Harry Potter and Movies

Where to begin...It's been a while since I've updated! Not a whole lot has been going on. Still no job (other than the contract position), about to move back to Marina on the 26th, and that's about it.

However, last week was the release of the VERY last Harry Potter movie -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. It was an excellent movie (A+) and kept true to the tone of the book, even though things were changed and removed. It was a satisfying end to an era and it was a great last midnight line-up! Funny thing that happened during that week proved that life can be very serendipitous. A friend from the Aquarium contacted me saying that a Monterey County Herald writer was looking for big Harry Potter fans and to contact him for if I was interested in being interviewed. So I did and he called me the next day. We chatted. I told him about going to Edinburgh, Scotland for the final book release, working at the Leaky Cauldron, and other things. He wanted a photo of me and I didn't have my books, but it ended up coming out (when I sent him some personal photos) that I have a robe (dress robes to be exact that mom made me). So he asked if I'd come down to do a photo shoot. I did! Brought some random books I had (my books were actually in Santa Barbara at the time) and they took photos and the article went live on the 15th! It was a fun experience and totally random. Who'd of thunk?! :) The writer was very nice and it's a good article too. Article and photos here: http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_18482909 (have to create a free account to see it)

About to move back to Marina. Got an apartment that allows pets and everything. Move back on Tuesday the 26th, which should be "fun" and interesting. Haven't started to pack that much, but it'll start soon (our boxes arrived -- bought used boxes to make life easier). My computer desk sold via craigslist and it's being picked up tomorrow for $75. We were going to list it for $50 and then list it for free, so $75 ain't bad (we paid $120 or $140 for it via craigslist)! I love that desk (it's perfect for what I need and want) and wish I could take it, but it's just TOO heavy and I don't want to bother moving it. So I'll get a new desk some other time.

At any rate, on to movies! I'm really far behind, but I also haven't seen that much till this week too.

Green Lantern - It was okay. Ryan Reynolds was okay as Hal. I expected it to be better, I think, for it having Ryan Reynolds and the hype behind it. It wasn't a horrible movie, but it just lacked in something. I'd see a sequel (and there should be a sequel), but it's not my favorite. For a first movie, you can hope that they have a better sequel, but at the rate sequels go, I'm not holding my breath. I know, generally, the reviews weren't that great (it's kind of a "par" movie). I'd see it if you like comic book characters, but other than that...You're not missing much or wait till it's on DVD. Grade: B-/C+

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Talk about your LOOOONG movie and feeling every inch of it. What a movie...The special effects and the beginning of the movie make up for the never ending action scene that happens in the latter 2/3 of the movie, but it is seriously the longest action scene I think I have ever seen. Since most of the movie is action, the actors end up mostly yelling at each other too. The thing I do enjoy about this movie is that the "human fighters" are more prominent in this movie than the others. They seem to get more camera time as each movie goes on. The new chick (who replaced Megan Fox) is okay. She gets a lot of lines, weirdly. She's not horrible, but she's definitely there for the sex appeal and she's sometimes a little too "motherly". She wasn't a horrible actress, though, but the end she does have some really odd scenes that you just kind of want to slap her for. Like I said, first 1/3 (maybe even 1/4) of the movie is far better than the rest since it's all action. I did enjoy Leonard Nimoy (Spock in Star Trek) who voices one of the new Transformers and Patrick Dempsey is in it (which was interesting). I do really like the special effects, though. Those transformers are just amazing in terms of CG and I tend to like them more than the humans. :P Grade: B/B-

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 - What an excellent film. It keeps the essence of the book, while changing/removing/adding things. There's one quibble I have with it, which is at the very end, but the rest of it I pretty much enjoyed. You can always complain about things that are adapted (and I've gotten into some nitty-gritty things), but, overall, it's a good film. It's a good finish to the movies and I'm glad. Go out with a bang and it certainly did. I recommend everyone to see this because it's great. You laugh, you cry, you kind of sit on the edge of your seat, etc. There are touching moments too. It's a good film and think they broke the two films up from the one book appropriately. The last film is a little more running around and action orientated, but it has its moments to let you breath for a minute or two also. And, to boot, it's been getting fantastic reviews from fans and critics (and critics won't be so sentimental). Grade: A+

