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Liz and I, like many people in our generation, are avid Harry Potter fans. Liz got into it well before I did. In fact, I didn't start watching the movies until Year 4 and I didn't start reading the books until a few months before book 7 came out. That being the case, this game was naturally a first day purchase for Liz and I. This review is for the Wii version.

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Final thoughts
LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 is, overall, a really great game. It's fun, simple, and a very faithful adaptation of this beloved series. The game is a bit short, but that's come to be expected of the LEGO series of video games. However, this games greatest downfall is the abundant glitches. Most of them don't ruin the fun, but some of the major glitches force you to completely restart the game. It's worth buying if you are a Harry Potter fan, but be wary of the glitches. It's definitely worth looking at any of the FAQs available online so that you're aware of them before getting into the game.

Score: 7.5/10 (brought down considerably because of the glitches)

Yes, it's true. We saw Wolverine last night.

Yes, it's true. It was pretty darn good. Was it as good as the first two? Nope. Was it as bad as The Last Stand (which is not to imply that movie was TERRIBLE, I mean... it had it's merrits. I liked it for what it was). Nope. It was really a good flick, though. My only real complaint was that all the characters which we were bombarded with in the previews, leading you to believe they would have pivotal roles, only managed to get a total of 5 minutes of screen time, with the obvious exceptions of Wolverine and Sabretooth, but the not so obvious exception of Gambit. His role was still frustratingly limited, considering he's one of my all time favorite characters in that universe, but he did play a key part in the story, so that's good. It's a shame that he probably won't be coming back, unless they find some way to include him in Magneto (assuming that project ever gets greenlit. Maybe the studios were just testing the waters with this one, because everybody loves Wolverine and his bona-fide bad-assery. Gambit gets his own movie? y/y?). Oh, and there was obviously mythos crap that was all kinds of wrong, but that's just nit-picking at this point considering how wrong the stories have been in the first place.

Nathan's official rating: 8.0. Don't expect Shakespeare, obviously. Expect X-men goodness and cheesy dialogue. There was a stinger (apparently those are called cookies now? I'm sticking with stinger) at the end of the credits (two, if you include the one that came after the principal cast), but it wasn't anything Earth-shattering, so decide for yourself if you want to stay.

It's been a little over a year since we moved to OKC, so I decided now is as good a time as any to take a stock of my life and catalog everything that's happened. Pseudo-chronologically, because I can't remember the exact order in which I do things, but I'm trying, damn it.

I really don't blame you if nobody reads this whole thing. Even Liz.

( It's a rambling summary of 12 months of events. Of COURSE I cut it )

What have I learned from all of this? What can you learn from all of this? What was the point of doing this? All excellent questions! I'm still growing and changing (as people are wont to do). I still have a lot of growing up to do. I've had some thoroughly life altering experiences this past year, all of which I'm just trying to take it all in stride. There's ups and downs, and sometimes it never seems like you can climb out of those valleys. Eventually we all do. Sometimes it seems like there's more downs than ups, but I think it all evens out for us in the end. Just try not to let it get the best of you, my little chickadees. There's not really much I expect anybody else to learn from this rambly ass journey through my thoughts, it's mostly just introspective on my part. I had some stuff that I felt needed to be put out there for everybody in livejournal land, and now it's laid out.

What am I going to do now? I'm going to walk the dog and watch the Green Bay Packers demolish the Dallas Cowboys. STFU it will too happen!

Iron Man was AWESOME. I am so entirely ready for the sequel already.

If you haven't seen it, please do. And be sure you stay after the credits, because there is, indeed, a stinger.

We went and saw Cloverfield last night. All in all it wasn't all that bad. ( there's spoilers. Sort of. )

Also, there were previews for Iron Man, Hellboy 2, and Star Trek. Freaking squee.

*squees about Heroes*

So many plot twists... so many questions... gegnivtshcpth >.<

( the following contains me ranting and spoilers )

Can't wait for next week. I'm already on the edge of my seat.

Yes, it's time once again for "movie reviews with Nathan!" On the plate tonight, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Before you let out your groans, hear me out: I was one of the MANY people who was utterly disappointed with the first one. It was basically two hours of character development, and a 5 minute action sequence, and the reason people see superhero movies is for the intense action sequences. They want a popcorn movie, and the first just didn't provide that. Granted, Fantastic Four was never one of the more popular comic series for just this reason.

However, the second one seems to have learned from the mistakes of the first, and is all in all a fairly enjoyable experience!

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Okay, so, to summarize: it fixed a lot of the problems that were prevalent in the first, like the complete lack of action and the focus too much on developing the characters. Yes, they need some development, but not a whole movie worth. Silver Surfer for the win. Galactus for the wtf why?

Overall: "B-". See it if you're a fan, but otherwise don't bother. In fact, you may just want to wait for the DVD.