as of this writing nde ko pa nakikita ang GOF. bad trip talga. kaya yan na muna na review ang nasulat at nabasa ko. sa sobrang bad trip ko eh bukas talagang mag-aabsent ako... kaya sa aking sariling review...watch out! can't wait. what i saw on MTV Screen specials hmm malayo na naman sa naging imagination ko from reading it sa book. hehehe

SaRZie

Tuesday November 15 11:45 AM ET
(credit: yahoo.com)

If the third film in the Harry Potter series, last year's "Prisoner of Azkaban," seemed frightening with its soul-sucking Dementors and its German expressionist aesthetic, then the fourth installment, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," will have kids quaking in their seats and perhaps wishing they had an invisibility cloak to hide beneath.

This "Potter" earns its PG-13 rating a first for the previously PG series about the boy wizard as Harry grows into adolescence and learns more about his powers and his past. Of course, young fans have already devoured the J.K. Rowling books that provide the basis for the films, so they know what's coming. (The author is up to No. 6 out of seven planned.) But reading it on the page and seeing it on the screen can be two entirely different experiences, and several scenes will be disturbing to viewers regardless of age.

"Goblet of Fire" features the return of the dreaded Lord Voldemort He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named the dark warlock who killed Harry's parents and tried to kill him, too, when he was just an infant. (Having survived the attack is what gives Harry a certain mystique among his professors and classmates at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; it also gave him his trademark lightning-bolt scar on his forehead.)
As played by an unrecognizable Ralph Fiennes, Voldemort appears hairless and noseless, hissing and threatening in the moonlight a smooth, almost effeminate incarnation of the Devil, surrounded by cloaked minions.

Even scarier, though, is the maze Harry must navigate as a competitor in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament. The giant hedges that serve as the maze walls aren't just tall and the pathways aren't just narrow they're also predatory, collapsing violently on their inhabitants, sensing and feeding on their fears, trying to swallow them whole. (Bet Stanley Kubrick wishes he'd thought of that when he made "The Shining.")
While these are the most extreme examples of the movie's intensity, they're also the ones that are the most emotionally powerful. Director Mike Newell has crafted a film full of images that are vast and wondrous, but strangely detached and obviously artificial, similar to the look of the "Lord of the Rings" movies. You can appreciate the enormity of the visuals, but they seem so distant, it's difficult to feel engaged by them.
But with Newell at the helm the first English director following American Chris Columbus, who did the first two parts, and Mexican Alfonso Cuaron, who did the third and best thus far "Goblet of Fire" seems more in touch with the innate Britishness of Rowling's books, both in its sense of humor and in its boarding-school setting.

Newell (working from a script by Steve Kloves, who has adapted all of Rowling's books and had his work cut out for him with the 734-page "Goblet of Fire") seems less interested in the whimsical magicality of Hogwarts' halls thankfully, since we're all over the moving staircases and talking portraits by now and focuses more on Harry and his friends as they come of age.

"Goblet of Fire" is more effective in these smaller, more intimate moments than in the bloated bombast of its larger set pieces. One of Newell's best-known and loved films is "Four Weddings and a Funeral," and he applies that same keen sense of romantic comedy timing here.

Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, more confident than ever), Hermione (Emma Watson, more vibrant than ever) and Ron (Rupert Grint, who's, well, still a little goofy) are beginning to figure out who they are and struggling to understand the opposite sex, something they're forced to do upon the unexpected arrival of students from two other schools.
The sophisticated young women of the Beauxbatons Academy and the virile, vaguely Eastern European young men from the Durmstrang Institute are visiting Hogwarts for the year to compete in the Triwizard Tournament. As headmaster Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) explains it, this is an opportunity to foster relations in the wizarding community; it's also the first time for us to see that there is indeed a world outside Hogwarts and England.

The Goblet of Fire spits out the name of one student from each school to participate in this grueling challenge: Hogwarts' BMOC Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson); Beauxbatons' glamour girl Fleur Delacour (Clemence Poesy); and Durmstrang's Quidditch star Viktor Krum (Staniskav Ianevski).

