Qudditch and Mermaids and Wizards, oh my! (Meredith and GoF)

[garnettrees]

Saw Goblet of Fire at seven last night. What an awesome ride! There were places were I laughed so hard that I almost cried, and other spots where I was just near tears. The last hour was incredibly freaky-- I worried about some of the younger kids in the audience, actually, and I did hear one little girl scream when Voldemort was rising from the

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[minttown1]

Did you catch what Mad-Eye said in the trunk? You know, his only line in the whole movie? Rudie thinks he said, "I'm sorry, Albus," and I agree that I thought I heard 'sorry' in there somewhere, but do you remember?

[garnettrees]

Rudie is right-- that's exactly what he said. Is it just me, or was the actor they chose for Moody pure love, or what? ^__^
-Meredith

[minttown1]

Oh, man. *sniffles again* It is so not your fault Alastor omg.

And yes! Moody was perfect. So completely different from how I imagined him, but it worked so completely anyway. (I kind of don't like that my mental image of the character has been more or less replaced, when that hasn't been the case with many others, but meh. Not a bad replacement, at any rate.)

For no reason that I can explain, I want to write Mad-Eye/Tonks even more than I used to. (HBP basically killed my love of this fandom, or at least really wounded it, because I don't like when canon contradicts my pairings. Because I'm silly that way.)

Also: I was feeling the lack of Narcissa, and I thought of you. But Draco was being portrayed so subtly that I couldn't help liking that scene anyway.
I honestly can't tell whether it's a matter of Tom Felton underacting or whether it really is subtlety on his part and the director's, but I liked Draco in that scene and during Dumbledore's final speech.

[garnettrees]

Poor Alastor, he needs a big hug. Strangely enough, I love your Tonks/Mad-Eye even more now, because I never really *had* a mental image of Moody, and now... yeah. You've made convert, that's for sure.

But I know what you mean about character images. It took me forever to get used to the movie!Remus, but now I love him very much, indeed. In a way, I was glad they didn't show Narcissa, because I was afraid they'd make her ugly or uppity or something, and it would be totally off (evil women never seem to be allowed to be as pretty as their male counterparts). Still, I try to have a little faith and believe that they'd pull her off well.

I liked Draco in this movie, too, though I hate his haircut. He's like a Mini-Lucius, and I think it's starting to scare him.
-Meredith