Lincoln Lawyer (Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe) (DVD) - Better than I thought it would be. It's an interesting movie that makes you somewhat question what our justice system is. It's not as good as Law Abiding Citizen, which really does throw how our justice system works back into your face, but Lincoln Lawyer is an interesting question of morals and innocence. Basically, the main character, Mick Haller (McConaughey), is a shady lawyer who takes jobs with, well, shady people who typically would be seen (or are) guilty for their crimes. He's a good lawyer, though, and typically gets their sentences lowered or completely dropped. However, he takes on this client (Phillippe) who puts his whole "ethics" (if you will) to question and he has to figure out how to get out of the situation without putting himself or his family in harms way (what the movie revolves around is this case). It's not as mind twisty as you think, but it has an interesting thing at the end. Haller is an interesting character because he deals with shady people who we, normally, wouldn't agree with, but they somehow also like him somewhat likeable too. It's like you don't quite like him and you don't quite hate him either. It's an interesting balancing act and it played out pretty well. Grade: B

Adjustment Bureau (Matt Damon, Emily Blunt) (DVD) - Not as bad as I thought it would be. This was one I wanted to see in theaters, but Chris didn't want to see it. It's a definite movie rental so I'm glad I didn't see it in theaters. It's okay. The chasing actually doesn't happen to the end of the movie, which is nice because it would have gotten old really fast. The movie is mostly about "fate" and "chance". And the "Chairman" maps out our entire lives so the Adjustment Bureau goes around to do "adjustments" to make sure we stay on track. They have an ability to pass through doors to get from one place to another quickly. It's an interesting question of "fate" and "freewill", but the end premise is about determination and, in ways, love. The end of the movie ends kind of abruptly and quickly so it's a little awkward. You go through this chase scene and it just kind of "finishes" and it's kind of like "what?" With that said, the movie was interesting. It plays more like a drama in most of the film (till the end). It's okay if you're bored or interested, but I don't think I'd readily recommend this (it kind of drags in the middle a little). Grade: C

Captain America (Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving) - SO much better than Thor! Kind of a sad romance story at the the end, but it's a nice story arch compared to Thor and Chris Evans plays a good Captain America. It's interesting to see a Marvel character within a real time period also (or any time period, I suppose). Captain America was created in 1941 for the purpose of being patriotic (hence the American costume and shield) and he fought against the Axis Powers. His "super power" is essentially being super human by a serum also. So, the comic resonates that time period pretty well. At any rate, it was a good movie and they do a clip at the very end (as all the Marvel movies have had) and they also do a little trailer-thing for The Avengers movie coming out next summer too. The trailer got me REALLY excited for The Avengers movie next summer. It looks good and since they've introduced so many of the SHIELD operatives now, you feel more invested in it. Plus, they have a good cast too. Moving on...Chris Evans plays a likable Captain America and the reason he was picked for Captain America (or at least the initial and only test subject) was because of who he was inside -- a genuinely good, down to earth guy. Hugo Weaving's character (the enemy of Captain America -- lead of the Hydras) was a bad guy and took a portion of the unfinished serum that Captain America has and so he became more bad. So, anyway, nice arch, nice tie in for The Avengers and Captain America 2 and 3 (Chris Evans has already signed on). It has a complete story that is more along the lines of building up Iron Man than plopping you into the middle of Thor's story (granted, Thor, has a longer and more complicated history than the others). Grade: B/B+

Next movie is Cowboys & Aliens, which I can't wait for. Not because I'm super excited to see the movie, but because I can FINALLY stop seeing the trailer! I swear, I kid you not, that every movie I have seen in theater has had Cowboys & Aliens before it since January. It has been MONTHS of seeing the trailer. I'm tired of it! So, anyway, going to see it next week and hopefully I can finally put to rest Cowboys & Aliens! :P After that is the Change-Up (Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds) and maybe Crazy, Stupid, Love (Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling). After those is Conan the Barbarian. Chris wants to see it since he's played the MMORPG and has read all the books -- makes sense. At some point, would like to see Horrible Bosses, but it might end up being a movie rental. Missed Bad Teacher and Cars 2 also so...maybe movie rentals. Might be able to wiggle in Cars 2 when we move back, but with others more pressing to see (that we both want to see), Cars 2 might be a movie rental (first Pixar in years I haven't seen in theaters!). We'll see!

