Ben Affleck as Batman?

Well before I disappeared for practically 10 months I used to do movie news as well as reviews , so today I would like to talk about some news that is still really hot in the media. About a week ago Warner Brothers officially released the information that Oscar Winning Ben Affleck is going to be cast at Bruce Wayne/Batman in the next Man of Steel movie which also includes the character Batman. Now a lot of people seem to be having an issue with Warner Brothers choice with the new Batman. My thoughts on the matter are half and half.

The first half would be to say that I do not see Ben Affleck as the next Batman. Why is that though? Well I only see Ben Affleck as a real actor. What I mean by this is that I only see him playing a real character, not some fantasy character. He has been in so many movies that are dramas, not science fiction/fantasy. Another thing that bothers me about Ben Affleck is that I don't think he can pull of the role of Batman. I can see him as Bruce Wayne, but I do not see him as the superhero Batman. I do not think he can pull of the multiple personalities of the characters he has to play. Batman and Bruce Wayne are two different characters, but yet the same person. Ben Affleck has to pull of that emotional connection of the two of them. I just don't see it.

Now why I am kind of rooting for Ben Affleck to pull it off as these characters is because he just might actually pull it off. No one thought that Heath Ledger would do good as the Joker, but look who won and Oscar for his performance. Some people find Heath's Joker performance the best joker performance ever. I would have to agree with that. What I am saying is that we don't know how Ben Affleck will do until we see the movie. He might be the best Batman ever. We will just have to wait and see what 2015 will bring for us in the Superman Batman film.

So stay tuned for more information, reviews, and news about the film industry. Thanks for reading and make sure you tune back later.

Noah Mark Bitney

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present his second installment in the series of reviews for the "Harry Potter" series, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." In the Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts he has to find a way to return to his school after a house-elf tries to stop him. When Harry makes it to school though he finds out that he might not have wanted to return after all, after an old school legend comes back . . . again.

Before I get into the review though I wanted to say thank you and sorry. I have been out for a week on reviews because I sliced a part of my right index finger off and it has been sore to type . . . I only did it if I had to. I have now started to heal, and decided tonight to start making reviews for movies again. (I have a bunch coming as I have had time while on bed rest to watch them). So make sure you do stay tuned. I also wanted to say thanks as I have had a steady amount of page views while being gone . . . I hope this continues as I am back now again and reviewing again. I hope you will continue to enjoy them, so stay tuned and lets get to this review (oh and I apologize in advance for errors, still hard to type).

So lets start with the negatives as to end on a positive note (as this is one of my favorite "Harry Potter films").  Well I really have only two things to say about this movie. One is that it is extremely . . . slow. This movie continues to drag and drag on with no end. This leads me into number two which I am going to say that this could have taken out scenes and made it probably an hour shorter (also a positive here though). It is just such a slow paced movie, which makes you in the end super tired.

Moving onto the positives of this film though. Well this movie is just great, the acting from the kids only gets better. The trio are just becoming great at acting, and we are only on the second film. We get a couple new characters in this film and Jason Issacs, Mark Williams, and Robert Hardy (as Fudge) all do a great job. The voice of Dobby is played by Toby Jones and he seems to become the character, which I absolutely love. The next thing really is that the direction of this movie is great, Christopher Columbus always seems to do a great job at keeping you somewhat interested in this film. The screenplay is very well done by Steve Kolves (again) . . . except of course for the things mentioned above. Which leads me to the fact that this film is definitely one of the most loyal to the book (which is a good and bad thing). Bad because it made the movie slow, but good because fans of the book will enjoy it more. The special effects for this film are very great since there are some huge things that they are needed for. Lets just say AGAIN John Williams nailed it with his score for this film. I loved it and of course it is another must-have score.

So-all-in-all Harry's second year at Hogwarts is another enjoyable ride that you must-see! Is is 100% a must-see and I would have to say go ahead and purchase it at your choice! Either way your going to want to either watch it yourself, regardless your age, or enjoy it with little kids. It is a great story for them too. So on a scale out of five what does "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" get? Well I am going to have to say a four out of five.

