Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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Frank... 1) Oldman was only in one scene and that was really all CGI, so he was never REALLY there. Quite a disappointment.
2) Harry does see, in Dumbledore's pensive, that Snape was a Death Eater, but he also sees the younger Dumbledore defend him and explain his role as a spy. If I remember correctly, that was the only reference. Snape was definitely not as menacing in this one. The scene where the boys are talking about getting dates for the Yule Ball is priceless.
There was also the scene where Harry stumbles upon Snape and the Durmunstrang headmaster are showing off their tattoos. So yeah, they establish Snape's past a bit.
Grint has finally moved past the mugging-for-the-camera stage
I thought that had been severely curtailed in PoA already. I feel kind of bad for Mr. Grint since I feel like that was Chris Columbus' doing.
"You with the rubbery face! Can you play this scene a bit more like a Burlesque comedian from the 30s?! Exactly! Perfect."
I think that's what made my mother fall in mom-love with him. She cannot get enough of Rupert. She likes constantly bewildered boys. It's why she dotes on her son so.
Saw "Harry Potter." Good. Great in parts, but too rushed overall. It needed a few more minutes to let some of the story breathe a bit. I saw it with one of my sisters who has never read the books. She didn't make the connection between Neville being upset in class over the curse with the later scene in which it was disclosed that his parents were tortured with that curse by the Death Eaters. If I hadn't read the book I would have missed that connection too. I think there needed to be a short mention between Harry and Dumbledore in which Harry realizes that he never asked Neville about his parents. The failure to make that point clear to the non-book-reading audience confuses them as to what is going on. Also, the schecule and scoring for the Tri-Wizard Tournament should have been more clearly explained.
Those may be minor quibbles. I want to see the movie again (preferably in a theater where the management understands that a packed house raises the temperature and it needs to adjust to that). Loved the humor. And the Yule Ball was nicely done. The Ron-Hemione argument was well done too. The scene in the graveyard was suitably scary. Not a show for small kids, although there were quite a few at the showing I attended.
Interrupting the Harry Potter talk to just -- *hork!* *gag!* *spit!* -- ugh...sorry...say I just watched Kingdom of Heaven.
You know how Ridley Scott used CGI to map Oliver Reed's face onto someone else when Reed died during the filming of Gladiator? I think the same thing's been done with Scott himself. The man who directed Blade Runner and Alien died, and his agent got a doppelganger to continue to make movies. He figured as long as he had a lot of crap flying around in the air everyone would believe it was really Ridley.
What a freaking train wreck. A pretty train wreck, but man. I feel ill.
Saw P&P today, and the Sarah Silverman movie Jesus Is Love last night. Not much to say (head busy with other things), but I do have one line about each of them:
My gods, Sarah is really shooting for the Lenny Bruce title, isn't she?
Sad about lack of wet Colin Firth, but decent compression of the plot into the required timeline; also, MacFadyen should TOTALLY play Heathcliff one of these days.
Sarah Silverman movie Jesus Is Love
Isn't it Jesus Is Magic? Not that it matters to me, because there is no WAY that will show in Salt Lake.
In other news, Netflix was hit with a class action lawsuit. There is a settlement on it, basically giving current subscribers a free upgrade and ex-subscribers a free month. Details to be found at [link]
Isn't it Jesus Is Magic? Not that it matters to me, because there is no WAY that will show in Salt Lake.
Le oops. You are correct, on both counts.
In other news, Netflix was hit with a class action lawsuit. There is a settlement on it, basically giving current subscribers a free upgrade and ex-subscribers a free month.
I've heard, though, that if you opt for the free upgrade, they will start charging you for that level if you forget to change your membership back before the next billing period.