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Meerkat Manor (2005)
Meerkat Manor is Marvelous
The perfect soap opera, Meerkat Manor has it all. With dangerous liaisons, mob family fighting, and internal family rivalries this show could easily pass for any prime time soap; the only difference is the players are 12" tall. Each half hour episode ends with a cliffhanger to get you back next week to see what happens. The first season ended with a huge mystery that they say will be explained when the second season opens. The shows main family is the Whiskers headed by Flower (the dominant female) and her current mate Zaphod. Zaphod's neurotic brother Youssarian causes mischief and is always on the lookout to mate. Three of Flower's daughters, Daisy, Tosca, and Mozart have mated without permission. The perfect son, Shakespeare, looks after his little siblings though it could cost him his life. This is just within the Whisker's family. The Lazuli family is always on the lookout to take control of the Whisker's territory, and meerkats fight to the death. Throw in the natural predators of the Kalahari and you never know who will live or die.
Superman Returns (2006)
An homage to Supernan: The Movie
From the opening music to the end credits the first Superman movie is not forgotten. I've never seen a Superman movie in a theatre before, hearing John William's theme in Dolby Surround was incredible. There is a scene with Jor-El in the Fortress of Solitude, lines from the original movie, and new scenes that feel as though they are straight out of the first movie. Brandon Routh not only resembles Christopher Reeve in certain scenes he also sounds like him. During the end credits there is a small memorial to both Chritopher and Dana Reeve. This movie is definitely more of a chick flick than an action movie but it was good. It feels as though it is building up to something that never comes though. I hope a Returns sequel will be coming forthwith. I plan on seeing it at least one more time.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
I thought POA was bad, this one stinks.
I was unhappy with movie III. I am aghast at this movie. Where to start? The beginning is usually a good place. Choppy. This movie was even choppier than the first one. It starts appropriately with the dream (of course the dream is not accurate to the book), but Harry is already at the Burrow. I guess there wasn't enough money in the budget to pay for Molly, Bill, or Charlie since none of them are in the film. Same goes for a little Quidditch, there isn't any. How can there be a Quidditch World Cup and no Quidditch? Ludo Bagman, where is he? Bagman is essential to the twins money sub plot. Money for the twins, how are they supposed to leave school toward the end of the next movie with no money (There was no mention of a monetary prize for the winner of the tournament)? How is Harry supposed to get any information any more, Sirius kept Hedwig? Then again Sirius must not be too important since they couldn't even do the fireplace scene appropriately and didn't have him, not even as a large, black dog at the end of the film. Then again Harry never went to the hospital. Fudge and Dumbledore do not have a parting of ways. I just wonder if Steven Kloves even bothered to read book 5 or discuss it with J.K. Rowling before butchering the screenplay for this movie. I just can't see how there can be an Order of the Phoenix that makes any sense when all of the set up was cut from the fourth movie. I know they can't have everything in the book in the movie but the overall story arc has to be maintained. I wonder what J.K. Rowling truly thinks of this film. I know two things for sure, I want Chris Columbus back directing 6 and 7 and I want Peter O'Toole for Dumbledore.