Saw Megamind. It rocked. I knew it was going to be funny, but I didn't think I would enjoy it so much. But it was CUTE, ADORABLE, and any other similar synonym, and it was well-written. I was initially a little put-off by the fact that Brad Pitt and other famous actors were doing the voices -- it's all shameless advertisement, and the voice acting is never that good in the end. The writing was good, making a potentially flat and uninteresting cast quite entertaining. My roommate and I were quoting lines from it as we left the theater.
The character animation was also superb and very expressive. I was laughing at Megamind's antics throughout the film.
My favorite character by far is Minion. He's just so adorable, and I love the character design for him. He leaves for a small part of the movie, and I was missing him the whole time. XD
I gotta hand it to the character designers on this one -- it's hard to make a lantern-fish type alien look cute, but they did!
Then we saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1. I wasn't intending to do the opening night thing, but we got some tickets from a friend who couldn't go, and I guess the heavens were shining down on me because we got at the front of the line right after we got out of Megamind, and got the best seats in the theater. XD The HP movie was good, although there were some completely uncalled for random sexy moments -- you'll know which ones I'm talking about when you see the movie. The whole theater roared in outrage and amusement when they happened. It's like the director is shipping HarryxHermoine, which I don't think was in the final book. WAT.
I remember the good old days when the Harry Potter movies used a warm color palette. The last few movies have been using the Beowulf color pallet--subdued grays, blues, turquoises, browns and white and gold as highlights. Case and point:
Red and orange embers against a dark and cool background seem to be popular these days. Hmm.
Overall, a great birthday that I wasn't expecting to have. (I was going to work all night, because I'm a square, haha)
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