Time to go nap and then start packing...Ugh.

End of an Era (and a few movies)

I graduated! No more school posts! I can now say I have a Master of Environmental Science & Management with a specialization in Economics & Politics of the Environment! Now to wait for grades...

It was a good graduation and I really enjoyed it. It hadn't really sunk in that I graduated until last night when I got an e-mail from Dave Parker (director of our career services) giving us a congratulations and I went, "Oh my gosh. This is one of my last e-mails from Bren ever again!" For two years I have received hundreds and hundreds of e-mails from Bren and now I won't be getting that many! Kind of weird. At any rate, it feels nice to be finished, but it's also scary, sad, and just a little weird. This is the first time in 25 years of my life that I have not known what I was going to do next. I know I'll be getting a job, but the questions just compound upon each other. Where will I get a job? What will I be doing? WHEN will I get a job? etc, etc, etc. Looking for grad schools was similar, but did not come with the same feeling and I think it's because I am NOW entering the REAL WORLD! We joke saying school is the "snooze button on life" and has been for me) for the past two decades of my life. Now I don't have school!

A PhD is not out of the question and, if I was honest with myself, I am leaning towards wanting a PhD, but I don't want to go into a PhD program just because "I want to." Honestly, no one would take me on with that kind of answer and I don't have a topic/question I really want to spend 4-5 years of my life on. So maybe with experience I'll find something I want to get my PhD in and I'll go back and do that, but we'll see. Maybe a PhD is also not in the works for me too. Who knows. Time will tell. :) I would like to get a PhD in marine policy (you know, just saying. :P ).

I did get a contractual job with the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It's short term (only 6 weeks), but pays pretty well for only 35-42 hours of work. I'm basically going to be a "beta tester" for their new Seafood Watch Program criteria system so that'll be interesting. It's something I like to do and it will be interesting. It's not a lot of money, but...hey...money is money and it'll be good not to have a "gap" in my resume from the time I graduate to the time I get another job. Plus, this gives me another thing on my resume, another contact, and perhaps a full-time (or even part-time) job down the road. I'm taking it and running with it!

Now, on to movies!

Green Lantern comes out this Friday so we'll see that sometime this weekend or the following week, but this past week was Just Go With It and Super 8!

Just Go With It (Adam Sandler & Jennifer Aniston) - It's not as bad as you think given the two main actors. Chris and I saw a preview for it and instantly went, "We gotta watch it." It didn't let us down. It met expectations, which is "It won't be great, but it won't be horrible." It gave laughs here-and-there and it was an interesting storyline that did set itself up for some funny situations. Basically, Sandler's character has gotten into the habit of lying to chicks saying he's married and his wife beats him up, yaddy, yaddy, and gets pity sex from them. Aniston is his secretary at his plastic surgeon office. Anyway, he finds a girl he really "connects with" (like no other girl) and she finds the wedding ring and he gets tangled up in these lies that he drags Aniston and her kids into. Anyway, it's pretty funny. There are quite a few sexual-ish jokes made throughout the movie (what kind of Sandler film would it be without those?!), but they're not too bad. We enjoyed the movie. It wouldn't be a buyer, but if you want to watch a rom-com that Aniston isn't actually that bad in (it's almost a miracle, I swear!) and Sandler is good in too, I'd recommend it. It's a good rental film. Nicole Kidman is also in it and is pretty funny too. Grade: B

