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Harry Potter Marathon Part 7.1: The Beginning of the End
HP7: The Deathly Hallows, Part 1.
Man I'm still mad I wasn't able to do this all in one day. Sigh.
I was fantastically nervous for Deathly Hallows, and therefore really relieved when I heard they were splitting it, because there was no way you could fit all this content into one movie without drastically damaging the story. But I was also afraid ( Read more... ) -
Harry Potter Marathon Part 6: The Slug Club
HP6: The Half-Blood Prince
This was my favorite book. Half Blood Prince took us to a level of depth and dimensions into so many characters that we hadn't seen before. Harry, Ron, Draco Malfoy. Dumbledore. Voldemort. Understanding the story of how Voldemort became who he is was one of the most frightening things I've read, because you can almost ( Read more... ) -
Harry Potter Marathon Part 5: Dolores Jane Umbridge
HP5: The Order of the Phoenix
Look it's no secret. I love Umbridge. As far as fantasy genre fiction goes, Umbridge and Voldemort are two of the most believable and, dare I say, relate-able villains I've ever encountered. So as soon as I saw the early pictures of Imelda Staunton in costume, I knew I would NOT be disappointed in her portrayal of ( Read more... ) -
Harry Potter Marathon Part 4: International. Magical. Cooperation.
HP7: The Goblet of Fire
I loved the spectacle of this book. They did a good job of helping you realize the greater wizarding world beyond Britain, and the kind of culture that exists there. There is so much more to the book, and the movie had a really hard time condensing so much story. There was a lot that got lost. Still, for what it is they ( Read more... ) -
Harry Potter Marathon Part 3: Starring the Whomping Willow
HP3: The Prisoner of Azkaban
Easily my least favorite book, surprisingly one of the better movies. Definitely a huge step up from #2 and #1( Lumos Maxima. LUMOS MAXIMA. ) -
Harry Potter Marathon Part 2: Chamber of Basilisk Boogaloo
HP2: The Chamber of Secrets
Yeah okay this really has become a liveblog. Whatever it's fun.
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Harry Potter Marathon Day Part 1
So I decided to watch all seven Harry Potter films in one day, before going to see the last one in theaters sometime next week. And instead of spamming my facebook or twitter feeds with my musings on the movies, I decided just to do one long post to collect my thoughts.
To be honest, I've never really loved most of the movies. Visually they've ( Read more... ) -
Weird Dreams: Wii Extreme Mario Tetrix Blox and Harry Potter Vs. Evil Alexander Skarsgaard
So I had some really weird dreams last night. Not up to my usual standards, but weird enough. Also, there were like, three totally different dreams, and they involved SO MANY PEOPLE.
Okay, so Dream #1 I don't remember much of, it's really similar to some I've had before but essentially involved me (and someone else this time, another girl?) ( Read more... ) -
Why I Love Movie Soundtracks
I've been listening to all my movie soundtracks a lot lately.
There is just something about a good movie soundtrack that gets to me, like, the movie could be just okay, but if the soundtrack is excellent, I am much more likely to enjoy it. And I'm not talking about "music from the motion picture" type stuff, I'm talking an actual composer created ( Read more... ) -
The utter absurdity of the last few weeks, in short. or long.
Lets recap the last few weeks for the people who haven't read my frequent facebook updates, shall we? Because it has been among the more insane weeks of my life.
(I am not even going to go into the whole drama with Blockbuster, because that is a whole other can of worms, and it's not my drama.)
So lets start with three weeks ago Tuesday. ( Short Version: Intense lower abdominal pain. No idea why. )