transformers, more than meets the eye

watched transformers friday and harry potter yesterday. woo hoo! elaine happened to be invited at a harry potter screening sponsored by accenture and i was her guest. i tried to get hunny in also since they had extra room, but he had training yesterday and was already at the gym in fremont when i called him. he only had 15 minutes and it wasn't enough time for him to drive from home to meet us.

transformers was awesome. i was always envious of my brothers growing up because they got to play with transformers and i got rainbow bright. my dad would always say "i want a daughter! not another son! now be a good girl and go put on a dress" haha. (note - my dad isn't sexist or anything, i was always brought up to have a good head on my shoulders. however with two brothers in the house, he just wanted me to be a little more feminine) as a kid i was always wearing ratty jeans and hated pink and dresses. i never played with barbie since dolls freak me out. i can deal with a little pink now and do wear dresses. but life-like dolls will always freak me out. robots are a completely different story however! watching the movie made me want to go out and finally get my own transformer. the effects were awesome, the casting was great, there was never a dull part of the movie. even all the cheesy parts fit with the movie and made me laugh - awesome delivery by the cast. warren g definitely has a more complete review on his blog. and i concur with everything he says! top ten movie for me, will buy it.

harry potter was also a good movie, but much darker than the previous movies. liked the effects but there weren't as many new tricks to dazzle me which i kind of wanted to see. keep in mind i don't read books before movies since books are always better. so i had no idea what the plot was going to be. overall i liked the plot. delores was perfectly pleasant and hideous at the same time. i just wish they had the old dumbledore. i know he passed away, but he was so much better than the one they have now. overall, still a movie i would want to watch again, however i wish they showed more new tricks since i wasn't dazzled enough.