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I think the best answer to this is "whenever", although the Christmas when it took a concerted effort by everyone to convince my Mum that the tree ought to be up at some point on Christmas Day still stands out.
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Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Part 1)
Trailers:
Saw the Green Hornet trailer. While I am pleased that they're not doing down Kato, I am now mildly confused as to why he needs Britt Reed at all. It appears to be the awesome adventures of Kato with some fool called Britt Reed.
I quite like how they've arranged the events of the book in the film. It means it all makes sense. Certainly the stuff with the wands makes more sense this way. And they got it all in without it seeming like exposition central.
I was amazed to see that Steven Kloves wrote this. People who are not Hermionie got to do things.
Something I thought of while watching, I'm supposing one of the reasons that Mad Eye sent Hagrid was that, even if Hagrid did get hit, he'd either be able to withstand it better or shrug it off. I suspect no sentimentality in Mad Eye Moody's thoughts.
Bill's definitely a Weasley.
Oh Gred and Forge! How worried Fred looked. And Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. I don't want to see the next film. Wah!
I love Ron talking Harry down.
I liked the wedding scene, with the various people drifting in and out and Luna and her Dad and Elphebias Dodge and the lady.
Neville rocked the one scene he was in. 'Oi losers, he's not here' delivered in best broad Lanky. All the best people are from Lancashire ;)
I like Kreacher, particularly when he threatens people with forks.
I liked the scenes in the Ministry. Oh how I hate Delores Umbridge. It must be said that the art department know their Nazi art. This is one of the few occasions where I don't mind.
Somehow they managed to make the interminable tent scenes not interminable. Admittedly you can't actually walk between some of the locations they walked between within that time frame, but hey, a little laxity on the geography can be dealt with.
I'm intrigued by them randomly creating a snatcher who resembles a scummy version of Jack Sparrow. Really, various fandom members who are a little too fond of him, in between this and Eames, I get a feeling that there are several disreputable boys I ought to introduce to fandom if they want to get laid because Earth girls are easy for scummy Londoners (really, I love Nick Moran [just not as much as Dexter Fletcher {Press Gangers represent}], and I think Tom Hardy is a good actor, but I don't get it.)
Other things I liked was seeing how worn Lucius and Narcissa looked, nice setting up for part 2 nicely. And Bella going out of her tree.
Actually, all of the adults were nicely judged performances (and oh Grindlewald, now that we have a glimpse of you as an old man, you intrigue me even more. I'd have Dumbledore writing letters to you about wizard chess if that wasn't Xavier and Magneto's thing. And yet, it totally happened.) Even the kiddie-winks managed to be convincing.
The bit with Bathilda Bagshot was pleasingly eerie. Of course, I'm just happy that they didn't mess up my favourite scene for once. Can we keep this director for part 2?
I love how they did the Deathly Hallows. One thing about Xenophilius Lovegood, other than being good even if he wasn't how I imagined him, I refuse to accept that Rhys Ifans is old enough to play father-figures.
I loved Dobby and Luna. Oh Dobby, I shall be very pleased when Molly Weasley avenges you. I may have cried, buckets. The only reason there wasn't howling was because I was in public.
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Book Review
I need you to imagine that you are at a party of some sort. You are stuck next to someone who goes on and on, thinking he is being amusing and witty and ingenious. It's only out of politeness to your host that you don't get up and leave.
Now imagine that person righting a book.
It's as good a description as any I can manage of the problems with the book. It's uneven in tone and not even half as funny, or witty, as it thinks it is.
It also commits the cardinal sin of naming a better book with the same theme, the wonderful How To Be An Alien by George Mikes, which does what this book does but much better.
The book is also riddled with errors and typos, particularly the spelling of some peoples's names and the re-locating of Alberta in the US.
Not recommended.
No suggestions or unsuggestions.
I think the best answer to this is "whenever", although the Christmas when it took a concerted effort by everyone to convince my Mum that the tree ought to be up at some point on Christmas Day still stands out.
~~~~
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Part 1)
Trailers:
Saw the Green Hornet trailer. While I am pleased that they're not doing down Kato, I am now mildly confused as to why he needs Britt Reed at all. It appears to be the awesome adventures of Kato with some fool called Britt Reed.
I quite like how they've arranged the events of the book in the film. It means it all makes sense. Certainly the stuff with the wands makes more sense this way. And they got it all in without it seeming like exposition central.
I was amazed to see that Steven Kloves wrote this. People who are not Hermionie got to do things.
Something I thought of while watching, I'm supposing one of the reasons that Mad Eye sent Hagrid was that, even if Hagrid did get hit, he'd either be able to withstand it better or shrug it off. I suspect no sentimentality in Mad Eye Moody's thoughts.
Bill's definitely a Weasley.
Oh Gred and Forge! How worried Fred looked. And Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. I don't want to see the next film. Wah!
I love Ron talking Harry down.
I liked the wedding scene, with the various people drifting in and out and Luna and her Dad and Elphebias Dodge and the lady.
Neville rocked the one scene he was in. 'Oi losers, he's not here' delivered in best broad Lanky. All the best people are from Lancashire ;)
I like Kreacher, particularly when he threatens people with forks.
I liked the scenes in the Ministry. Oh how I hate Delores Umbridge. It must be said that the art department know their Nazi art. This is one of the few occasions where I don't mind.
Somehow they managed to make the interminable tent scenes not interminable. Admittedly you can't actually walk between some of the locations they walked between within that time frame, but hey, a little laxity on the geography can be dealt with.
I'm intrigued by them randomly creating a snatcher who resembles a scummy version of Jack Sparrow. Really, various fandom members who are a little too fond of him, in between this and Eames, I get a feeling that there are several disreputable boys I ought to introduce to fandom if they want to get laid because Earth girls are easy for scummy Londoners (really, I love Nick Moran [just not as much as Dexter Fletcher {Press Gangers represent}], and I think Tom Hardy is a good actor, but I don't get it.)
Other things I liked was seeing how worn Lucius and Narcissa looked, nice setting up for part 2 nicely. And Bella going out of her tree.
Actually, all of the adults were nicely judged performances (and oh Grindlewald, now that we have a glimpse of you as an old man, you intrigue me even more. I'd have Dumbledore writing letters to you about wizard chess if that wasn't Xavier and Magneto's thing. And yet, it totally happened.) Even the kiddie-winks managed to be convincing.
The bit with Bathilda Bagshot was pleasingly eerie. Of course, I'm just happy that they didn't mess up my favourite scene for once. Can we keep this director for part 2?
I love how they did the Deathly Hallows. One thing about Xenophilius Lovegood, other than being good even if he wasn't how I imagined him, I refuse to accept that Rhys Ifans is old enough to play father-figures.
I loved Dobby and Luna. Oh Dobby, I shall be very pleased when Molly Weasley avenges you. I may have cried, buckets. The only reason there wasn't howling was because I was in public.
~~~~
Book Review
I need you to imagine that you are at a party of some sort. You are stuck next to someone who goes on and on, thinking he is being amusing and witty and ingenious. It's only out of politeness to your host that you don't get up and leave.
Now imagine that person righting a book.
It's as good a description as any I can manage of the problems with the book. It's uneven in tone and not even half as funny, or witty, as it thinks it is.
It also commits the cardinal sin of naming a better book with the same theme, the wonderful How To Be An Alien by George Mikes, which does what this book does but much better.
The book is also riddled with errors and typos, particularly the spelling of some peoples's names and the re-locating of Alberta in the US.
Not recommended.
No suggestions or unsuggestions.
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