Closet Sci-Fi Geek

New SciFi Channel Series…

Ho hum…I just can’t get excited about anything SciFi does anymore…but in case you are curious…

http://weblogs.variety.com/bags_and_boards/2008/03/sci-fi-picks-up.html

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Just saw this on DVD….this is actually my favorite Harry Potter film! I have yet to read any of the Harry Potter books except for the first one, and so I did not miss any of the 800 or so pages cut out of the film. (I decided to wait until all the movies were done before reading the books, because the first film was sooo tedious to me since I knew the ending.) Continue reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix…

What Dreams May Come

I remember seeing the 1998 film What Dreams May Come when it first came out in the theater. I loved it then; the visuals were absolutely spectacular, especially by 1998 standards. It’s now 10 years later and I just watched it again at home. I’ve also since read the book (which the movie was based on).

What Dreams May Come, in case you missed it, is a film about the afterlife. Specifically, it’s about an afterlife where your thoughts create your reality. Thus, if you are a good person and in a good mental space, you may see an afterlife that is filled with beauty and lush scenery. If not, it’s off to your personal hell you go.

Robin Williams starred in the film as a man who dies and goes to heaven. Soon his wife commits suicide and is sent to hell. (She’s the one who has sent herself to hell.) Throughout all this, we get to see sappy flashbacks of their affluent life, before their kids died in a car crash and everything turned sour. Continue reading What Dreams May Come…