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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen (2003)
Not as bad as people think
Had this been just another season finale of Buffy it wouldn't be judged as harshly as it is. But because it is the series finale people were probably expecting a lot more. Overall it does end the series nicely and once again Buffy and her friends save the world which is what we were all expecting to happen.
There are some really nice moments in this episode. It is kind of nice to see Buffy and Angel together again. Things are always so complicated between them its nice to see them just have a conversation. And if you see Angel season 5 "The Girl in Question", Angel does mention the cookie dough speech again.
I also like the Principal Wood/Faith relationship. I think they go well together. Its nice to see Faith have someone.
The last scene with the Scoobies before the fight is really nice. There hasn't been much Scoobie time this season so it was a great moment.
And of course the last scene between Spike and Buffy. We've been watching their relationship grow over the last three season and this is an amazing ending to it. It's great to hear Buffy finally tell Spike she loves him. We knew she had feelings for him and there have been hints that she loved him before. She's mentioned the word love with Spike before like "You always hurt the ones you love." I think the reason he said no you don't is because he knew it wasn't the same way he felt about her. Like she'd said in the cookie dough speech, she wasn't really ready to love someone in that way.
But like other Buffy episode there are parts that don't make sense/are weird/ are just silly. One of them being Caleb's line "You ready to end this...bitch!" This line is just so ridiculous and the way he says it just makes me laugh.
Also Buffy tells Angel to get a second front together. But who is he going to get? Over on Angel, Cordy just gave birth to Jasmine and is in a coma, his son went crazy and he just took over Wolfram and Hart. Angel, Wesley and Gunn aren't going to be much of a second front. Sure Lorne could sing high pitched at the Ubervamps but he won't be much help in the way of fighting and Fred isn't much of a fighter. The only reason Angel could take down the big bads on his season finale was because he had Spike, Illyria, Lindsay and even Connor to help. I don't think he would have helped much with the second front, he might as well have stayed and helped Buffy.
Another is why wouldn't Willow just do the slayer spell on the axe right away? Then they would know if it worked and Buffy could have the axe for the whole fight. And all the gang would be there to stop Willow if she went all crazy again.
I feel like this episode had a great mix of action, romance and fun. The fight scene was pretty cool. I mean the potentials did hold their own until Spike's necklace kicked in. I liked how they managed to get some funny lines in like "party in my eye-socket and everyone's invited!"
I think the episodes weakest part was the last scene. The Scoobies always joked around at inappropriate times but this just seemed really unnecessary. People had just died and they're talking about the mall. It seems like they could have found something a little more important to say at that time.
But overall I think it did a good job of wrapping up the series.
Tin Man (2007)
interesting concept
Having only seen part one of three this opinion is sort of limited. But from what I can tell it's cheesy but still sort of entertaining. The series is called Tin Man but so far the Tin Man is really a secondary character, so i don't understand this title choice. The acting is decent, but definitely weighed down but the cheesy and often clichéd writing. The writing is often random with lines that make no sense (such as Glitch talking about how he can dance...) The special effects are sort of throw at you and overused. It's like the creators wanted to say "Hey! look what we can do!" It was an interesting concept and I think maybe in the hands of different makers it would have been a much better mini series. It's still entertaining and I will probably continue to watch to see how it all turns out but so far its a little confusing and not up to par. It sort of reminds me of the 10th Kingdom (Which was also chock full of cheesy lines and overdone special effects) but set in OZ.
Hairspray (2007)
cute, entertaining and a great movie musical
This was a great movie. I was funny and sweet. I enjoyed it very much. This had to follow up a very good movie musical, Dreamgirls which was very well done. This did an outstanding job. It was a fun movie that you can't help but enjoy. The songs are catchy, the dances are amazing and the acting is great. I think the biggest surprise was James Marsden. I had no idea he could sing and his voice was amazing and his acting was great. He really blew me away. Amanda Bynes was so cute as Penny and I was sad she didn't sing more. I would have liked to have seen a little more of her and Seaweeds relationship.
The only thing I can find to complain about is the fact that Tracy and Link's relationship felt a little rushed and not 100% believable just because it happened so fast. Also I never really stopped thinking that it was John Travolta as Edna, I just kept seeing him instead of the character.
Now I did not see the Broadway show and my friend told me there was some changes. I know they cut some songs but I didn't feel like the movie needed more songs.
This movie was a great add to the collection of movie musicals and I hope this means there will be much more to come. Probably the most entertaining movie I've seen all summer and just so much fun.
*By the way keep your eye out for John Waters*