I don't understand why this keeps happening and why LJ can't seem to do anything to prevent it, but I'm very glad everything seems to be in working order again, for the most part. I've started a few posts but been unable to actually post them for the past few days, so it's time to play catch-up.

* Saw Captain America last weekend, which was ( Read more... )

There’s a moment somewhere around the middle of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 - where McGonagall is doing that spell she always wanted to do and the other professors and Order members are securing the castle - where I found myself (as the fandom saying goes) quite literally shaking and crying. Not from sadness or joy, not even from ( Read more... )

First of all, I want to thank everyone for putting spoilery stuff behind cut tags and filters. I am still trying to expose myself to as little as possible. I've been unfollowing pages like crazy on FB and Tumblr, because I've seen a couple of things I didn't want to. However, I did watch the trailer (a few times), because - maybe you've noticed ( Read more... )

I think we need to come up with another name for original music inspired by the Harry Potter books, because there seems to be much more out there than what I would classify as "wizard rock." Take this, for example - a song called "Peverell Story" that is clearly inspired by old English ballads and is one of the more brilliant pieces of fan ( Read more... )

Movies I've seen so far this year: 261 ( Read more... )

[*Meaning no specifics in this post; I make no promises about the comments.]


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I just saw the ONTD post about the DH1 soundtrack and the little mention David Yates makes about offering Part 2 to Desplat, but I have a little more info. One of the bnatters saw that same blurb and put out feelers for confirmation. According to Desplat's agent, he's definitely composing the score for Part 2.

I looked and looked for the post that ( Read more... )

So much of this trailer whizzes by so fast that I decided to try watching it at half-speed so I could hopefully catch it all. There is an AWFUL LOT of stuff in here. I dare say most scenes or sequences in Part 1 are represented here. So, without further ado...

( Shot for shot, for the most part )

I know Mugglenet and Leaky have already picked through the trailer to try and suss out what's what, but I started my own list of what we (think we) saw.

( Spoiler Time! )