Tripping Through Gateways
Entering the Alternate Worlds of the Movies
Tag: Gary Oldman
Oh Oh It’s Magic PT 7 uh PT 2 (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011)
Ten years of film-making culminates with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. After managing to destroy a couple of the Horacruxes and escaping the clutches of Bellatrix Lestrange, the trio realizes they need to return to Hogwarts. But this is not so…
Oh Oh It’s Magic! PT 5 (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007)
The film opens with a rather heartbroken Harry Potter, haunted by the death of Cedric Diggory and the rise of Voldemort. The Ministry of Magic has worked very hard to portray Harry and Dumbledore as crackpots. Confronted by cousin Dudley and his friends, Harry…
Oh Oh It’s Magic! PT 4 (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005)
With the fourth film, we find an expanded universe. Harry and the Weasley family are off to watch the Quidditch World Cup. This is really the first view the films have given us of Quidditch beyond being a school sport. Much like an international…
Oh Oh It’s Magic! PT 3 (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004)
Continuing to steamroll on, the third film introduces the concept of the wizard prison Azkaban. It appears to be the only prison, and it is a place you do not want to go. The wizarding community is on edge, because of the notorious killer,…
Future Love Pt 1 (The Fifth Element, 1997)
Welcome to the Future. It is run down and grimy. And Bruce Willis lives there. And a mysterious object is hurtling towards Earth…a planet…an evil planet. The Government is trying to destroy it, but a religious order is pushing for an alternate plan… Using…
Rage Against the Machine (The Dark Knight Rises,2012)
It was becoming clear that Nolan was planning to form a trilogy. The Dark Knight ended with Batman on the run, taking the blame for Harvey Dent’s death. It suggested Batman would be hiding in the shadows in his fight against crime. There were…
It Was a Dark and Stormy Knight (the Dark Knight, 2008)
The recasting of Rachel Dawes with Maggie Gyllenhaal might have been the biggest casting controversy if not for the announcement of Heath Ledger as the Joker. Oh, the internet exploded. And then the movie came out and made a lot of people eat crow. …
When I Was a Kid (Batman Begins, 2005)
It took until 2005 for Batman to return to the big screen. From the start, we knew this was going to be a more serious take on the character than the previous films. They were starting over and taking their inspiration from Batman: Year…
What a Scrooge Part 5 (A Christmas Carol, 2009)
Truth be told, I was not anticipating much with this film. It was motion capture and seemed like a vanity project for Carrey to show off. And yet, the motion capture was not as distracting as I expected. The character designs had an old…
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