Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
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The simple fact that it will not be Christopher Columbus directing it gives me hope.
Oh, I have hope. Just not faith. I've only seen two of this guy's movies, and one of them was... okay but not exactly good (Mona Lisa Smile) and the other was eleven years ago (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and neither of them is remotely like a Harry Potter movie.
Also, I quite enjoyed Chamber of Secrets and have watched the DVD several times. It's nothing on Prisoner, which was one of the best movies of last year, but it was a perfectly decent adaptation if still somewhat lacking in magic. I thought CC did quite a nice job with it, especially considering it's my least favorite of the books. If GOF is that decent, I'll be satisfied, if not amazed as I was last time.
Thanks, Sean. I really, really want Goblet of Fire to be good, since it was my favorite book, by far. The thing that worries me is what they might cut, or water down, in order to get a PG rating, since everyone knows Harry Potter is only for little kids, clearly. And I want all my favorite scenes to be as intense as they can be.
Totally agree. I have exactly those same fears in relation to Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, too, but I've pretty much given up hope that it will be as depressing as the book.
I'd have to say that Goblet of Fire is tied for my favorite. I still haven't been able to choose between it and Order of the Phoenix.
Also, YAY for book six coming out in July!
Order of the Phoenix was the most depressing downer of a book. I was irritable the entire weekend I read it, since it was just incredibly frustrating, and sad. I completely understood why the cover was all in navy and black. I have no idea how they will go about adapting that book for the screen. But yes, definitely yay for book six.
I like depressing books. It's a thing with me.
Okay. I like romance novels because you are guaranteed a happy ending. Also, I used to read the ends of novels first, so that I would know whether or not I'd want to read the whole thing. But that was before I discovered the genre built around happy endings.
I do occasionally watch depressing movies, though. I'm not sure why.
I'm going to have to look up my copies of the Narnia books when I get home and see if Lucy was shown as blonde in them, or if I'm just hallucinating. Huh.
Azkaban was my favorite book by a large margin, so I'm not as concerned with the GoF adaptation as I might be. I think it'll be fine. I'm not expecting anything mind-blowing.
Saw Hitchhiker's again today, and it still, in spite of everything, makes me deleriously happy.
To answer ita's question about
DNA's name & "So Long,"
the answer is no,
his name appears only over instrumental bits,
but
the first time his name appears, it is over the "So Long" bit of instrumental music,
which was probably intentional.
Do we know who is doing the voice of Aslan?
I'm given to understand that the very talented Brian Cox has gotten the nod.
Brian Cox is out. The director didn't think he was right for the part. The new Aslan hasn't been chosen yet.
