Our weekend plans got rained out (actually more like flooded out). We were heading to Berkeley Castle in Glouchester for the Joust Festival www.joust.info
So what is one to do on a rainy day, with a mediaeval costume already paid for in honour of the Joust. Well, I can tell you now that spending the day at the movies comes to mind, but sure as heck not while wearing my mediaeval dress. I wore that around the house last night!
So this afternoon we headed into town to watch the new Transformers movie. OK so we were feeling a bit “movie deprived” and had to see anything. Let me tell you it is a guaranteed good time movie. Far removed from the disgrace that the first movie was, this was fantastic. Graphics are incredible, music totally cool, acting more than adequate for a kids movie, storyline that was actually understandable and finally not chessy in any way! It is very rare that I would even consider buying a soundtrack to a movie (I think the last one was Top Gun) but this rocked. 8 out of 10.
Harry Potter on the other hand – very dark and could I say, rather boring. I think I am going through the motions here as I have seen all the others. It is kind of a new Stars Wars situation. You have invested time in the previous movies so you are just hoping to get to the end and complete the series. This Potter movie very much felt like a filler waiting to get to the real one to end it all. Bring the end on quickly. 5 out of 10.