Super 8 (Joel Courtney, Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, etc) - I won't spoil it for those who are going to watch it (as I try not to do for any of my reviews), but if you've seen the preview even once you know the general gist of it (as far as we can tell at least). So...This movie is like (and you'll understand if you watch the movie) an alien version of The Goonies (if they had cameras). I kid you not. It's a good film and it's not scary. It's more suspenseful than scary. It has its lulls, laughs, touching moments, suspense, slightly scary moments, etc. It's a nice balance of everything and seeing the Super 8 cameras was pretty neat. I enjoyed the movie within the movie too. :P I don't know if I'd say it's my favorite movie of the summer (so far and I know others who say that), but it's a good film and holds up well against PotC 4, X-Men: First Class, and soon-to-come-out Green Lantern. In many ways, it's just nice having a non-superhero-ish, non-comic/action figure, non-sequel, and non-book-related film for once! It kind of makes you go (like Inception did), "Wow, Hollywood CAN make good original screenplays and movies!" At any rate, if you like suspenseful type movies, I'd recommend it. It's a good movie and it's nice having child actors being the main actors. Like I said, it has that The Goonies feeling and it's nice and a change from what is normally in theaters these days where the children are supporting actors or there's only one and not a bunch of them. My only complaint about the movie is the flow seemed a little choppy sometimes and something just doesn't quite jive with me (perhaps it's the quick ending). Other than that, I liked it.  Grade: B+

One of the best things about seeing Super 8 was I got to see the latest Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 trailer on the big screen! It totally rocked and I had to restrain myself from cheering. I'm like a little kid, but it really does look like a fantastic movie and I can't wait!

Now, with that, time to eat, and play Minecraft. :)

Pandas and Mutants

I watched Kung Fu Panda 2 and X-Men: First Class this week. The goal was to watch Fast Five instead of Kung Fu Panda 2, but a mix-up over movie times occurred and so we went to see Kung Fu Panda 2 instead. Fast Five is no longer showing in SB anymore either, but there's always the DVD!

Kung Fu Panda 2 (Jack Black, et al.) - I enjoyed the movie, but a 1.5 hour movie does feel really short these days. At any rate, this movie had the theme of finding "where you belong" and "who you are". In particular, it touches upon adoption (Po (the Panda) has a goose father). It's a cute movie and has some good animation that I enjoyed. It's a definite family film and I enjoyed Kung Fu Panda 1 and I also enjoyed this one just as much. I'd probably say this would be more of a movie rental than an on-screen watch, but that also comes down to preference. Dreamworks does put out good animation films too. I'm looking forward to Puss in Boots in the fall. They do seem able to push out 2 movies a year vs Pixar's 1 and their quality is still pretty good (How to Train Your Dragon is now apart of my "comfort movie" list. I watched it again just this past week and I've watched it more times in the past year than any other film). At any rate, watch it in theaters if you like the franchise, but other than that, I'd wait for DVD. Grade: B/B+

X-Men: First Class (James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon) - I really, really enjoyed this film and it's been the first summer film that I can actually say I really enjoyed. It's also been getting good reviews. I kind of feel like THIS movie is the start of the summer blockbusters than Thor or some other movie. It was excellent. It's a character driven movie rather than action movie like the triology (X-Men, X2, X-Men: Last Stand). I'd even say it's more character driven than X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Wolverine's movie was supposed to be his background and how he came to be. It certainly makes up for X3 and even Wolverine; it basically gives me hope that the franchise isn't going down the tube -- it's that good. McAvoy and Fassbender do a great job in developing a friendship despite their characters' differences and gathering forces to save the world and then the end when they split you feel that they're both sad for the differences they can't agree on. There's a smattering of action here and there, but the end main fighting scene isn't drawn out and long (like sometimes I felt PotC: At World's End sometimes felt like). You feel sympathy for Erik (aka Magneto) in his early years and even in his adult years to avenge the man who killed his mother and turned him into who he is. You respect Charles (aka Professor X) from the get-go for for his knowledge and compassion for mutants. It's just a well done X-Men movie and makes me glad I went to see it in theaters. I could even be talked into seeing it again in theaters if need be. Would I buy the DVD? I'm not sure. I might when it gets cheaper. The movie also reaffirms my appreciation for McAvoy. He's done a lot of different films (Family (Narnia - Mr. Tumnus), Drama x 2 (Becoming Jane, Atonement), Action (Wanted), Animation (Gnomeo & Juliet), and Sci-Fi (Professor X)) and I've enjoyed him in all of them (except Atonement since I have not seen it).  Grade: A

Farewell grad school

I finished my last class today at Bren and turned my final two assignments in tonight. I had another 5 days before my final two assignments were due, but I had already written and edited them. They were just looming over my head the past few days so I decided to just bite the bullet and say farewell to my Master's program all on the same day instead of dragging out the papers when all I could do was quibble over a word here-and-there. It's a little weird and bittersweet. I am FINISHED! No more classes and no more assignments. It's all in and finished. All I have to do is graduate and wait for grades. Weird...

