today has been quite productive, to say the least. i was on the phone for like half an hour talking to this Bell customer service woman. i don't think i'll get cable/ tv til maybe july or august, which really sucks, becuz i will be missing a helluva lot of DC episodes. anyway... i went grocery shopping, bought a shitload of food. after eating, went over to school to study. saw james, melissa and a bunch of other music ppl. they were on break from Quartet-fest. apparently, they have a concert this weekend. i wanna gooo! we'll see though. anywhoooo... um... yea. i don't have anything else interesting to post, except that i read Yuen's and Mar-bear's reviews of PoA and i wanna post one of my own.

SPOILERS AHEAD! SPOILERS!!





excellent review, Mar, even though it was pretty long!

things i disliked:
1) wtf is with all the romantic bits?! H/R was pretty cute at first, but then H/Hr?! ok, Hermione is a skank. (yes, yes, i'm a skank. hahaha!!) not cool. and neither the hand holding with ron, nor the loving/fearful embrace with harry were in the books. i was sorely disgusted at Emma's acting. and she looked pretty skanky too, at the NYC premier...

2) Lupin, Lupin Lupin... what can i say? other than the fact that he was TOTALLY NOT what i pictured him to be. i pictured lupin to be shaggier... not as skinny. and the werewolf transformation itself was nicely done, but the werefold was waaaayyyy too scrawny. it did NOT look like a werewolf. it didn't even look like much of a dog!

3) i agree with u mar, what is WITH those bonding moments between Lupin and Harry?! and where the hell did that bridge come from?

4) yes, i laughed my fuckin ass off with the Titanic= Harry on Buckbeak scene! HAHAHAH!!! oh man!! that part is totally out of proportion. hilarious!

5) i liked Malfoy... til now. ok, that scene where Herm pointed the wand at him, his face IMMEDIATELY screwed up and looked as if he was gonna die at any second. Malfoy is a WUSS.

6) WORMTAIL/PETER PETTIGREW. NEED I SAY MORE?

7) so many parts of the movie were out of order, esp the part with the firebolt. WHAT THE FUCK?! that was weird. the boys eating candy in the dormitory was hilarious as well, what kind of candy was that? i don't recall any that made u act like an aminal.

8) yes, the Marauder's map and it's significance and who drew it was not explained, and for one who have not read the books, it would be terribly confusing. how would Lupin know the secret words for revealing the map's contents, but not Snape? and remember, they were supposed to pretend it was from Zonko's.

things i liked:

1) THE WEASLEYS!! one of my favourite parts of the movie was Fred and George explaining the map to harry, ending each other's sentences and whatnot. exactly how i pictured them to be! omg RON!!! he's growning up pretty cool, eh? i remember in the first two movies, i didn't like him as much, just becuz he as always scared shitless and stuff.

2) the overall cinmatic difference with this movie compared to the last two. overall, it was much darker and all the actors grew into their roles.

3) A lot of the new actors turned out well! Michael Gambon was a great Dumbledore! i liked him much more than Richard Harris, RIP. He has this special stage presence that Richard Harris didn't have, i thought. Emma Thomson did a great job as well, especially with those glasses. hahaha! i always pictured her to look like some sort of grasshopper though.... don't ask.

4) yes, Mar, i agree, the scene in the Shrieking Shack with the trio was awesome! something you don't see in HP films often.
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anywhoo... that's enough of a review. I WANT A WORKING TV!!!