Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 (Movie) Review

     Harry Potter has been with us for many years. It started off with books and became an amazing and phenomenal movie series that gets people hooked. On opening weekend Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 made about $168.5 million which is the biggest ever opening weekend for a Harry Potter movie. After 8 films in 10 years it all ends and is brought together in this one movie. The storyline consists of Harry, Ron and Hermione setting out on their quest to find and destroy the last three Horcruxes to once and for all kill Lord Voldemort. The search takes them through a very dangerous terrain and has many challenges along the way. Then they finally return to Hogwarts for the final showdown when good finally prevails over evil, but only if Harry deciphers the secret of the final Horcruxe.

     In this final movie there's drama, action, terror, danger, death, special effects and loads of magic as the world's three most loved fictional characters meet their final destiny. The epic ending to this film is when Harry encounters Lord Voldemort alone after their is only one Horcruxe left. Voldemort still had lots of power but he was loosing it, then Neville Longbottom finally gets his chance to shine! He finds the sword of gryffindor and slices Nagini (Voldemort's snake and last Horcruxe) in half and leaves Voldemort with very little power. Then Harry simply takes his wand and Voldemort had lost all possible power so he literally fell apart. In the Harry Potter series Neville always has the worst possible things happen to him, so I thought that this was a great ending to the film to have Neville finally have his moment to shine.
 
     This film had alot of action, intensity and drama making it the best film of the year (on my opinion). Which is why I am giving this film a 5 out of 5. 
      

Smurfs (Movie) Review

On opening weekend the smurfs movie made over $36 million. The Smurfs was once a T.V show that our parents watched and loved. Now they made it into a movie that is entertaining for all audiences. The storyline of the Smurfs starts off with them inside their village where everything is going great! Until Gargamel (the evil wizard) follows clumsy back to the smurfs village and terrorizes them. The smurfs are forced to leave in an emergency exit and a few smurfs head the wrong way (Papa Smurf, Clumsy, Grouchy, Gutsy, Brainy, and Smurfette). They end up in a dead end but on the other side is a portal which is only open on a blue moon. Instead of getting caught by Gargamel Papa Smurf leads the smurfs into the portal. Only to find that the portal leads to (what they think is a mysterious world) New York the most daunting city of all.

      Not knowing where they are or what to do the Smurfs hitch a ride on a local human named Patrick. But Patrick's wife was soon expecting a baby and he was under alot of pressure at his marketing job, which made it the inopportune time for the smurfs to arrive. Now the Smufs must avoid getting caught by Gargamel in New York while waiting for the stars to realign and create a blue moon to get back to their village.When the smurfs and Gargamel are in New York it is quite humorous because neither of them know anything about where they are or how to act in a big city.

      The smurfs movie is great for kids it offers a cute entertaining parts while still having a decent amount of action and excitement. The animation by combining the real world and the Smurfs world was astounding and looked incredibly real and clear. The actors gave it their all and had many emotions when needed, they got into their characters very well and did great at their jobs. Overall the Smurfs is fun, adventurous and heartwarming which is why i would give the Smurfs a rating of 4.5 out of 5.  

Hunger Games (Movie) Review

      The Hunger Games had the biggest ever opening weekend for a non-sequel film. It made about $152.2 million! But money isn't everything... some viewers were not impressed by the movie because it was not as accurate as the book. The Hunger Games is set in a futuristic world where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from each of the twelve districts to fight to the death. They do this every year and it happens on live television like a sport that everyone in the country watches. Jennifer Lawrence (playing Katniss Everdeen) trained for over a year with the worlds best archer to be ready and qualified to play Katniss in the movies. I thought that this was quite amazing but and when it came to filming I thought that that Jennifer Lawrence brought out the expressions that Katniss had in the books, she was also very convincing and brave. Josh Hutcherson (playing Peeta Mellark) did a very good job getting into the role of Peeta. For most people he was exactly what they thought Peeta would be like in the movies. And Liam Hemsworth (playing Gale Hawthorne) wasn't in too many scenes but when he was I thought he was great as Gale and should continue playing Gale in the later movies to come. The makeup and wardrobe team did amazing making the characters come to life. In the scene where Katniss just found Peeta blended into the ground it looked very real and amazed most people who saw it. I like how they still incorporated the part when rue died and they show District 11 (where Rue is from). It shows the rebellion starting to form and bonding between the capitols. But some people who have not read the book found the movie quite confusing in some parts and asked questions like.. what did the three finger salute mean and got confused by the love triangle in the movie. The girl on fire scene blew people away just like in the books, everyone was exited for these scenes. But by far my favorite scene was the countdown and how intense it was. It started the excitement for the games and I couldn't take my eyes off of the screen. When Rue teams up with Katniss it was exactly how I thought it would be and I love how they kept the finish to the movie the same as the book, when the game maker is forced to eat the deadly berries and Katniss and Peeta returning to District 12. Woody Harrelson (playing Haymitch) was also great in the movie and had a few funny lines that made the movie even better! Although the movie wasn't exactly like the book it was amazing and one of my favorites! This is why I would Give the Hunger Games Movie a rating of 4 out of5. Have a great day and MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR!!