Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2: the end of a decade

So, today I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2. It was the end of a decade of Harry Potter´s movies, which is quite a lot of time, huh. And the thing that makes me write about as a real follower of the complete saga is that ever since the first one, I was always motivated to see the next one. And yes, that did include reading the complete seven books. What I get in the end are the things that I'll never forget like when Harry Potter finds out that it was Snape who was trying to keep on his broom on his first game of quidditch, Hagrid´s fascination for dragons and creatures that everyone else saw as monstrous; the branches of the whooping willow falling hard on the Weasley´s car; the hat that revealed the house of Hogwart´s students; seeing quidditch game for real, not just on the imagination; the hyppogriff that brought Draco Malfoy´s to the nurses; the time when Harry learns who was the real traitor that helped kill his parents; the Marauder´s Map that let people know where the rest are in Hogwarts; the time-turning device that Hermione carried arround throughout third year and that we only get to see half-way in the movie; Dobby, the elf of the Malfoy´s house; Harry, Hermione and Ron going to Hagrid´s house sneaking out in the night; the cloak that made Harry invisible; the amazing challenges of the Triwizard´s Tournament; the reporter that wrote whatever she wanted about the four people participating in it; Victor Krum and his relationship with Hermione; Hermione´s expected dress for the ball; the thrill of seeing how Harry tries to escape the basilisk that hears his every move, his near-death moment with Ginny Weasley; Snape´s way of talking that creeped everyone out (and may I say one of the best created villains in movies, certainly one of the best characters in the saga); the dementors that sucked life and spirit around everyone; professor Lockheart´s inability to control the pixies on his first class; the real-life chess on the first movie; Sirius´s house hidden from human view and the grouchy house elf that hated him and Harry; the obnoxious head inquisitor of Hogwarts that drove everyone at the school insane by all her rules and how she was driven out by the Weasley twins; fighting death-eaters in the Ministry of Magic; Bellatrix Strange with all her moves (quite a performance by Helena Bonham Carter); Draco Malfoy´s bitter fights towards Harry Potter and facing the fact that he was not as bad as he wanted people to see, that he was not a killer; Ron and Hermione´s relationship and the long-waited-for kiss.
I could just keep on writing about things that I liked, but I prefer to acknowledge that Ralph Fiennes´s role of Lord Voldemort was really wicked as well. I think that is the most important part of the movies: to be able to follow the plot and that you remember each character because of their personality, the way the actor falls and acts like his character and you are able to sympathize or hate, and at the same time, love what they have done with it.
Just amazing, what else can I say and hoping that I have not ruined everyone´s expectations for those who have not yet seen it, but hopefully I´ll get some comments from some of you about similar kind of experiences, so until next time, goodbye

¿Inocente o culpable?

Hoy fui a ver esta película en Cine Hoyts Parque Arauco. Uno de esos thrillers inolvidables que te deja con la sensación de qué le espera al protagonista. Bàsicamente, es de un abogado que tiene como misiòn defender a los criminales y conseguirles la sentencia más corta que puedan. Asume que todos son culpables y espera que no se equivoque cuando se presente un inocente. El giro de la historia es bastante inesperado, de esos que te dejan preguntando ¿quién es el engañado y quièn el engañador?  Muy buenas actuaciones de conocidos actores de cine y protagonizada por Mathew McCounaghey.
Nada es lo que parece y espero que no les pase como a mí, que en un momento de la película me pasó lo mismo que al personaje, ese pequeño detalle que cambia todas las cosas y que de repente hace click y todo el asunto se aclara.
Valió la pena, en realidad, si les gusta este tipo de pelìculas, vayan a verla. Se sorprenderán con lo que se espera a la vuelta de la esquina. Buena música onda sesenta-setenta así que también pueden disfrutarla de esa manera.
Espero comentarios, ah y otra cosa, ¿quién podría decirme cuál es el tìtulo original en inglés?
Hasta la próxima

Music and Films in the 60´s

So, last Wednesday I had one of the most amazing classes ever! I´m taking this class called 1960´s Revolutions and it was time for Music and Films that made an impact on the 1960´s or that were influenced by them.
We started with this group called The Sillcows, which I had never heard before, but that was just a little souvenir of things to come. We listened to many songs like Happy Together, a song that I don´t remember when I heard it first but somehow I knew the lyrics, kind of cool, though. Then we had another song called California Dreamin, which rang a bell, a pretty interesting one, actually! Heard from my teacher that they were one of the first groups to use stereo sounds (oops! I forgot the name of the group. Hope you music lovers don´t hate me for that). We listened to The Doors with Light my Fire, with a really good looking Jim Morrison, by the way.  We heard from Creedence Clearwater Revival with Down on the Corner, a french lady singer with a called named Voila, then another french song called Je t´ aime mon plus (hope I got the name of the song right). Then we saw this out of this world video of Joe Cocker singing With a little help from my friends (cover from The Beatles) that some people claim to be one of the best song covers of that particular song, but personally I have to admit that I prefer The Beatles `s version. I think that what was really amazing was seeing Joe Cocker with a t-shirt playing a ghost guitar, I mean he really had some voice and some really cool moves in Woodstock.
In the movie arena, we saw little pieces of The Graduate  with some incredible scenes, then some of Melody, a very small part of Easy Rider (I don´t think I would have been able to see much more than that) and a part of To Sir with Love, I believe that was about it.
The closing or may I say, the finale, was a Coca-Cola ad using the music that was popular back then. I just had to say that I was thrilled by the class, although outside it was raining like crazy! And well, it just had to be me to go with just a hat and a scarf to class, which got all wet and as I was hoping if someone could give me a lift to the nearest subway station, my teacher came up and he drove to Tobalaba, which I had to run to so that I did not get all wet. Little hot in the subway and freezing with rain when I got out of the subway to take the bus to go home.
And what happened next, was simply out of this world! In a really scary kind of way. I don´t have anything against gays but this guy must have been kind of high and I saw him cross the street like in two steps and then he moved from one side to the other and it was very strange to look at. I was glad though that there was another man next to me while I waited for the red light to cross Gerònimo de Alderete and I just went through the other entrance to my building because it made me feel much more secure than walking a whole block by myself.
Hope this is interesting for some of you, and I hope to hear your comments about this night.