Hmm. Thinking thoughts...

[lady_sarai]

Hmm. Watched GoF tonight with Mom, as she never saw it. I dunno. I think I'm not in a wonderful mood today anyway, but the more I think about these movies, the more... eh I feel.

Like... they're good movies. I am fond of them.

But I spend most of them going "argh! No!" The problem is that I've MEMORIZED so much of these freaking books that the movies fall completely short and flat next to them.

Also, let's hit the viewer over the head with the polyjuice plot, shall we? How many times was that mentioned? Seriously, part of why I adore reading the books for the first time is that I just READ them. I read them and don't even spend time looking for clues. And there is always SOMETHING that blows me away and makes me go "nuh-UH!" (Except the last one, oddly. There was less mind-blowing surprises there, but I still loved it. There were fist-pumping moments.)

Yeah. Anyway.

Am in love with the casting of Ralph Fiennes. He IS Voldemort. OMG, that scene blows me away and makes the whole thing worth it.

Although Hermione is apparently PMSing the whole movie. And Ron... well, at least he's not comedic relief this time. And the Harry/Hermione vibes still make me want to throw something. =P And Cedric.

The last task is HARD to watch; that character is WRECKED in that scene. It hurts.

And a few questions I have for the director: Why change the first task so? Why was it necessary for the dragon to destroy half of Gryffindor Tower? And why why why in the name of all that is holy did you go with PINK for Hermione when it's BLUE in the book? It's such a MINOR detail, WHY change it when you know rabid fans will cringe? And why change the World Cup riot? I mean, yeah, more dramatic... but it was fairly dramatic on its own.

Hmm. I like the movie. I would like to watch it without nitpicking the entire time, but that... seems unlikely. Mom had forgotten great chunks of GoF and kept expecting Grimmauld Place to come up. She kept asking me if Tonks was going to show up anytime soon.

On that note, as someone who knows the books but doesn't KNOW them... Mom was utterly confused by the time Mad-Eye Moody showed up the first time. By the second task, she was watching with this 'if I sit still, maybe I'll know what's going on' look on her face. She knew, but she kept asking things like 'wait, that was THIS book?' and 'so, okay, TELL me! Who put his name in?!'

So I'm thinking my roommate really chose the wrong movie as an intro to HP, back when she decided there was nothing better to do so she would come with us to the movie. ;) Heh.

Anyway. Yeah. I'm so bored and tired and annoyed and irked and it's a bit of a roller coaster, really. I should sleep. But there are things I'd rather do or think about... huh.



So stressed about the homework load it isn't even funny. Lord, I'll need help tomorrow. >.< I don't WANT to be Queen of Procrastination anymore. It's a thankless job, and it only makes ME suffer. Ugh.

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[arnica.livejournal.com]

lol. you sound like Cal. Those are his arguments about the movies too. He'll go with me to the midnight premires, cause he knows how much I love it, but after that, don't ask him to have anything to do with them. I think the only way I can watch the movies without doing the "NO! dance of doom" is I think if them as if they were fanfiction. I dunno, but you know how it's okay for fanfiction to be diffrent and even *occasionally*non canon if it's done right? That's how I see these movies. As wildly budgeted fanfiction. But yes, ralph as voldimort! ::swoons:: he was so perfect. I watched him and just sat there and shivvered!
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H/HR FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!! ::ducks:: I jest! stop giving me the look and put that frying pan down!

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[lady-sarai.livejournal.com]

::snort:: Yeah, I actually have thought of you when cursing out the H/Hr vibes. And it's not a frying pan, it's a WOK.

Yeah, I have a limited tolerance for fanfiction getting canon details wrong, too, unless it's on purpose-and then done well. ;) =P (Makes my life tough, let me tell you what!)

Eh. I'm a canon nazi. (And I *do* LIKE the movies. I just get irked.)