Now if I can only find a job...

With that...I'm off to continue to not do too much besides read, watch TV shows, and job hunt. Graduation is next Friday, though!

Movies and Fish

Apparently I am a bad keeper-of-the-fish (i.e., fish tank owner) because I just noticed I'm missing a fish...I'm down to 3 neon tetras (red and blue) and only 2 glowlight tetras (orange). It's my big, fat glowlight tetra that is missing (I assume the oldest since it was always the biggest of them all and the glowlights were the first ones I bought). I'm kind of appalled that I never noticed it died because it would take the snails and shrimp a few days to eat it... : I'm sorry little fishy that I did not save you from being consumed; however, as I have been told by Chris, "It's what happens in the wild." I just hope I don't find some errant body part when I'm cleaning. Ick. I doubt I will since my shrimp are quite the carnivores and they burrow into my gravel. At any rate, I am keeping a close eye on my last shrimp since she's the last one. She has molted twice since the male (and last shrimp) died so that's a good sign, but it seems like the last two kind of died randomly. So...who knows.

On to movies!

Gnomeo and Juliet - I rather enjoyed this. It's a "random" animation company and not one of the major ones, but it was rather cute. They liked to throw in random Shakespeare lines in, but the movie was good. The voice caste is amazing too: Emily Blunt, James McAvoy, Patrick Stewart, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Jason Statham, Julie Walters, Hulk Hogan, Ozzy Osbourne (I know...), etc. It was fun picking out everyone's voice. You know the general premise based on the title, but how they did it and the funny moments were cute. The end, of course, is different than the actual play given it's a family movie. :P The animation was also well done and you never lost sight of the fact that these are ceramic gnomes and not, well, people. I would recommend people to watch it. Families with young kids (around the 6-8 range) would probably enjoy this the most. Grade: A-

I Am Number Four - Definitely has a 2nd movie lined-up, but I don't think it did well in theaters so I don't know if they'll try for a 2nd one; however, it was okay. It wasn't a great sci-fi, action film, but it wasn't a total dud either. Chris and I were trying to guess the entire way what would happen and who this beagle was that showed up (we thought it was a bad guy, then that it was one of the 2 chicks on the cover, and then decided we had no clue till the end of the movie). It was your pretty typical Hero's Journey (mentor and hero, mentor is killed, hero goes on alone, etc) so we knew the mentor (or guardian, in this case) was doomed from the get go, but it was interesting. I don't think I'd readily recommend this for anyone. It's pretty average... Grade: C

We might go see Fast Five later in theaters, but we'll see. Not sure if we'll see X-Men: First Class in theaters (comes out June 3rd). It's an iffy one. Won't see Hangover 2 or Kung Fu Panda 2 in theaters either (will watch it on DVD). After that, it's Super 8, Green Lantern, possibly Cars 2, Transformers, Horrible Bosses (we liked the trailer for it), Harry Potter, Captain America, Cowboys and Aliens, The Change-up (also liked the trailer), and Conan (for Chris).

I think that's all the summer movies. Friends with Benefits and Bad Teacher will probably be movie rentals. I still joke that we saw the entire movie for Conan when we saw the trailer (we've seen it twice in theaters). There's this particularly long one with lots of snapshots of everything and it really felt like you watched the whole movie in 2 minutes! Oh well. Chris has read most of the books in the series and also plays the MMO so we'll go see it (we're struggling through the Schwarzenegger version on Netflix right now, or I'm struggling through it at least).

With that...One week left of classes! I have to edit a paper and write a paper by next Saturday and I'm finished! :) That is both a terrifying and exciting thing...

