moments of otp

[wisdomeagle]

By the end of the lesson, only Hermione Granger had made any difference to her match; Professor McGonagall showed the class how it had gone all silver and pointy and gave Hermione a rare smile. - HPSS/PS page something or other.

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Not really unrelatedly, in Matilda the movie, I really think Miss Honey/Matilda reads more as, well, Miss Honey

Comments

[wisdomeagle]

Well, it depends. I'm averse to books-made-into-movies and especially to Dahl-books-made-into-movies (early Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory trauma) in principle, and I have serious problems with a couple of the changes from book to movie. OTOH, I do enjoy the movie rather a lot and have seen it several times. For one thing, Embeth Davidzt, who plays Miss Honey, is so pretty. I developed a minor fixation with her four or five years back. Mara Wilson plays Matilda, and I seem fated to love Mara Wilson but have issues with her roles - she plays Susan in the remake of Miracle on 34th Street, and the whole concept of remaking that film is woeful to me, but Mara Wilson! *loves*

[hermionesviolin]

Dude, the ads for the Matilda movie commenced and I was like, "RAGE!"

I saw the Mara Wilson Miracle at some point after it came out on video and quite enjoyed it (able to suspend my Santa issues? impressive, I know). I considered watching the 1947 original first but just couldn't get into it and have never been one for b&w films. (So yes, the 1994 Mara Wilson was my intro to that film. I fail at normative cultural references and am so okay with that.)

[wisdomeagle]

I can suspend my Santa issues for Miracle as well. It's totally impressive.

have never been one for b&w films.

We didn't have a color TV for the first several years of my life, so I couldn't tell the difference between b+w and color. I watched lots of Three Stooges and classic Shirley Temple films borrowed from the library, and movies that I did see in color pretty much terrified me.

[hermionesviolin]

Interesting.