Well thanks for reading this second installment in my reviews of the "Harry Potter" series, for the film "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." I hope you have enjoyed. I do want to again say thank you for continuing to view my blog here. It has meant the world to me. Stay tuned for a BUNCH of reviews because I have a bunch to catch up on. I hope you continue to enjoy the blog here, and THANK YOU! :) 

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present the first part in his eight part reviews of the Harry Potter series. So "let the magic begin" with the review of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Well (as most of you probably know) this film is about a young boy who discovers he is a wizard, and that somehow when he was just a baby he had defeated the darkest wizard of all time. Harry Potter learns that he is also accepted into "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" and there he learns and proves how great of wizard/human being he is.

Well lets start out with the negatives that came from this movie. Before I get into them though I do want to say that I am going to try and do my best with the professional reviews here . . . I am a HUGE fan of the series. Well a negative I am going to have to say that this movie can be a bit slow and extremely predictable at times. What I mean by this is that the story just moves along slowly, the movie most likely could have been shorter (but more to come later). What I mean by predictable is that it really isn't surprising what happens at all. You have seen this in other movies before this one came out.

Otherwise I would have to say I loved everything else. They choose the prefect cast for this film I thought. All of the young kid actors in this film did amazing. For directing kid actors/actresses, director Chris Columbus, did a fantastic job. He also had to direct the well known actor/actresses that were included in the older parts of the cast. All of the acting performances in this film were great. Some of the more famous (older) cast in this film include: Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Warwick Davis, and Richard Griffiths. Of course there is more, but I thought I would mention a few. The story line in this film (expect for things mentioned above) was good. I thought it did a really great job setting up the beginning of what will become a GREAT franchise. Oh course I have to talk about the look of this movie . . . which is incredible. Stuart Craig was in charge of "Set Direction" and he did a GREAT JOB! Everything just looks authentic and SO real. Then we move onto the wonderful score created by none other than the greatest composer of all time, John Williams. GOD, I swear he knows how to compose a film. I would have to say that you have to make sure you purchase this score because I sure did and I LOVE it! He just adds to the movie in so many ways that you never thought was possible. What I really have to say as a positive is that I was a perfect book-to-film adaption for the first book in a franchise, and it began something that no one ever thought would become as big as it is today! It really is the perfect beginning for a franchise and I could have never imagined it any other way.

So all-in-all what is "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" going to get on my ratings? Well for starters it is 100% a "must-see film" because it is defiantly a classic that nearly anyone will enjoy. It has also become a huge phenomenon that had consumed the world. It gets a "buy on Blu-Ray" rating and it is a good popcorn flick for one night. On the scale out of five what will this film get? "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" will get a four point five out of five.

Well thanks for reading and I hope that you enjoyed the first part of the eight part reviews of the "Harry Potter" series. Two more reviews will be coming tomorrow night so make sure you stay tuned for that soon. I have really been waiting to do these reviews, so I hope that you will enjoy them. I do want to mention that I have a twitter account for movie quotes now, so follow HERE, if you want tweets of random movie quotes on your timeline. Thanks again for reading and make sure you stay tuned for more . . . coming soon.

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Pixar going to far?

Have you been waiting for a continuation of Marlin, Dory, and Nemo's story told to us back in 2003? Well its for sure that you will get that chance! Pixar has confirmed that "Finding Nemo 2" is officially in the works and has an expected release date of 2016. They are ready officially announced also that the director of the original "Finding Nemo," Andrew Stanton, will return his throne as director of the sequel.

This is not the only sequel that Pixar has officially released it's being in the works. They have also officially announced that the "Toy Story" franchise will be getting a fourth installment. Apparently a sequel is already in the works. No information on expected release date.

Are you excited to see a second "Finding Nemo" story come to the big screen? How about another "Toy Story" film? I mean yeah sure they all have been great, but is Pixar going to far with all these sequels? I mean "Cars 2," all the "Toy Story" films, and now "Monster's Inc." with its prequel due out next summer "Monster's University." I feel like they might be screwing with something they have that is already good. I am afraid of "Monster's University." Pixar's "Monster's Inc." was my favorite Pixar, and now I feel like they might ruin it with the prequel.

