HARRY POTTER, OK?
+++DUMBLEDORE LOVES A GOOD KNITTING PATTERN. I think people are speculating that this is some kind of gay subtext thing, but seriously, it's not. All the best men knit. Okay, my ex boyfriend knit, and he was not the best, but he was also decidedly not gay. Okay, wait, that's also a lie. ANYWAY, my point is this: I think that wanting a knitting magazine is probably more related to Dumbledore's adoration of socks -- which is also not gay. I think.
+++ Harry and the hot chick at the cafe. I would have absolutely ditched Dumbledore's ass to TAP THAT ONE. OH SHIT.
+++Baby!Riddle was really, really creepy. Way creepier, for example, than those Orphan movie posters that are hanging around currently. Which brings me to my next point: what's with the demonization of orphans? It's not exactly their fault they don't have parents, but I can see why the destruction of family units freaks people out -- even so, we don't exactly demonize divorcees anymore now do we?
+++NARCISSA'S OUTFIT. HER HAIR. OMG. SO MUCH BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT 40s-MEETS-LATE-19th-CENTURY OH GOD. LOVE!
+++ DRACO. You're all right, Aja did say it best. I WAS A LITTLE BIT BLOWN AWAY. It was one moment in particular that struck me head-over-heels...after Dumbledore has been killed, and the Death Eaters are running through the Great Hall as Bella basically wrecks the place, Draco has this incredibly heartbreaking look on his face which makes you realize (if you didn't know before) that he really, really loves Hogwarts. That Hogwarts is probably more of a home to him than Malfoy Manor ever was, and it is so incredibly sad to watch him, perhaps, realize that for the first time. Draco makes a terrible trade. It was awful to read, and I think it may have been harder to watch. Kudos to Tom Felton for acting the shit out of that scene, though.
+++This move was PRETTY FREAKING GAY, GUYS. It was also really full of sex. This morning Jonathan found a really angry review of the movie because it was, apparently, TOO FULL OF SEX. Whatever, man. Those kids go to a co-ed boarding school and they don't have television. FUCKING IS POSSIBLY MORE FUN THAN MAGIC, WILL NOT LIE.
+++Speaking of MAGIC. I was also really struck by the scene at Hagrid's when Slughorn describes the petal/fish that Lily gave him. I cannot remember if that was in the book, but what I felt that it was a nice reminder that wizards, although they are surrounded by it, can also still appreciate the beauty and wonder of magic, and magical acts. I thought that was really refreshing, because I'm awed by things in this world every single day. It's nice to know that Slughorn was touched by something in his.
+++ SPEAKING OF SLUGHORN, MORE IMPORTANTLY. He's a REALLY SAD CHARACTER. Jim Broadbent did such a beautiful job of portraying this kind of lonely, seeking person who wants to be liked, but also needs to be liked and surrounded by brilliance to feel good, or maybe to feel right. He's paranoid and quite smart, but also seemingly broken. You get the sense that so much of his life has been swathed in guilty feelings, and his reaction to Ron being poisoned was actually a little bit wrenching. I felt an overwhelming amount of sympathy for Slughorn as a character, and I'm not sure I felt that while reading the book.
+++ OH, HEY, REMEMBER WHEN DUMBLEDORE WAS BASICALLY HARRY'S PIMP? YEAH, ME TOO. OH HEY, ALSO, REMEMBER HOW HE'S BASICALLY SNAPE'S PIMP, TOO. BIG PIMPING D, Y'ALL.
+++REMUS STILL LOOKS LIKE A YOUR PEDOPHILE UNCLE, BUT TONKS IS LOOKING HELLA FINE.
+++ When the Burrow burnt down I actually teared up and had to look away from Jonathan, because I didn't want him to know that I'm a little bitch. Like, I'm really a little bitch.
+++ I thought the book was a lot creepier about Harry emulating the conversation Riddle had with Slughorn. DanRad kind of threw that scene away, and I think it could have been way higher on the OH SHIT scale. Sigh.
+++ GUYS! RON! He's like, such a little player. Nice arms, too. I loved the love potion stuff. Rupert was pretty adorable. I mostly just wanted to snuggle Ron in the movie, but I'm pretty sure that he's a much bigger asshole in the book, and that the tension is a LOT higher between the Trio. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO WEASLEY IS OUR KING????????
+++ SNAPE. SNAPE!!! I LOVE SEVERUS SNAPE. Alan Rickman was HELLA on point in this movie. I loved his droll, drawling, snippiness. I was charmed by him THROWING DRACO UP AGAINST A WALL. And I was touched, again, by how much Dumbledore has asked of him, and by how hard his life has been. Snape plays a pretty thankless role in the battle against Voldemort and that's depressing, because Snape is awesome. He totally thought that McLaggen and Harry were a couple making out. HA-HA. And my heart fell out of my chest when Harry shouted, "HE TRUSTED YOU."
+++McLaggen was totally skeevy, btw.
+++Also: WHY DO ALL THE SLYTHERINS LOOK LIKE A DANISH ARCHITECTURE FIRM DOING AN ARMANI COMMERCIAL?
