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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.
I figured 5 would make a good movie, whereas it's a really depressing (and almost oppressive) book.
Nodding in agreement. Umbridge was the kind of villain who is nigh intolerable in an 870 page novel, but can work very well in a movie (and given how the reviews have been praising Staunton, it sounds like that's exactly what happened).
Umbridge was the kind of villain who is nigh intolerable in an 870 page novel, but can work very well in a movie
Without having yet seen the movie, I'm in complete agreement.
I will certainly agree with the first part. Lord, did I hate her. And not in a love-to-hate way.
From her first "hem-hem" to being carried off by the cenataurs, you hate her and she's just fucking bang on perfect.
Am I correct in thinking that Rowling modeled her after Thatcher?
She was by far the scariest villain to me in the series. Can't wait for the movie!!! (Seeing it on Friday evening)
She was by far the scariest villain to me in the series.
I was explaining this to my mother yesterday... she watches the movies, but hasn't read all the books. She's on the side of good, and she's that nasty? That's creepy as hell.
(Should we be whitefonting? This is so weird.)
In fact, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think it would have worked better if it had been a half hour longer.
Heh, someone on my flist said the same thing! I have to get through a whole day of work before I can see it toniiiiiiiight.
Sorry to do this in all fits and starts, but Boss seems content to remain in the office ALL DAY today.
Spoiler-ish:
Things missing from the movie that I didn’t mind:
Quidditch
S.P.E.W.
Rita Skeeter and the story in The Quibbler
St. Mungo’s
The massive cleaning of 12 Grimmauld Place
The rift between Percy and the rest of the Weasley’s
Things missing that I didn’t mind being missing, but wished I could have seen:
Aunt Petunia getting her Howler
Horrid girl with SNEAK written on her face
Ron and Hermione being Prefects
Harry’s career meeting with McGonagall and Umbridge
Regarding Aimee's whitefont:
Aww, I'm a little sad about no Percy conflict. I thought him going against the family was such a realistic touch.
I'll get over it, though. SQUEE!