Then it offers a fourth name you guessed it Harry Potter, even though the rules state that he's too young to compete at age 14. Surely darker forces are behind his selection, which he'll have to confront in the film's overlong climax.

But first, he'll have to dance at the Yule Ball awkwardly, of course, since he and his classmates have received only cursory, uncomfortable lessons from Maggie Smith's Professor McGonagall. (Brendan Gleeson, a fantastic new addition to the cast as the school's bad-boy Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, just stands in the corner with his flask and his one fake eye, which has a mind of its own.)

The whole scene is like something out of a John Hughes movie funny, relatable and loaded with misunderstandings, with everyone in attendance wishing they were there with someone else, or not at all. In its realism, it's one of the most magical moments of all.

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," a Warner Bros. Pictures release, is rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images. Running time: 157 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.
___
Motion Picture Association of America rating definitions: G General audiences. All ages admitted. PG Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. PG-13 Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children. R Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. NC-17 No one under 17 admitted.

SaRZie

you won't believe it, i called up a radio station just to join the GOF free tix contest. luckily i won the last tix for the day i think. hahaha it was around 7:30pm and i dialed their number. i was shocked when i heard my voice over the radio and not hearing the dj's helloing to me. hahahaha the question and answer went well but when the dj asked me what's my fave radio station, i stunned a bit because i'm not their regular listener. hahaha just listen because of the free tickets. i know got the their frequency number wrong and their tagline change to my own but i indeed won the tickets.

when i finished talking to the vj, that's when I realized it was my first time and didn't know what if one of my friends are listening to it, I am so embarassed but thinking I won 2 tix for the premiere well it's okay. i won't forget that moment. hehehehe

SaRZie

bahay, tv, tulog (kasi puyat kakaantay sa interview ni Yani kagabi), kain at bisita galing kay Yaya. ayan kinukulit na naman ako regarding sa sayaw namin para sa party..ano ba ito ayoko ng 2000's na dance songs kasi hindi na ako marunong sumayaw eh... 90's pa siguro alam na alam ko yan kasi panahon ko iyan sa pagsasayaw! hahaha pero kung sasayaw ako, iyong song sa showdown nila Hero at Mark. :)

SaRZie

gaya ng sabi ko mahaba haba na naman itong post ko. :) nakakapagod ba magblog? i think hindi naman eh wala lang talagang time to blog it during those time but nevertheless better late than never blogging it, pagtiyagaan mo na nalang na mambabasa ko. :)

simulan ko na ngayon. :)

kainis walang sportsfeast today kasi busy ang production for our 2 FCL orders due this month and the next. kaya eto blog na lang para makabawi. :)

what happen to me these past 2 weeks (ang tagal na noh)... fasten your seatbelt now..:)

20 - Sa wakas naapprove na ang loan ko sa HDMF the next day puwede na kunin ang cheque.

21 - Hindi ko napaencash ang cheque kasi naabutan ako ng cut off ng bank. hindi na tuloy ako nakabili ng dress for the debut. later in the afternoon nagkita kami nila Norlan at George. this time sabay nila 2 of their co-lineman. nilibre nila kami ni sybil since last time ako yung bumili ng hotdogs for us. ikot ikot lang kami sa mall to see ano ba ang bagay na gift for dayang pero wala pa rin akong nabili. :) naibigay na pala sa akin ang invitation namin ni farah.

22 - 2nd week ng sportsfeast namin. walang hassle this time kaya malaya akong nakaalis. talo na naman kami sa game. tsk tsk

23 - bahay lang nood ng tv. ganda ng sayaw ni yani at cute ng music. hilo pa rin kasi wala pa akong damit sa debut plus gift.

