On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

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Kate P. - Mar 14, 2006 5:18:24 pm PST #982 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Aw, crap, that is disappointing. Ah well. At least my expectations are appropriately lowered now.


Sean K - Mar 14, 2006 5:19:26 pm PST #983 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Yeah, I'm still planning on seeing it, and I'm hoping I'll be pleasently surprised, but I've made sure to lower my expectations quite a bit.


Gudanov - Mar 15, 2006 7:18:18 am PST #984 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

Due to DVD release I finally got a chance to see Goblet of Fire. I have to put it as my least favorite of the HP series of movies. It seemed like it just jumped around from scene to scene. It was fun to see the tasks in movie form, but I'd still put it in last.


sumi - Mar 15, 2006 7:26:09 am PST #985 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Which one is your favorite?

I enjoyed GoF but my favorite is PoA.


Kathy A - Mar 15, 2006 7:29:24 am PST #986 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Really? I'd put it at a close second to PoA (with Sorceror's Stone and Chamber of Secrets following). Yes, it was very episodic, and could have used a more flowing edit job, but all the kids really stepped it up with their acting skills, and Gleeson and Gambon were both excellent. Even the little moments with Snape and McGonagall were fun (loved seeing Snape patrolling the study hall session, and the dance lesson was a hoot).


Gudanov - Mar 15, 2006 7:30:05 am PST #987 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I'd rank them from Best to Worst, CoS, PoA, SS, GoF. I've enjoyed all of them though. If I hadn't read the book, I think the disjointedness of GoF would be pretty bothersome.


Gudanov - Mar 15, 2006 7:34:56 am PST #988 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

Or maybe it seemed more disjointed because I did read the book.


Sean K - Mar 15, 2006 7:53:18 am PST #989 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

It would have to be pretty bad for me to put it last (I still haven't seen it, myself), but I have something of a hate-on for Chris Columbus movies to begin with, so there's possibly some bias there.

Though, I can list the flaws I see in SS and CoS, if so called upon.


Aims - Mar 15, 2006 7:54:50 am PST #990 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

PoA, GoF, SS, CoS for me.

It was hard to not let Ron in that t-shirt bump GoF up to #1. But I am a bad, bad girl.


Kathy A - Mar 15, 2006 8:01:27 am PST #991 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Hee--I know a lot of women were rather sheepish about liking the bathtub sequence.