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Daniel Radcliffe says no to returning to Harry Potter and good for him…

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J.K. Rowling released a new story of the Harry Potter franchise and sure enough, Daniel Raddcliffe is already asked if he’ll ever reprise his role if Warner Bros. have plans in keeping the franchise going. Daniel says no and he has no plans as of this point.

Read more on the story here:

http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/movie_news/2014/07/daniel_radcliffe_no_plans_to_reprise_harry_potter_role

Daniel spent most of his life playing the Harry Potter role. He played the role since he was a little child obviously so let the guy move on already! He is probably sick of it and wants to move on to other projects.

Why did J.K. write that story (which I plan on reading soon)? Is she planning on continuing the books?

I would say that I am a Harry Potter fan. I’ve read all the books and seen all the movies. I know the stories are aimed for young children and women but I dig the stories and the characters. I think Dumbledore and Voldemort are great characters.

I also visited the Harry Potter theme park at Universal Studios in Orlando one year and it was amazing stuff. I didn’t buy anything there… just enjoyed the look-around.

Kev

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The Brock’s Horror Film Pick #31: The Woman In Black

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Happy Halloween, readers! Hope you’re having a safe one, trick or treating with your kids, handing out candy at your front door, going out partying, etc. Whatever you’re doing, just stay safe. Anyway, since today is Halloween, I thought I would do a cool film for the final pick. “The Woman In Black”, starring Daniel Radcliffe (who is most famous for playing Harry Potter). Keep in mind, this is no Harry Potter, this is a completely different and much darker role for Daniel. It’s about a young lawyer, who travels to this remote village and he discovers that a ghost of a scorned woman is haunting this village. I watched this film earlier this week and I was pretty impressed with it. I like Daniel in this role more than Harry Potter. It’s more serious. This film was actually kind of creepy too, and it did give me a few jumps. The film has a pretty surprising ending, there are a bunch of twists and turns. It’s just a great ghost movie. I would suggest you to check it out yourself. This is also another great film to show your whole family of all ages.

Well, I definitely had a lot of fun doing these top Horror lists leading up to Halloween. I’ll probably do this same idea for Halloween next year. Enjoy!

Kev

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Film Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 ***spoilers***

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Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter

Directed by: David Yates

Last night, I finally went and saw the new Harry Potter flick, “The Deathly Hollows – part 2”, here is my review…

Plot/Synopsis: Leaving right off from part 1, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley continue their adventures on the hunt for the last of Voldermort’s horcruxes, which are the items that turned Voldermort immortal. Voldermort finds out about their mission and continues his obsession on wanting to kill Harry Potter.

I thought it was pretty good, but honestly, not the best of the Harry Potter franchise. I was most impressed with the action scenes and the special effects. The action scenes were a lot of fun to watch. They were pretty violent action scenes too.

The special effects were very impressive. Yes, all of the Harry Potter films had great special effects, but the special effects in this movie was the best. There is one scene where you have to watch out for, that will give you this blinding special effects. I don’t want to give out spoilers but this is just a hint. The special effects will open your eyes for sure.

Other things I liked about the film. I thought the Neville Longbottom scenes were the most impressive, in fact, that character was the most important plot point of the whole movie. I also thought Severus Snape was very well done. In this movie, we see a different side of Snape that we haven’t seen before in the earlier movies. This movie will reveal more stuff about Snape that we never knew about before. I also liked the final confrontation of Harry Potter and Voldermort at the end, their fight scene was good, but wish it could have been a little longer and more intense.

The things I didn’t like about the film was that the writing had some slight problems. It really didn’t follow the book. It changed things around the story and left some stuff out. Things they left out: Fred’s death, Harry & Luna in the common room, Snapes & Dumbledore’s memories were rushed and left out the most important stuff, they didn’t show the death of Bellatrix Lestrange in which the book Molly Weasley was the one who killed Bellatrix (I couldn’t believe they left that out), in the books Harry teams up with Draco Malfoy at the end and they really didn’t show much of that in the movie.

Harry Potter and “Deathly Hollows part 2” was pretty good, but nothing special. I just wish it could have been written better. If I was to pick which is the best movie of the whole series, I would have to say, “The Half Blood Prince” was the best film.

Score for “Harry Potter & the Deatlhy Hollows part 2” = ** (2 stars as in “okay”)

Kev

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Cool Video: A look back at the earlier Harry Potter films…

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With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 coming out this weekend, Warner Bros. just released this video in youtube giving you a look back at the earlier 7 films. This is a great video Warner Bros. put together. I liked it.

I’m a huge Harry Potter fan, so I’m definitely looking forward to seeing “Deathly Hollows part 2” but will see it sometime next week, not this week.

Kev

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Cool Video: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows – part 2” trailer is finally here…

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The next Harry Potter movie, “The Deathly Hollows – part 2” will possibly be a shorter movie then the others. Possibly, an hour and thirty minute film, not sure, ’cause the rest of the book is short. The next film looks very impressive and can’t wait to see it.

Take a look at the trailer, here.

Kev

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Thought: What makes Harry Potter so great…

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Some people mistakenly think that the Harry Potter series are made for young adults and children. That’s what I thought too. In the past, I wasn’t into this whole Wizard thing. That’s why I never got into Harry Potter. I suddenly became intrigued with the stories. So I first saw all the movies, and then I read all the books. I now agree that, J.K. Rowling, is a genius writer, and all this publicity she’s getting for the books is well deserved. I think that when I visited the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal Studios last Fall is what made me get into it. I visited the Harry Potter theme park and honestly, I thought that place was going to bore me to death. The place didn’t. I found it really amazing and fascinating, so I just had to start getting into Harry Potter to see how J.K. Rowling had her own theme park there.

