My husband said that the adult woman in pigtails trying to look young screamed "imitation teenager porn" to him, which just added to the squick.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Betsy HP - Jan 17, 2006 1:32:06 pm PST #9895 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Mr. Broom - Jan 17, 2006 1:36:23 pm PST #9896 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
To say nothing of Myrtle's voice. It helps you see her as a kid, sort of, but it also really, really enhances the creepiness. Couple that with some uncomfortable sexuality and you got the wiggins.
Steph L. - Jan 17, 2006 2:04:33 pm PST #9897 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Perhaps Mike Newell was trying too hard to be like Alfonso Cuarón....
DavidS - Jan 17, 2006 2:30:15 pm PST #9898 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That scene didn't bug me.
Except with Matt's first point where you wondered how to keep the skankier ghosts at bay.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2006 2:43:18 pm PST #9899 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What about the single sex schools (not sure why that's whitefonted) don't you understand, Debet?
DebetEsse - Jan 17, 2006 2:49:28 pm PST #9900 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Why they decided to do that. It makes no sense to have a single-sex school if its the only (or even the premiere) wizarding school in the country.
And I want there to be a justification if they're going to change something from the books. There are valid reasons to change some things (leaving out the whole Fleur's part Veela thing, for example), but I fail to see the reason for that.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2006 2:53:21 pm PST #9901 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Single sex schools are so common in the UK, though. I'm sure they didn't give it a second thought.
They weren't single sex in the books? I can never remember this stuff.
Jessica - Jan 17, 2006 2:58:13 pm PST #9902 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
They weren't single-sex in the book, no.
I think they were changed in the movie for the visual appeal, nsm for the logic.
Mr. Broom - Jan 17, 2006 4:30:11 pm PST #9903 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
And for contrast. Highlights the differences between the two schools in a very movie-friendly way, and without harming the story, which is a nice bonus.
Trudy Booth - Jan 17, 2006 5:06:54 pm PST #9904 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I was a little squicked about the actress being IRL so much older than Radcliffe, but then when I thought about it, IRL she wasn't even in the room so I got over it. In movie land she's his age (albeit dead for a while).