Maybe we were wrong on our predictions for the DH wedding?
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Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Aims - Jul 16, 2009 4:46:45 pm PDT #3058 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Kathy A - Jul 16, 2009 5:59:48 pm PDT #3059 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Aims, that really surprises me, especially since they had the easy (IMO) option of Tonks/Remus.
Sue, your comment about the end of HBP, with Ron not having any lines, made me think of what a lot of HP online fans have said about Kloves (the screenwriter) having a big preference for Hermione over Ron. They really hated him for giving Ron's big book moment at the end of PoA (when he stands up to "the killer" Sirius and tells him that if he's going to kill Harry, he'll have to walk through Ron to do so) to Hermione instead, and they have other examples of him cutting Ron out of the big Trio moments. So, that ending scene wasn't a big surprise to me, considering that background.
DavidS - Jul 16, 2009 7:27:25 pm PDT #3060 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Belated realization: Dan Radcliffe is going for a Dudley Moore in Arthur thing after he drinks the Liquid Luck.
Sue - Jul 17, 2009 3:14:00 am PDT #3061 of 30000
hip deep in pie
My realization that likely a lot of DH 1 is going to be the trio on the road by themselves. Will they have the chops to pull it off? They do work well with each other, but...
Sue - Jul 17, 2009 3:17:41 am PDT #3062 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Kathy, that's really interesting. Other than the Sirius moment, I hadn't really noticed that. I think they were trying to play some non-existent rift between Ron and Harry because of Ginny. Why was Ron off in the back, why didn't he even say "I agree with Hermione." It just seemed so strange to have a lead actor in a scene with no lines.
Tom Scola - Jul 17, 2009 4:42:25 am PDT #3063 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in Iron Man 2. I wonder how embarrassing her fake Russian accent is going to be.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 17, 2009 5:42:06 am PDT #3064 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
Dare we hope for a reprise of Kate Beckinsale's "Romanian" accent from Van Helsing? Once she was done with the werewolf, I expected her to start hunting Moose and Squirrel.
Laga - Jul 17, 2009 7:04:45 am PDT #3065 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Dan Radcliffe is going for a Dudley Moore in Arthur thing after he drinks the Liquid Luck.
I thought he was doing Captain Jack Sparrow.
Sue - Jul 17, 2009 7:31:06 am PDT #3066 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I another another HP question. In Order of the Phoenix, did they cut out the part of the prophecy about how it could have been Neville who was the chosen one? Because he was barely in this movie, and I wondered what role would be left for him in the final movie.
le nubian - Jul 17, 2009 7:50:30 am PDT #3067 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
no shit, Sue.
I was actually pretty pissed at the treatment of Neville. I think the character deserves a lot more respect than what he got in the movie. I really like Neville and felt for him as a result of book 5 and I feel like he was really mistreated in this movie - given future events.