Why are the Harry Potter series so amazing? I can think of these reasons…

  • The writing – Seriously, J.K. Rowling’s writing is phenomenal. I just couldn’t put the books down. I just wanted more. That is why I was quick on finishing all 7 books. Her writing makes it so you can read it fast. The detail and the insights of the stories is just mind blowing. As you read the books, it makes you feel like watching a movie in your head. Her writing style is just great.
  • The characters – Mrs. Rowling, came up with some of the most unique and creative characters. There are so many characters in all of the books, it’s kind of hard to follow through them all
  • The unpredictability – You just never knew what was going to happen next in these stories. It’ll keep you guessing ’til the very end.
  • There’s something for everyone in the books – These stories are really not just for kids. There is something for everyone, so people of all ages can read these stories. It’s not just for women. The guys can read them too. There is drama, romance, action, horror, fantasy, science fiction, etc. All genres mixed into one. The first book, may start off as a children’s book, yes, but the stories get a lot darker after the first one.

Wizards were only known in Medieval stories (the story of Merlin and King Arthur as an example), and J.K. Rowling wanted to take Wizard stories in a different direction. She wanted to make Wizards have their own little world, and she was successful at that.

Yeah I know, I’m real late getting into Harry Potter. I never got into Harry Potter when the books started coming out and I never saw the movies when they first came out either. I just got into Harry Potter. The story of Harry trying to get revenge on Voldermort for his murdered parents is really powerful stuff. Plus, Voldermort is possibly one of the greatest villains ever created, in my opinion. Voldermort was more evil than Darth Vader, I think.

So if you’re not a Harry Potter fan, I would suggest you to get into it. If you like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or the Terminator franchises, you would like Harry Potter. One warning though, you need to read the books and see the movies in order. If you see, “The Deathly Hollows part 2” in theater, you’ll never know what’s going on, so catch up before the new movie comes out like I did.

Harry Potter is awesome and I’m glad I got into the series. Thanks, J.K. Rowling for her work.

Kev

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Cool Photo: New Harry Potter and “The Deathly Hollows part 2” poster is out!

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Isn’t that friggin badass? I love it! That is one of the best movie posters I’ve seen in a while! I would love to buy that poster and hang it up in here.

Speaking of “The Deathly Hollows”, I’ve finally finished reading the book. It was amazing, so this movie is going to be amazing as well. I will write more about the book later.

Harry Potter is great but the books are better than the movies, of course.

Kev

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Cool Video: A look at “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2”, a preview…

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This isn’t really a trailer, just a short behind the scenes look, but you can see some of the footage from the new film. The new film looks intense, dark, and action packed. It’s probably going to be the darkest Harry Potter film of them all.

I’ve been reading the Harry Potter books, and I’ve just started reading, “The Deathly Hollows”. Since I already saw “Deathly Hollows part 1”, that’s only half the book, obviously. I’m looking forward to the rest of the story in the book. I’m just starting it, I’m a little over a hundred pages in already.

It’s amazing. I wasn’t that much of a Harry Potter fan before, but now I’m all of a sudden, a Harry Potter fanatic. I fucking love these stories. Pretty amazing stuff.

In my opinion, J.K. Rowling should write three more Harry Potter books. Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t want to do it anymore, but Harry Potter can pass the torch to someone else to be the series leading star. Maybe pass the torch to Hermione Granger or Ronald Weasley. Keep the stories going, it shouldn’t end at 7. Maybe J.K. Rowling would create some kind of Harry Potter spin-off? Possibly.

Enjoy the video.

Kev

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So I’ve just seen, Harry Potter, “The Deathly Hollows” today, but…

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…I’m not going to give this film a detailed review until I’ve seen the rest of it. I need to see, “Deathly Hollows part II”, then I’ll give it a review. I had no problem following the story lines from Harry Potter 1-6, but the “Deathly Hollows” was a bit confusing and difficult to follow. The writing was that intelligent. Yes, the film was amazing and impressive, of course. The script is mysterious, has a lot of questions that needs answered. I think the answers to those questions will be answered in “Deathly Hollows” part II, and now that you think about it, I understand why they split the movie in two parts. It isn’t about money, it isn’t about people wanting more Harry Potter films. They wanted to get people thinking with the script, so they split it in two.

The movie was pretty intense. It was dark, violent and had bloody scenes actually. The ending to “Deathly Hollows part I” is so controversial and shocking, that it left the audience stunned and it got them talking when the credits started rolling. So yeah, things are going to get interesting in “Part II”.

I don’t want to give away too much ’cause there are surprises and twists in the film. The “Deathly Hollows” leaves right off from the “Half Blood Prince” still following the story of Lord Voldermort. Again, it was a good movie, it’s just a hard film to review since the movie is not even finished yet.

Sometime in the future, I think I’m going to talk about “Deathly Hollows” plot in a videoblog. I won’t make the videoblog this soon, I will wait a while, of course, I will make the videoblog with a spoiler warning. I think I’m going to see it again, maybe next week or something. Maybe get a better understanding of the storyline and do some research on it.

Kev