I have been having an enormous difficulty articulating my feelings about the handing out of The Geoffreys a few weeks back in Salem, USA.
It's just so typical of the wretched Academy to choose Collision (a gross pro-Muggle propaganda film) as the Wizarding Picture of the Year over Callouspalm Hill, a tragic love story of two dragon tamers. This
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I can't believe whats-her-name didn't win for her portrayal of that gendermagus.
Collision was fairly awful, and you know now they're just saying it's because it was set in Salem and the voters basically like seeing themselves. Bunch of knobs, if you ask me.
Though, it was rather fun when that "Hard Out Here For a Phoenix" won. Hexing the host during their acceptance speech was brilliant.
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This year was bad, but last year was significantly worse.
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I CAN'T BELIEVE HILARY SWINE WON, EITHER. SHE WAS DEFINITELY NOT SUPERIOR TO THE OTHER NOMINEES, AND HER DRESS WAS HIDEOUS.
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i was rather surprised the dragon tamer movie didn't win, everyone seemed to love it. i heard that the Romanian tourist board is being flooded with requests for information on vacationing at Callouspalm Hill and are having to turn them all away because it is not a real place, just one made up for the film!
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Yeah, that's what the rest of wizarding world calls 'pro-muggle'.
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I'VE HEARD THAT, ANYWAY, BUT I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY STUPID, IF YOU ASK ME.
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And it's hardly hopeful when one of the lovers ends up barbequed by a dragon.
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"I wish I knew how to grip you!" - Oh, please.
I'm glad Collision won. Though I also enjoyed Good Morning and Break A Leg.
Overall the Geoffreys were good, if it hadn't been for the montages. Honestly, who cares for the "Most Magnificent Uses of Lumos in Film Throughout Ages"?
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Er, was I the only one who found the montages interesting and insightful? It reminded me of the great films of the past and how wonderfully they were created. They made me long to see more intellectually-inspired stories, which are greatly lacking in this day and age.
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