So I liked the movie. I seem to be very much in the minority on that score, but I understand why: It's because I am one of the few people for whom I think the movie is actually meantWhat do I mean by that? I mean that this is a fandom movie. This is a creation that is designed for people who are already familiar with the world of the books, who ( Read more... )

Every time I reread the His Dark Materials trilogy, I wish I really had a daemon.

(I had to retake the test several times to get a cat, but I don't mind; I know that my daemon would be a cat. The first two times, it gave me a monkey and a spider. I hate monkeys and spiders.)

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I'm not surprised the Harry Potter didn't get any credit. Nor am I surprised that Narnia didn't (It got makeup, and deservedly so, but I was really rooting for Sound Editing/Mixing, where it wasn't even nominated; I don't often walk out a movie saying, "That was the best sound mixing I've ever heard!" and I did for that one). And that very fact ( Read more... )

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I finally saw it, and let me just say... Yay!

Nothing was cut. Literally nothing. Things were actually added. Okay, boring stuff was cut, like long stretches of walking or preparing meals, but no actual scenes were cut. Some were changed or replaced, and some went in directions that I don't know Lewis would have approved up, but they were ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

The Chronicles of Narnia is one of those childhood memories that never stops being cool ( Read more... )

So guess what movie I just saw ( Read more... )