I went out to see the latest Harry Potter movie, just before book 7 comes out, and really enjoyed it. Obviously, a movie adaptation of a book of this size is going to miss some things, but I thought it was quite faithful to the intent of the book.

The high points for me were Umbridge’s office, the cats on the plates were classic! The twins sacking the school on their way out was close to the way I imagined it would be when I read the book.

Now all I’ve got to wait for is the arrival of the final book…

I got to a late night showing of Transformers tonight, and just as a word of advice, pick another day. Southlake Town Center was packed with people going to see the fireworks.

The movie was great! It was long enough to make a good story without feeling rushed. The robots were great, and as sci-fi goes a lot more believable, than in the cartoons.

Definitely the blockbuster of the summer, and well worth the price of admission.

The summer of movies continues with the latest sequel of the Die Hard franchise. It was a lot of fun to watch. Almost non-stop action, bits of dark and light humor strategically located to diffuse the tension, and lots of stuff getting blown up.

Don’t go looking for a much depth, because it’s not there. And there are a few obvious plot holes, but what the heck, things get blown up!

The latest installment of the summer of geek movies is the Fantastic Four sequel featuring another Marvel character, the Silver Surfer. The movie’s got a lot of the same good chemistry between the four team members and the supporting cast does their job well as well. We even get to see some old freinds…

Despite the criticism leveled at the portrayal of a certain character, I think they did a great job with the movie and left the door open for a spin-off Silver Surfer movie as well.