(As stated on previous blog, I spent the past weekend watching these films!)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I don't know if you are aware but I am a huge Harry Potter fan! So you can already imagine how my house is like when the marathons of almost all the Harry Potter movies come on ABC Family; no one touches the remote! This is my favorite Harry Potter film out of all of them and I really don't know why. I might have a bit of reasoning as to why but it isn't quite clear to me yet haha. In this film we have different schools join Hogwarts in the wizarding world competing for the Goblet. The rules for competing state that you must be 17 years or older to compete but guess who is underaged and called to compete?! That's right, Harry Potter. Many people think this is an outrage but once chosen you must compete and so he did but paid a terrible price (go watch it!). I think the reason why I like this movie so much is because in this film, the students at Hogwarts have to participate in a dance. Those awkward school dances I used to dread because what's the point? Sure some poeple liked it but I really did not. In the scenes of the dance or Yule Ball, we see kids going through the awkward stage of asking someone out to the ball and dressing up for the ball. All these things make me feel a little nostalgic in a funny way. We see Harry being put in uncomfortable situations which I think is corny/funny.
Gravity (2013)
Now, I usually don't go for watching a movie that takes place or that is about space (sorry) but I sat down and saw the Oscar winning (for best director) movie Gravity. I gave it a shot to change up from what I had been watching lately hoping that I would like it but I was wrong. It was a bit too slow for me. Although it did have some parts of emotions and anxiety it wasn't a lot there. We have astronauts that are up in space fixing what I think is a satelliete or part of a station. Debris from space come hurdling towards the astronauts and a part of the debris makes the main character float away from the staion while other debris killed others. She goes looking for another station before she runs out of oxygen and dies. Maybe I'm not seeing the whole point of it all clearly; after all it did pull in 7 Oscars last year! So maybe I'll give it another shot.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
I was curious if this movie fell under the umbrella of science fictions, so I looked it up and it does! under the fantasy umbrella of course. I have seen this movie plenty of times before when I was little mainly becuase my little sister was obsessed with it and over time I grew to love it! It falls under fantasy because of the witches and fairies and the munchkins invovled. Dorothy falls under a deep sleep and awakens in a strange place full of fairytale like beings. A witch tries to hunt her down for her ruby slippers but the good fairy (or good witch) protects her but not for all the movie. Dorothy travels on the yellow brick road to Emerald City where she finds and makes new friends. This movie will always be considered a classic to me (and others) because of the loyalty being shown and the never ending hope she has to return home.
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