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Just wrote this out already but pressed backspace and it all deleted. :mad:

Ice Age 3D - A fun film that may not have been as good as the first but it was sure as hell better than the second. The jokes were made to appeal to both adults and kids and there were a fair amount of laugh out loud moments for me. I thought the 3D aspect worked a treat and Simon Peggs character was entertaining. What I particularly liked, however, was that they didn't make the film a 3D film. It was just a film that happened to be in 3D. By not focusing simply on trying to make the audience go "oooh" by just trying to make things look like they're out of the screen, it somehow felt more realistic and convincing. Yeh, we were force fed all the "all we need is each other to be happy" crap, it was a fun film to watch and although I wouldn't rush to see it again, I probably would in the future.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - I was told bad things about this film by other people who viewed it, but I still walked into the cinema with an open mind. And I wasn't disappointed for the most part. The effects were good, the acting was as best as could expected from them, and casting was done well. I was annoyed by the amount of relationship stuff in the film compared with the main storyline. Maybe is they'd cut that down and spent more time on the important stuff, people like my dad, who haven't read the books, wouldn't be so confused half the time. I also thought characters could have been explained better. For instance, Greyback the werewolf was included but a lot of the audience had no idea of the fact that he was a werewolf or that he was the one who turned Lupin into a werewolf. I also felt it was very unspectacular, especially the final act. I understand that they removed the battle to avoid repetition in the coming films but I thought without it, the end really peetered out. And after 2 and a half hours, I was hoping for a better finish. That, and Dumbledore's death being very dull and not at all powerful as well as the fact it did feel like just a stepping stone film made me think of this as one of my least favourite Harry Potters.