Squee

[mhalachai]

Dear Goblet of Fire: Thank you for helping me to resolve a lingering plot point in Inevitable. Much appreciated. That was the final glitch I was having, and now I can safely say that Inevitable will be the best story EVAR.

When I have a spare hour or two to write it.

Other things I lurved about the movie -- the Twins. Alan Rickman. Neville.

I need GoF icons.

Off to bed.

Comments

[laney-1974.livejournal.com]

GOF won't be released here for another week. I can't WAIT to see it. I think friends are taking us as a thank you for some help.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

It's fun. And funny, in places. My theatre was giggling along at the crazy antics of 14-year-olds.

[sparrow015.livejournal.com]

Other than the several large subplots left out, GOF was very excellent! I loved the Twins. Gillyweed scene. Neville. XD Neville did an excellent job!

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Oh, Neville. He certainly is growing into the role (I can't wait until his part in OotP)

[an-cat-dubh.livejournal.com]

I am particularly fond of those three things as well.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

The kids have all found their acting chops. It's a Good Thing (tm)

[catherinecookmn.livejournal.com]

You're the second person on my f-list in the past 24 hours to say that GoF the film has inspired them to do some writing. :-) It's a Good Thing.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I think seeing the kids getting older and snarkier is helping me focus my characterzation on them, esp. the last few scenes with Harry. PoA didn't carry quite the same weight, and I think that it's the added responsability and isolation Harry experiences in GoF.

[(Anonymous)]

I love that movie...Other movie-goers were also going into fits of humor. I loved the twins! What was that phrase they were saying five times fast? Bumbling Babbling Baboons...Buffoons? Er, something.

I have empirical evidence that my step-father, having no foreknowledge of anything Harry Potter, enjoyed this movie very much, but then, the people in my family are a little...different. However, I was wondering if a person with no background in the HP story would appreciate it as much? The movie flowed well to me, but it also seemed a bit choppy in places. Could the apparent choppiness be caused by my knowledge of the books and what was excised or because the movie plot was in actuality a bit choppy?

[eavling.livejournal.com]

I also wanted to say, that I was a bit shocked by the teacher to student violence(Did you see how Prof. Dumbledore shoved HP backwards and then got into his face after his name was called?)...and by the partial nudity in the bathroom (though that really brought home how terribly perverted that ghost really is.)

Afterwords, my mother and I concluded that Hogwarts must follow an older standard for teaching practices and principles. I like to know how closely the schooling system in England follows what is shown in the movie. And no wonder Prof. Snape is always after the Gryfindor students...Talking in study hall after the teacher's told you not to and whacked you on the back of the head? Teachers just get no respect, no respect.

Perhaps I'm raving and looning a bit too much about this movie...I know I'm rambling. Moreover, I can't wait to read more Mhalachai fanfiction!

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Well, considering what sort of inplements of torture they were using, I think they're stuck using 1900s mentality. You know, without transfigeration.

You have to imagine that Snape would want to slap Harry around loads. *ahem*

I love that movie. Actually, it's helped me figure out yet another plot point today. Oh, GoF. How I love you.

[catherinecookmn.livejournal.com]

The Abusive!Dumbledore scenes have evoked much concern amongst the HP fandom. Considering that in canon (OoP to be exact), both Dumbledore and McGonagall object mightily when Umbridge starts manhandling a student in front of them, I hardly believe that he'd be smacking around Harry.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I have to say, that while my interpretation of the kids and Snape is somewhat influenced by the movies, my view of Dumbldeore is categorically not. They can't capture what Dumbledore *is* on film, and I'm not even paying attention to that.

(Rather, I sort of see a bit of Gandalf in Dumbledore... does that make me a bad person?)

Ruthawen (Too lazy to sign in)

[(Anonymous)]

No it doesn't make you a bad person I'm constantly calling Dumbledore Gandalf and vice versa. on accident of course.

My major problem with the movie was all the subplots left out and they didn't even have Crouch Jr. die by dementor... ARGHHHH. I don't think I like this Newell fellow as a director. left out so many good pats

GOOD THING: I have the biggest crush on the twins now *Insert smutty threesome thoughts* damn those boys got some good looks. Doesn't help that I have a thing for red haired men and accents. Damn now I'm blushing. Off to splash some cold water on my face.

Lotsa love,
Ruthawen

[catherinecookmn.livejournal.com]

Let's see: Long white beard: Check. Long thin blade of a nose: Check. Older-AND-healthier-than-normal-people: Check. (JKR's magical folk live longer than regular humans, but even among magical types AD is noted for both his puissance and the fact that it's prolonged well into his old age -- he defeated Grindelwald when he was 105, an age at which most wizards are retired, and he easily held his own against Voldemort in the Ministry duel in OoP.)

Yup, they're the same guy. :-)

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I would have loved if they had got Ian McKellen to play the new Dumbledore. I'm sort of *meh* about Richard Harris.

[watcher457.livejournal.com]

i don't think the scene with dumbledore was that bad. it made sense to me. it, perhaps, wasn't appropriate behavior for a teacher, i'll give you that, but dumbledore is a might bit upset. harry's name popping out is a life and death sort of thing. he's scared for the boy.

the partial nudity wasn't that bad. it was an important scene and it needed to be there and he very well wouldn't bathe in clothes. though the water level could have been a bit higher.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I wasn't bothered with the bath scene re Harry's naked chest. You see more skin at a beach. What did make me go *ew* was Myrtle. That was just wrong.

[watcher457.livejournal.com]

lol. myrtle was hilarious. the only thing about that scene that made me go close to ew was the feeling of relief that the poor actress who plays myrtle probably did the scene in front of a blue screen without daniel radcliffe anywhere in sight.