Upsettingly, I may need to go re-read the 7th book, and that makes me kind of angry for some reason. SO GUYS, DO YOU HAVE EXTRA THOUGHTS ON THIS MOVIE? FUNNY ANECDOTES OR FAN FICTION TO SHARE?
Thanks, samenashi
+++ Harry and the hot chick at the cafe. I would have absolutely ditched Dumbledore's ass to TAP THAT ONE. OH SHIT.
+++Baby!Riddle was really, really creepy. Way creepier, for example, than those Orphan movie posters that are hanging around currently. Which brings me to my next point: what's with the demonization of orphans? It's not exactly their fault they don't have parents, but I can see why the destruction of family units freaks people out -- even so, we don't exactly demonize divorcees anymore now do we?
+++NARCISSA'S OUTFIT. HER HAIR. OMG. SO MUCH BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT 40s-MEETS-LATE-19th-CENTURY OH GOD. LOVE!
+++ DRACO. You're all right, Aja did say it best. I WAS A LITTLE BIT BLOWN AWAY. It was one moment in particular that struck me head-over-heels...after Dumbledore has been killed, and the Death Eaters are running through the Great Hall as Bella basically wrecks the place, Draco has this incredibly heartbreaking look on his face which makes you realize (if you didn't know before) that he really, really loves Hogwarts. That Hogwarts is probably more of a home to him than Malfoy Manor ever was, and it is so incredibly sad to watch him, perhaps, realize that for the first time. Draco makes a terrible trade. It was awful to read, and I think it may have been harder to watch. Kudos to Tom Felton for acting the shit out of that scene, though.
+++This move was PRETTY FREAKING GAY, GUYS. It was also really full of sex. This morning Jonathan found a really angry review of the movie because it was, apparently, TOO FULL OF SEX. Whatever, man. Those kids go to a co-ed boarding school and they don't have television. FUCKING IS POSSIBLY MORE FUN THAN MAGIC, WILL NOT LIE.
+++Speaking of MAGIC. I was also really struck by the scene at Hagrid's when Slughorn describes the petal/fish that Lily gave him. I cannot remember if that was in the book, but what I felt that it was a nice reminder that wizards, although they are surrounded by it, can also still appreciate the beauty and wonder of magic, and magical acts. I thought that was really refreshing, because I'm awed by things in this world every single day. It's nice to know that Slughorn was touched by something in his.
+++ SPEAKING OF SLUGHORN, MORE IMPORTANTLY. He's a REALLY SAD CHARACTER. Jim Broadbent did such a beautiful job of portraying this kind of lonely, seeking person who wants to be liked, but also needs to be liked and surrounded by brilliance to feel good, or maybe to feel right. He's paranoid and quite smart, but also seemingly broken. You get the sense that so much of his life has been swathed in guilty feelings, and his reaction to Ron being poisoned was actually a little bit wrenching. I felt an overwhelming amount of sympathy for Slughorn as a character, and I'm not sure I felt that while reading the book.
+++ OH, HEY, REMEMBER WHEN DUMBLEDORE WAS BASICALLY HARRY'S PIMP? YEAH, ME TOO. OH HEY, ALSO, REMEMBER HOW HE'S BASICALLY SNAPE'S PIMP, TOO. BIG PIMPING D, Y'ALL.
+++REMUS STILL LOOKS LIKE A YOUR PEDOPHILE UNCLE, BUT TONKS IS LOOKING HELLA FINE.
+++ When the Burrow burnt down I actually teared up and had to look away from Jonathan, because I didn't want him to know that I'm a little bitch. Like, I'm really a little bitch.
+++ I thought the book was a lot creepier about Harry emulating the conversation Riddle had with Slughorn. DanRad kind of threw that scene away, and I think it could have been way higher on the OH SHIT scale. Sigh.
+++ GUYS! RON! He's like, such a little player. Nice arms, too. I loved the love potion stuff. Rupert was pretty adorable. I mostly just wanted to snuggle Ron in the movie, but I'm pretty sure that he's a much bigger asshole in the book, and that the tension is a LOT higher between the Trio. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO WEASLEY IS OUR KING????????
+++ SNAPE. SNAPE!!! I LOVE SEVERUS SNAPE. Alan Rickman was HELLA on point in this movie. I loved his droll, drawling, snippiness. I was charmed by him THROWING DRACO UP AGAINST A WALL. And I was touched, again, by how much Dumbledore has asked of him, and by how hard his life has been. Snape plays a pretty thankless role in the battle against Voldemort and that's depressing, because Snape is awesome. He totally thought that McLaggen and Harry were a couple making out. HA-HA. And my heart fell out of my chest when Harry shouted, "HE TRUSTED YOU."
+++McLaggen was totally skeevy, btw.
+++Also: WHY DO ALL THE SLYTHERINS LOOK LIKE A DANISH ARCHITECTURE FIRM DOING AN ARMANI COMMERCIAL?
Upsettingly, I may need to go re-read the 7th book, and that makes me kind of angry for some reason. SO GUYS, DO YOU HAVE EXTRA THOUGHTS ON THIS MOVIE? FUNNY ANECDOTES OR FAN FICTION TO SHARE?
Thanks, samenashi