I'm rereading (well relistening, I stuck in an Audiobook into my CD Player in the car when I couldn't find anything on the radio and started just listening to all the books over again on my commute) the books and find that some of the characters my imagination has stolen from the movies, but others are somewhat or completely different.

I will list them because I am tired of working on GUI problems.

Same - I imagine the character quite similar to the movie character.
Sort of - My imagination has been influenced, but still different.
Nope - My imagination character is not like the movie character.

HarrySame

RonSame

HermioneSort of

Fred/GeorgeSame

PercyNope

GinnyNope

Mr. WeasleySort of

Mrs. WeasleySame

DumbledoreNope

McGonagallSame

SnapeSame

NevilleSort of

HagridSame

DracoSame

Mr. MalfoySame

FlitwickNope

MoodyNope

BlackSame

LupinSort of

Okay, that's imcomplete, but damn, there are a lot of characters and I do need to fix some GUI stuff.

What's this? A holiday photo that's relevant to the discussion? What could it be?

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Cool!

Awesome!

There were some Moodies and McGonagall's in there too.

Best. Graveyard. Ever.

My movie order (from best to worst): PoA, GoF, CoS, SS
My book order: GoF, PoA, SS, CoS

Though, I just reread CoS for the first time (I've read the others at least 3 times each, but I disliked CoS enough to skip it both re-reads), and find I like it a LOT more after reading HBP.

I quite dislike Sorceror's Stone, the movie, except for the way they made Hermione look, which was good - she was still too pretty, but at least the hair was of proper frizziness. It's just... the book suffers from over-explication sometimes, and the movie really felt that. CoS was much improved in that respect, though still pretty by-the-book. PoA and GoF were both, in my opinion, quite brilliant, and PoA may stand as one of my favoritest movies.

In fact, 2004 may go down as my favorite movie year ever, what with Mean Girls, Saved!, Prisoner of Azkaban, The Incredibles, Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I definitely own more DVDs from that year than any other (read: all of the above except Kill Bill, cuz I'm still waiting for the super-exclusive-ultimate-everything-including- quentin-tarantino-hair-sample DVDs.)

Anyone seen or taken kids to see Curious George? I'm wondering how long it is and if Owen is too young to sit through it? Christopher wants to try.

mr. flea took Eve. It's definitely age-appropriate - not scary at all. How is he at sitting for movies at home? Eve will watch an entire Pixar movie at one sitting, so we felt safe going to the theater. This is 86 minutes, according to imdb, but don't forget the previews, which tack on maybe 20 minutes. Expect O to sit on a lap, probably.

He adores tv and will sit for long periods (over an hour) and watch if it's something he likes--and he likes monkeys. He does watch Winnie the Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin from start to finish, so he may have the attention span.

We could always try it. I'll just make sure they take snacks and sit close to the aisle so they can leave if he won't sit still for it.

When we took Em to see Nightmare Before Christmas, she did get futzy and want to run around. THere was a handicapped area that she was able to do that in, with Joe and I sitting with her and didn't bother the other patrons.

Just a thought if he gets kindof rambunctious.