Apparently, there was an advanced screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire here in Chicago last night (people got passes to an unnamed film when going to see the Miyazaki film). Reports are up over at the Oscarwatch and Leaky Cauldron forums, if you're interested. The Oscarwatch report is from a woman who'd read the first book and saw all three movies, but was unfamiliar with the storyline of GoF as well as most of the character names (she initially called McGonagall "not Miss Brodie"), so her report wasn't as spoilerfilled as what I read at the Leaky Cauldron site.
It seems like it sticks pretty close to the book, though, and is more in the tone of PoA, not the first two movies.
Yep. Just the other day I said, "Dude, I'm totally coveting my neighbor's manservant."
Ah. This is what you get for living next door to Bertie Wooster.
Also, I second ita's Yay.
Thirding the Yay. With a whoop and a grin.
Can.not.WAIT. I'm more anxious for GoF than for any of the previous HP's. I think it's partly because the first two were kids' movies, the third one wasn't, so much. And partly because there's been no new LotR movie released to occupy my thirst for well-done fantasy.
We finally saw House of Flying Daggers, and now I'm already considering another two-hour trip, each way, to see Howl's Moving Castle again, because I've seen (or own) everything Miyazaki has in release. I will not be fobbed off with FF. More Chinese fairy tales! More fantasy! I neeeeed it!
Just got back from War of the Worlds, which, while having a completely STUPID final three minutes, freaked. my. shit. out. I was excited to see aliens blowing shit up, but was not expecting it to be so terrifying.
Nice surprise: no commercials ... but only one preview (for King Kong, which I don't think I'm interested in seeing. Maybe.).
This afternoon I watched Team America (fuck yah): World Police. I am terribly disturbed and want to scrub my brain.
I saw the penguin movie today. Baby Penguins are painfully cute, and now I am in the odd position of wanting to ask Billytea a penguin question that might be a spoiler for the movie.
Fourthing the yay. Also saying that Hollywood Reporter and Variety both have fairly positive reviews of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory up, which you can get to through the metacritic site.
I wonder if Johnny Depp breaks out in a rendition of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" at any point?
Finally saw BATMAN BEGINS over the weekend, and my response was "Oh HELL yeah!"
Quite possibly the best super-hero movie I've ever seen. Much as I loved the two Burton movies, this is the Batman movie I've been waiting for.
