This may be the only time I actually liked Will Ferrell.
Elf ? Stranger Than Fiction ?
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Polter-Cow - Nov 21, 2010 9:16:34 pm PST #12178 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jessica - Nov 22, 2010 4:01:51 am PST #12179 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
HP7 below:
I found the tent dancing scene almost unbearably awkward to watch. Not quite at the level of "Ginny submissively ties Harry's shoe, but still pretty cringeworthy IMO. I got what they were trying to do, but man, I did not enjoy it at all.
What's wrong with that blond man, indeed! I know that scene plays out more or less the same way in the book, but rendered visually, you have to assume all of the Malfoys were repeatedly dropped on their heads as children not to say "You know, this guy looks like Harry Potter except he's a little puffy. Also, Ron and Hermione don't really have any other friends, so...let's take him to Voldemort just in case, yes?"
(Other really stupid plan that somehow worked out - the "let's all disguise ourselves as Harry" thing. WTF is the point of decoys if you're ALL FLYING TO THE SAME PLACE??? Again, not the movie's fault, but on the page it's less obvious what a thoroughly dumb plan this was. At least, to me.)
Steph L. - Nov 22, 2010 4:31:07 am PST #12180 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
This may be the only time I actually liked Will Ferrell.
Elf ? Stranger Than Fiction ?
Much like my aversion to Jim Carrey, I avoid movies with Will Ferrell in them like they are the Black Death.
§ ita § - Nov 22, 2010 4:45:19 am PST #12181 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Stranger Than Fiction was good. I've been told Talladega Nights should be watched, but I have a hard time believing that. STF was sufficiently different from the rest of his ouevre that it wasn't a problem, though.
SuziQ - Nov 22, 2010 5:31:03 am PST #12182 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Jessica - I haven't reread recently, but I thought that the seven Potters were flying to different locations and then portkeying to a central location. But they changed that in the movie. Another change that comes off as not caring about the viewer. Though, if they had followed the book there they would have had to have the Tonks - more characters plus another set...
tiggy - Nov 22, 2010 5:34:19 am PST #12183 of 30000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Talladega Nights should NOT be watched. terrible, terrible, terrible. i'm not a fan of Will Ferrell either, but Elf is totally a must watch.
Jessica - Nov 22, 2010 5:35:19 am PST #12184 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Aha - I hadn't remembered the book in that much detail, but that makes much more sense than the way it worked out in the movie.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 22, 2010 5:45:02 am PST #12185 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I'm re-reading from 'Order of the Phoenix' onwards. I want to work out what other little details they've mucked up in the films (apart from just leaving things out). I did want more of the Dursleys' conclusion, and I hope they revisit it. I also want Fred and George's broadcasts, and I'm not sure we're going to get either.
That said, I'm very forgiving, and really enjoyed this one. It seems to be quite a task, making decent movies from books that long. See also 'The Time Traveller's Wife', which irritated me a lot more than the Harry Potter films do.
Big tag fail edit.
Laga - Nov 22, 2010 6:55:11 am PST #12186 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
imo, Talladega Nights is skippable but Blades of Glory is not.
beekaytee - Nov 22, 2010 7:03:10 am PST #12187 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Stranger Than Fiction was good.
I'm not a Farrell fan at all, and avoided STF until my love of Emma Thompson prevailed.
I ended up loving every minute of it...including one of the very most romantic moments I've ever seen on film.
So sweet.