24 - kaya pala ako napaaga at nakaabot sa family gathering namin. nakalimutan ko na ngayon pala ang first day ng aking bagong direct boss. infairness nakarebond siya, insecure na naman ako nito sa buhok ko. :) okey lang naman ang first day ko with her but i have to cut it short kasi kailangan kung mag-half day para mahabol ang bank.
wala ring natira sa pera ko kundi yung hiningi ko pambili ng damit at gift. ang iba andun kay sister para sa school. magkikita dapat kami ni norlan, george at farah. kaso si farah papuntang Manila to do something about her supposed work abroad and she won't be able to attend the debut. pano yan! doubtful na tuloy ako pumunta wala rin kasi si Chem2x. but i was able to buy myself a dress, simple yet beautiful, not the usual dress i wear. i bought also the gift i been wanting to give her basing on the way i knew her. i hope she will like it. :)

25 - pasaway si madam! ayaw akong tantanan! lilipat na ako ng table nito!nagprapraktis na para sa sasabihin ko bukas...kakatakot! Got a text from Mymy, nanganak na siya! Congrats kay Mymy and Mitchel! Amazing may new baby na naman sa mundo. :) Ninang ako nun for sure hahaha

26 - pasaway pa rin! tsk tsk maaga akong umalis para magprepare na sa party later in the evening. nagkita kami ni sybil at ang pren niya na si juan. sa opisina na lang niya ako nagbihis then dumiretso na kami sa venue ng party.
tetext ko na sana si rose para sunduin niya ako sa lobby good thing kararating lang din ni richard kaya sabay na lang kami. guess who the first person i saw when the elevator door opened? it's HIM! he's with a girl, seems familiar yet i can't figure who she was. i wasn't able to say hi to him kasi i was busy searching for friends sa loob. after 20-30 minutes dumating na din sila norlan at george.
when i was about to be called na for my part, i was shaking all over but i was able to deliver it nicely and i guess dayang agreed with my idea of it.
the party itself was a blast, the food was great and dayang was super beautiful and tama siya ng sinabi na all eyes on her talaga that night. i'll ask if puwede ako makahingi ng copy ng pictures namin.
when we were about to go home na I heard Iyay mentioned something about the girl that when I realized na oo nga pala siya yung girl na kasama nila nung nakipagrambol sila sa Madayaw. hahaha Well I think they both look good together and I think they are very comfortable if I may say. :) Goodluck!

27 - 28 - Pasaway pa rin siya. Doon na muna ako nakiupo sa table ni Ann2x. Pagod pa rin sa naganap na party last night. ü

29 - Excited na sana ako sa 3rd week ng sportfeast namin pero pasaway pinabalik ako sa opisina! Tinext na ako na maglalaro na daw kami kaya nagmamadali na akong matapos ang lahat ng gusto nila. Mantakin mong hindi pa nga ako nakakaupo eh kami na agad ang naglaro, ayon tuloy talo. hehe
later that evening, kainis kasi umulan, babalik pa sana ako doon kina yaya kasi mangliliber si Mackoy at Bebot ng dinner pero minalas ako kaya bahay na lang ako at natulog. :)

30 - May nareceive na akong billing ng credit card ko. wala lang... bahay nood tv. :)

31 - walang pasok - mahaba-haba ito... ü

NOVEMBER
1 - All Saints Day! hindi na muna kami nagpunta ng sementeryo, tomorrow na daw. I got another blow from my mom, details on my LJ kung may time akong isulat iyon. :)

2 - We were about to go na sa cemetery ng makita ko sa tv na Amazing Race 8 pala today, kaya ayon paextend muna ng isang oras para manood. Sad ako ng matapos kasi out na ang Gaghan Family. I've been rooting for them eversince the show started.
Sa cemetery, naglight lang ng candles at nagpray para sa mga souls ng Papa ko at ibang mga relatives namin.
Last day ng bakasyon kaya sagaran na ito!

3 - 4 - Balik trabaho na pero buti na lang wala ng pasaway, sa text na lang. ü

SaRZie

haaayyyy mahahaba rin ang isusulat ko because ang tagal ko na hindi nakapagblog..

pero later na lang kc busy busyhan pa ako... may isusulat ako kaso sa LJ ko lng ilalagay kasi ayoko mabasa nyo at this moment... pero later pa rin yun.. :)

ciao!

psstt..may eni-add ako na blogmap...thx sa bisdak!

SaRZie