..(the cube is uber powerful and d sudden surge cant b contained by the bot)

Ending : Autobots save d earth ( except for one of em who dies in megatrons hands - Jazz- a cool Solstice car transformer). All Decepticons die. Sam gets hott girl to lie on top of him while they make out on the hood of his Camaro ( Bumblebee..how perverted).

Thats d gist..now my review..

Its a great blow this up, blow that up movie..however..the fact that i keep forgettin stuf like dat girls name means dat..d tokin n facts part of this movie..is completely abysmal. Leceh la..listen 2 d humans tok.. i wana watch n hear d Transformers doin sumting!..PLus..d action sequences kinda drive u insane..all u c are sparks wen metal hit each other..half d time i dunno who's fightin who!..d camera juz goes round n round..u get glimpses of things transforming..n dats it..wen d movie ended i was like..huh?..its a very entertaining movie tho..so park ur logic n sense at the entrance of d cinema..its a summer movie..designed 2 entertain bored teens who crave sum violence and dun wanna admit they still love playing with toys that switch from bots 2 cars n bak..So..i dun mind watching it again(me goin with eva on thurs)..juz dont get ur hopes up and dun get hung up on d story line..juz enjoy d loud 'bang bang' sounds..n Josh Duhamel..who's all gritty, sweaty and a hott riled up army guy..

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

Let me juz say..J.K.Rowling has outdone herself..in d droning department. I read the 1st 3 books ( Harry Potter and-The philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets & Prisoner of azkaban) wen i was in Std 6..Waaaaay b4 d whole franchise phenomenon started..my mom's fren ( auntie Ranjit) bought them 4 me frm singapore..wen i was reading em..ppl were like..wat?..nvr heard of it...now its like harry potter=best ting since sliced bread.

Book 7..last book..also most long winded book. wen i 1st saw it..i was like..oh..its shorter than book 5 and 6..so i got it on sunday and i stayed up d whole nite..startin frm 2 am till bout 8 am..2 finish d ting..now normally im a pretty fast reader..its jz dat she toks bout one ting 4 almost 50 pgs!..i would reach a semi-interesting point and den wen she starts droning..i force my eyelids open (physically holding em open with my fingers)..n keep on slugging thru it..u mayb..y she so hell bent on finishin d book if its boring d life outta her..d ting is..i was a fan of potter long b4 anyone else..possibly in dis country was ( rmmbr my 1st 3 books r from singapore)..i have a sentimental value towards the characters..and keep hoping dat d book will get better.

Frm d beginning..ppl start dropping like flies..Mad-Eye dies..his body nvr uncovered except for his weird blue eye dat harry plugs out from Umbridge's office door..Tonks and Lupin die..leaving behind ther newborn son-teddy..harry's god son..tonks' dad also dies..gregorovitch(sum other wand maker) dies..Snape dies..n i 4get who else..oh..yea..voldemort dies..all 7 of him dat is..oh..n harry potter dies n comes bak 2 life! ( i knw ur tinkin-huh?)

So..HP goes lookin 4 d other horcruxes..ron n hermione drop outta sch 2 help him..d whole ministry is practically being taken over by death eaters and all hope seems lost!..the 3 of em end up camping in various fields all over england..2 hide frm death eaters..they also stay at 12, grimmauld plc 4 awhile..oh..n they can apparate..like evry few seconds..(ron gets splinched twice in d book)..harry ventures in2 you-know-who's mind evry few days 2 check up on his nemesis..u knw c wat he's up 2..who he's killing/torturing..

Harry realises that thr r these deathly hallows..3 of em..the Elder Wand..The Gaunt Ring and the Invisibilty cloak..he has 2 outta 3..the ring hidden in d snitch dumbledore left him..(dumbledore leaves hermione a book bout d deathly hallows and ron, the put-outer)..thr's lotsa angst and teen love..

finally thrs a showdown at hogwarts whr d final horcrux is stored..*ravenclaw's diedum-its kinda like a tiara la*..so..all out war starts..*bang bang*..oh yea..percy comes crawling bak 2 his parents..FINALLY admitting Voldy is bak..oh..n Fred dies..tragic huh?..(in d beginning..george's ear gets blown off)..

ron n hermione go get a bunch of basilisk fangs from d chamber of secrets to poke sum horcruxes and after settling d ravenclaw one..harry realises he is d last one..d 7th horcrux..so he surrenders 2 Lord Voldy..who..duh..kills him..Avada Kedavra and all dat..so..harry is in this limbo..not dead or alive..he toks 2 dumbledore..a heart 2 heart..den comes bak 2 life..neville kills Nagini ( the snake-6th horcrux)..harry kills Voldy..hurrah!! the end..

Fast fwd 19 yrs later..harry and ginny are hitched with 2 sons ( albus and james ) and a daughter (lily)..ron n hermione also tie d knot and have a son (dun rmmbr his name)..teddy is already at Hogwarts, cos he's older than d rest of d kids..oh..n draco's son is named Scorpius..*lame-o rite?*..

Sigh..can i say i hate d ending!..its so cliche...i..along with evryone else who understand d whole HP saga..hv reasoned out and expected him 2 die..but nooo....he has a 'soul-takes-short-vacation-frm-body'experience...

Dissapointing..J.k.Rowling used 2 b one of my fav authors..and altho i dun like d ending..i hv come 2 appreciate it..cos..we readers reli hv no say in this..harry was born frm d mind of Rowling..however she imagined it..is how it is supposed 2 be..she started it..she ends it..besides..i blame the thirst hungry readers and movie-watchers..(btw..i dislike d whole harry movie saga)..how d heck is she supposed 2 write with us all breathing down her neck?!..

To all die hard fans of potter ( who will nvr appreciate him like me..cos i read his story b4 all this movie ting came bout)..Deathly Hallows is a must read..becos..the open tied ending of happily ever after is a gift from Rowling. the none conclusiveness of it..gives us a chance 2 get our imagination bak frm d mind-snatchers a.k.a the ppl who started d whole movie nonsense..i knw i will nvr again imagine harry potter w/o seeing daniel radcliffe in my mind..but at least now..i can imagine the story of Lord Voldemort's clone baby strikes bak vs Albus Potter ( harry's son)..in my own way..with my own faces of the characters..thank u Rowling..for returning us d essence and soul..of Harry Potter..