You can guess what I have to talk about
Yes, it's been three whole days since Goblet came out, and I've seen it twice, and I haven't posted a single gushing rant yet. Shameful.
But I didn't know what to say; it's always difficult for me to reduce my feelings about Harry Potter into mere words. Nevertheless, I will try.
Oh my God.
Really, after the first time I watched it, I was too numb to react overtly. I just had to go and sleep for eight hours. Harry Potter is always one of those "I laughed, I cried, and everything in between" experiences, especially reading Order, and everything I've ever said about reading Order I can now apply to watching Goblet. So here are those things:
-I was physically tired by the end of it from having my emotions wrenched in every possible direction.
-I had to consult a thesaurus to find words to express how I felt about it, and came up with "transcendent" (although there is something to be said for "ambrosial" and "nonpareil" as well).
-I felt as though, rather than reading it, I had been beaten with it.
-I really thought that it was all I would ever need to be happy in my life--it and the rest of the series.
There is one difference. When I was first reading Order, I wanted to experience it as quickly as possible. I wanted to know everything. When I was watching Goblet, I never ever wanted it to end. I wanted to watch it for the rest of my natural life. Therefore, when I finished reading Order, I needed time to let it sink in before I could even think of subjecting myself to that dramatic masochism again, despite my instinctive urges to immediately begin a reread (JKR, you make me so consumed with your creation that I actually cease to function). And when I finished watching Goblet the first time, I wanted to let it sink in by watching it all over again.
Now a more traditional summary.
-Neville, Fred and George really came into their own. Bravo.
-Scary. As. Hell. I especially liked how each of the tasks was a different kind of scary.
-As funny as it was scary. The whole dating thing in particular was brilliant, even during the parts where I was so embarrassed on behalf of the characters that I just wanted to die.
-Merpeople. Perfect.
-Karkaroff's trial. Also perfect.
-All of the new characters did well. There wasn't even one that bugged me.
-There also wasn't a single scene that I didn't like.
-"Is that right?! Well ... What?"
-"Who could possibly figure that out? It's completely mental."
-Beginning felt rushed, though not so much the second time. Pretty much until they got to Hogwarts.
-They cut the whole Quidditch match!
-Would have liked to see Fleur and Krum do a little more.
-Would have liked to see Fleur be a little less incompetent.
-Dumbledore wasn't as cool in this one as in Prisoner. Not always, anyway.
-Although the special effect of Sirius' head in the fire was well done, I would rather have just seen Sirius' head in the fire.
-Snape should've banged their heads together. I was waiting for it, and it didn't come.
The nominees for Best New Actor in a Harry Potter Movie are as follows:
Frances de la Tour (Madame Olympe Maxime)
Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort)
Brendan Gleeson (Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody)
Katie Leung (Cho Chang)
Roger Lloyd-Pack (Barty Crouch Sr.)
Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory)
Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter)
David Tennant (Barty Crouch Jr.)
It's a tough call, but:
In third place, David Tennant.
In second place, Miranda Richardson.
And in first place...Brendan Gleeson!
Previous winners:
Prisoner--
David Thewlis (Remus Lupin)
Chamber--
Second place, Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy)
First place, Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart)
Stone, when everyone was new--
Third place, Ian Hart (Quirrel)
Second place, Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall)
First place...Alan Rickman (Severus Snape)!
And Alan Rickman remains the overall champion, never to be dethroned! :)
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But I didn't know what to say; it's always difficult for me to reduce my feelings about Harry Potter into mere words. Nevertheless, I will try.
Oh my God.
Really, after the first time I watched it, I was too numb to react overtly. I just had to go and sleep for eight hours. Harry Potter is always one of those "I laughed, I cried, and everything in between" experiences, especially reading Order, and everything I've ever said about reading Order I can now apply to watching Goblet. So here are those things:
-I was physically tired by the end of it from having my emotions wrenched in every possible direction.
-I had to consult a thesaurus to find words to express how I felt about it, and came up with "transcendent" (although there is something to be said for "ambrosial" and "nonpareil" as well).
-I felt as though, rather than reading it, I had been beaten with it.
-I really thought that it was all I would ever need to be happy in my life--it and the rest of the series.
There is one difference. When I was first reading Order, I wanted to experience it as quickly as possible. I wanted to know everything. When I was watching Goblet, I never ever wanted it to end. I wanted to watch it for the rest of my natural life. Therefore, when I finished reading Order, I needed time to let it sink in before I could even think of subjecting myself to that dramatic masochism again, despite my instinctive urges to immediately begin a reread (JKR, you make me so consumed with your creation that I actually cease to function). And when I finished watching Goblet the first time, I wanted to let it sink in by watching it all over again.
Now a more traditional summary.
-Neville, Fred and George really came into their own. Bravo.
-Scary. As. Hell. I especially liked how each of the tasks was a different kind of scary.
-As funny as it was scary. The whole dating thing in particular was brilliant, even during the parts where I was so embarrassed on behalf of the characters that I just wanted to die.
-Merpeople. Perfect.
-Karkaroff's trial. Also perfect.
-All of the new characters did well. There wasn't even one that bugged me.
-There also wasn't a single scene that I didn't like.
-"Is that right?! Well ... What?"
-"Who could possibly figure that out? It's completely mental."
-Beginning felt rushed, though not so much the second time. Pretty much until they got to Hogwarts.
-They cut the whole Quidditch match!
-Would have liked to see Fleur and Krum do a little more.
-Would have liked to see Fleur be a little less incompetent.
-Dumbledore wasn't as cool in this one as in Prisoner. Not always, anyway.
-Although the special effect of Sirius' head in the fire was well done, I would rather have just seen Sirius' head in the fire.
-Snape should've banged their heads together. I was waiting for it, and it didn't come.
The nominees for Best New Actor in a Harry Potter Movie are as follows:
Frances de la Tour (Madame Olympe Maxime)
Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort)
Brendan Gleeson (Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody)
Katie Leung (Cho Chang)
Roger Lloyd-Pack (Barty Crouch Sr.)
Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory)
Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter)
David Tennant (Barty Crouch Jr.)
It's a tough call, but:
In third place, David Tennant.
In second place, Miranda Richardson.
And in first place...Brendan Gleeson!
Previous winners:
Prisoner--
David Thewlis (Remus Lupin)
Chamber--
Second place, Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy)
First place, Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart)
Stone, when everyone was new--
Third place, Ian Hart (Quirrel)
Second place, Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall)
First place...Alan Rickman (Severus Snape)!
And Alan Rickman remains the overall champion, never to be dethroned! :)
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