PotC and Misc

Went and saw Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides today. It was good and it had some funny moments. The battle scenes still sometimes feel a little long, but the story was infinitely better than Dead Man's Chest (#2) and At World's End (#3). I enjoyed Penelope Cruz's character and Jack is just as ever, well, Jack. The movie doesn't QUITE set up for a 5th film, but it doesn't mean a 5th film can't happen. Since this movie was a story that started and ended in the movie (not even a trailer like Jack leaving with the Fountain of Youth Map at the end of #3), it'll have to be something totally new. I'm sure they could accomplish it, though. I do find it a little difficult to pick the "good" guy and the "bad" guy. I guess that's the problem with pirates. :P You end up picking the lesser of two evils, so to speak. The bad guy (Blackbeard) this time was like Davy Jones vs Jack. You always side with Jack, but Blackbeard's crew you felt a little sorry for since they were coerced into service and didn't know they'd be working for Blackbeard. So, it's sometimes a mixed bag. The sideline stories (in particular, the priest and the mermaid) were interesting. It was kind of "out there", but I liked it. I still want to know what happened to the priest, but the story was a little "Beauty & and the Beast" (with the roles reversed). At any rate, I recommend going to see it based on the PotC franchise more than anything and it is a good film. Grade: B/B+

I rewatched Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 the other day. It really is an excellent HP movie. I'm resisting buying it so I can buy the two parts together, but it's hard!

Any any rate, school is almost over!! I've got TWO classes left: tomorrow and next Wednesday. I've already written a rough draft of my final paper and I have my presentation tomorrow. I keep having to alter the paper a little because the shark fin ban, recently, has picked up steam (passed the State Assembly on Monday) so that's a little annoying, but oh well. I just hope it doesn't pass the Senate in 2 weeks or the purpose of my paper is moot (one of my question is "Will it pass?") and then I'm in trouble. I doubt it'll pass the Senate, though. It's still in the Rules Committee for the Senate. At any rate, almost finished!!!

I applied this week to a temp, part-time, contractual job with the Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program. Since it's contractual, it's off-site and I can do it remotely in Santa Barbara. It's basically research and report writing based on literature reviews, but...hey...it's money! It's also only 10-hours a week, which works out nicely in case I DO get hired for a full-time job I can take the job and do the SWP work until it's over (either through Sept or Oct). I've had my resume bounce around a lot recently so I'm hoping networking solves my problem of finding a job, but we'll see. A lady with BLM who works in the CA Coastal Monument department emailed me recently (thanks to our BLM client!) and wants to talk about what I'm interested in. They're short on money (as everyone in the government is), but at least she's willing to talk with me. At least I'm not the only one in the "no job, yet" boat. It seems like a good portion of our class is still struggling to find jobs. Most have applied to things and some have come up with interviews. I've heard of 4 people having jobs so far, which isn't too unusual since I don't really converse or hang out with my class, but still. Usually Bren has about a 60-70% rate of students having jobs by graduation and around 90% by September (even last year's stayed this way). We'll see if our class can keep tradition or not. If anything -- as we're all QUITE aware of -- December is the deadline because loans start to be due January.

Well, with that, time to go play Lego PotC! It's all 4 movies and I'm almost finished with movie 1. I doubt I'll get to 4 (doing a day-by-day rental from Redbox), but we'll see. It's quite fun and it's hilarious because Lego Jack Sparrow runs like movie Jack Sparrow. :P

Bridesmaids

First off, I forgot to mention that Thor's director Kenneth Branagh did a good job directing his first major movie. Still kind of surprising since he's more known for Shakespeare, but this movie does have a lilt to it that's kind of reminiscent of Shakespeare (in a deep undercurrent kind of way).

At any rate...Chris and I went and saw Bridesmaids today. It's funny, but it's more of a physical/potty type of humor (in some places). Oddly to say, The Hangover has a more wide appeal sense-of-humor than Bridesmaids to most people. The Hangover is more just silly and funny and Bridesmaids definitely is a little more potty humor (there's an instance where they all get food poisoning...it's rather gross and funny in certain spots). There are some rather funny parts that are just funny. For example, the main character (Annie) is trying to get the attention of this cop who she hurt and she does all these silly things in the car (speeding, cruising like a gangster, doughnut, etc) to try and get his attention. Some of the situations between the bridesmaids are also funny (jealousy playing out mostly). I don't know if this movie is for everyone because of its humor, but it's pretty amusing and you laugh throughout it. You just have to get past the couple spots of more potty humor and then it's just like The Hangover and pretty funny. I would say that The Hangover is the better of the two films, though. Grade: B

PotC 4 will be during the week sometime to try and avoid the crowds.