Sunday, 4 December 2005
Top selling DVDs of all time in Australia

The SMH posted a recent article featuring the Top selling DVDs of all time in Australia. It's an update to a similar list from earlier in the year. I hilighted the DVDs we owned on that list, so in keeping with the tradition, here's the update - I score 33 out of the 40.

  1. Finding Nemo
  2. Shrek 2
  3. Pirates of the Caribbean
  4. The Fellowship of the Ring
  5. The Return of the King
  6. The Two Towers
  7. Shrek
  8. Monsters Inc
  9. Gladiator
  10. The Incredibles
  11. The Lion King
  12. Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
  13. Shark Tale
  14. The Fast and the Furious
  15. The Matrix
  16. Star Wars trilogy box set
  17. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  18. Troy
  19. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  20. Four Weddings and a Funeral
  21. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  22. Meet The Fockers
  23. Matrix Revolutions
  24. Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones
  25. Matrix Reloaded
  26. Love Actually
  27. The OC Season 1
  28. Robots
  29. Lilo and Stitch
  30. XXX
  31. 8 Mile
  32. Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace
  33. The Day After Tomorrow
  34. Ever After
  35. The Last Samurai
  36. Spider-Man
  37. Indiana Jones box set
  38. Ice Age
  39. Gone In 60
  40. Seconds Bridget Jones's Diary
[listening to: Wave a White Flag - Elvis Costello ]
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

It feels like only yesterday I took my boys to see the third Harry Potter movie, when it's time to see the next installment.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a lot darker than the previous 3 movies, but I found it a lot more enjoyable. It had the epic story of good versue evil, as well as the story of the coming of age of three, as the gang gets ready for the Yule ball and have to get a date for the dance.  As the summary from IMDB says:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire takes us deeper into the characters' minds and the darkness of the Wizarding World. At the Quidditch World Cup, Voldemort's followers gather and wreak havoc. Then, at Hogwarts, a legendary event takes place. The Triwizard Tournament! The Goblet of Fire judges who gets in and who doesn't. On the fateful night, three champions are selected. But then the Goblet spits out one other. Harry's. These two major events point to the return of Lord Voldemort. Dumbledore and the other teachers sense it, but it is inevitable. And Harry is no longer safe at Hogwarts. This fourth installment is the most dramatic, and also the scariest. Let me just say that all does not necessarily end well...

As we left the theatre, I pondered the mythology of Harry Potter. The good versus evil theme is pretty uniersal, but it feels to me like Star Wars. I wonder if Harry is Voldemort's son? 

[listening to: Alison - Elvis Costello ]
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