There you go. That's a brilliant title, I have to say.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
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Jesse - Jul 15, 2009 11:37:12 am PDT #3009 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
lisah - Jul 15, 2009 11:38:26 am PDT #3010 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
That's a brilliant title, I have to say.
totally, although it makes me sad!
Jesse - Jul 15, 2009 11:42:15 am PDT #3011 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But cleaving is also what a couple does, one to another. It's also hopeful as well!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 15, 2009 11:50:29 am PDT #3012 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
People! How could you forget that Breakin' only had one sequel?
lisah - Jul 15, 2009 11:50:54 am PDT #3013 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
But cleaving is also what a couple does, one to another. It's also hopeful as well!
Okay!! I hate to hear about people (whose relationships I like) having marriage problems!
Jesse - Jul 15, 2009 11:56:17 am PDT #3014 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, of course.
le nubian - Jul 15, 2009 3:37:19 pm PDT #3015 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Why does he think it's about a relationship (I assume he means a romantic relationship)?
Because that's what he has picked up from the ads? I have to say that's what I've picked up as well. Is it not about romance and cooking?
Topic!Cindy - Jul 15, 2009 3:42:08 pm PDT #3016 of 30000
What is even happening?
HP6: Jessica liked it much more than I did. I think I'd give it 2.5 stars out of five. Julia (age 10, who has read all the books) is still walking around, two hours later, going on about how badly "it stinks." HP6 was her favorite book of the series, which may have something to do with that reaction.
megan walker - Jul 15, 2009 3:51:42 pm PDT #3017 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I can't believe I'm actually attempting to see this movie this weekend, but I just got tickets. HP6 is actually my least favorite of the books (after 5 of course) so I think I'll probably like it better than the other movies.
And I have the added pleasure of trying to figure out which locations they'll be duplicating in my old neighborhood this Halloween.
le nubian - Jul 15, 2009 3:51:47 pm PDT #3018 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Okay, I just saw HP:HBP and I liked it, but I didn't love it.
My ranking of HP movies from best to worst:
Prisoner of Azkaban (3)
Order of the Phoenix (5)
Half-Blood Prince (6)
Goblet of Fire (4)
Chamber of Secrets (2)
Sorceror's Stone (1)
I think the movie needed just a tad less of the swooning and more in service of the larger story. I think some of the script choices did a disservice to what I feel is important for the last 2 movies. Spoilers involve the movie, and the 6th and 7th books:
For example, I thought the gravity of the situation was not fully developed or shown. Sure we saw bridges getting crushed, etc. but what about people in the Ministry of Magic? MoM was getting decimated when the Death Eaters reached prominence. We didn't really see this.
I thought they didn't really give us enough hints when it came to Dumbledore's wand - which I HOPE has some prominence in the future. Showing Draco messing with a cabinet several times during the movie was a little much. Especially when we know he had help hexing the student and poisoning the beer.
What I liked:
Dumbledore's death scene was pretty much as I imagined it. No joke. That was pretty excellent. I loved the scenes attempting to get the horcrux. I thought that was really great. It would have been nice for the writer to show us Dumbledore acquiring the ring, but that's minor.
I liked the Quidditch match too, that was done really well. And I liked the set of scenes with HP and the lucky potion.
Radcliffe has very little range - especially when he is supposed to be yearning or in love. I mean damn. I like Emma Watson better than some of you here. She's nearly as skilled as Meryl Streep acting against a few of the others.