So liek I watched it this morning. Met a ridiculous amount of people I know at the theater. (Later ran into yet another acquaintance at lunch.)

( mildly spoilery )

Finally watched Harry Potter 7 on DVD (missed it in the theaters, I forget why) -- verdict: underwhelmed. I think the weaknesses of the book are really magnified on film. Too much happening, not enough space to linger.... The scenes that I liked in the book (and yes, I'm one of the folks who did actually like book 7 with caveats) ended up kind of ( Read more... )

I don't know why we take my dad to the movies; he just sleeps through them. XD

So yeah, finally watched HBP. Pretty good, I thought -- there were some very striking scenes visually. i.e. it was a very pretty movie. More... artistic than the previous movies (except #3). I absolutely LOVED the worldbuilding and the general atmosphere. That said, it ( Read more... )

Oh man. I just read novel spoilers, and all I have to say is adsl;gkj;lak and IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW. (Among other things, why I felt iffy re: Naru/Mai as a pairing, though actually now I ship it more than I did before, and oh jeez SO EVIL ( Read more... )

IT'S CANON, BABY

Yay for my Deathly Hallows OTP. XD

(You do not know how many convulsions of SQUEEEEEEEEE this is making me go into.)

1. So um. Y'all know I have a (not-so-)secret fondness for ducks. mmmmm Peking duck And well, this Ahiru (Princess Tutu) moodtheme is just sooooooooo cute and MADE OF WIN. <3 (the original post about it is here)

2. Snape meta that makes me feel a bit better about the way his, err, motivations and backstory re: a certain someone were handled in ( Read more... )

I am waaaay behind on anime-watching, but I'm totally planning on checking out Baccano. :D Because dude, MAFIA. :D :D ( Read more... )

Last few bits and pieces of commentary.

1. To quote my reply to arahyacinth on my last post: "It seems in retrospect like four, five, and six were just setup for seven, whereas the first three books were part of the series, yet stood on their own at the same time. With the problem there being that one single book was simply not enough to tie things up ( Read more... )

Yeah, after letting it stew for a while, and reading up on other fan reactions (including fandom _wank, so I know I'm being relatively wanky here :P).... more reflections on my part. Some that I forgot to include in the post yesterday, and some that have "ripened" since then ( Read more... )

Um. Wowza. She really pulled out all the stops this time, didn't she ( Read more... )