What do you think though? Let me know in the comments section below, oh and stay tuned . . .

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The Dark Knight REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to preset a review for Christopher Nolan's second installment in the Batman Trilogy, "The Dark Knight." In this film, Batman meets a villain he doesn't fully understand, the Joker.

Well lets get the minor negatives out of the way shall we because most likely you guessed that I freaking love this movie. So major thing I want to mention is that most of the action in this film does seem a bit to choreographed again, worse than "Batman Begins." It just kind of bothers me a bit. Now a minor thing is that there is this one scene on a rooftop that the dialogue seems a bit to unnatural. It just they are on one topic then jut to the next and then jut again to another. Bothers me a little. Now one more thing really was that the girl that had to replace Katie Holmes I do not like as much. I know they had no chance, but I really did not like Maggie Gyllenhaal in this film. She just did not perform as well as everyone else was in this film. So there were probably the only negatives, yes even an EPICLY GREAT movie like "The Dark Knight" has to have some negatives I am afraid.

Now for the many positives though because like I said, this film is freaking INCREDIBLE! Going to say this right now, this is defiantly a movie that is on your must-see film list (if you are one of the few who have not seen it). I am going to start off with Heath Ledger's performance in this film. Three words, "OH MY GOD!" He does an incredible job as the joker, seriously him as the joker has to be the best acting I have ever seen within a film. He 1000% deserved the Oscar he got in 2009. I would like to say it was a performance of a generation. I still think to this day that he has done the greatest job in a film. Now for the other acting parts. Well its basically the same people from "Batman Begins" and they do a great job just like before, if not better. The only added main person was Aron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, and I thought he did a suburb job as well. Christopher Nolan must bring out the best acting in actors/actresses. He literally did an amazing job with this film. Camera angles, writing the film (except that one part above), and just making a film we all enjoy. The plot of the whole movie just made sense it connected logically and perfectly. Oh and I LOVE how he started this film. A very intense beginning for a film people were anxiously waiting for after the first installment. Again I want to say that Hans Zimmer did an incredible job with the score for "The Dark Knight" as he did with "Batman Begins." So a huge thanks to everyone involved in this film for creating a movie that I thoroughly will enjoy over and over again. It still keeps me on the end of my seat every time I watch it.

Well as I said above this film is 100% a must-see film that you have to 100% buy on Blu-Ray (if you own one). A huge popcorn flick one night, and make sure you watch this before you see "The Dark Knight Rises" this coming weekend! Now for the rating that it deserves. Well I can only give it a 4/5, but being a GREAT film it is a good rating for it. I still say WATCH IT NOW! So make sure you check it out.

Now remember (for Batman fans waiting for my "The Dark Knight Rises" review) I will be going at midnight to see it, and when I get home that night I will review it for you to read and see how EPIC it really is. I do want to say thanks for reading, please spread the word about "The Motion Picture Buff" blog. It really does help me, and it will keep me doing more reviews for all of you to read. Make sure you see what movies I might review next HERE. Now make sure you stay tuned for more motion picture things . . .

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In memory of Heath Ledger, thank you for an amazing performance . . . rest in peace. 

NEWS FLASH: Famous Producer Richard D. Zanuck Dies at 77

I am sad to report that famous producer, Richard D. Zanuck, has passed away at the age of 77. He helped create critically acclaimed movies like, "Big Fish" and "Jaws." The cause of his death is reported to be a heart attack.

He helped now famous director, Steven Spielberg, come to the fame he has today. I would like to say thanks to Mr. Richard D. Zanuck for helping bring great movies to the big screen for us to enjoy. Richard D. Zanuck has produced many films which include: "Big Fish, Yes Man, Road to Perdition, Jaws, Dark Shadows (2012), Driving Miss Daisy, and many more films.

I just want to say rest in peace Richard D. Zanuck. Again thank you for your wondrous contribution the the motion picture world. I will be looking forward to watching some of your films soon.

The Motion Picture Buff