tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post1261241704243153934..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets: (Almost) Live BlogLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-12677876897572469202014-04-25T20:33:38.318+01:002014-04-25T20:33:38.318+01:00Azkaban is awesomeness because LUPIN. I j'ado...Azkaban is awesomeness because LUPIN. I j'adore Thewlis SO HARD in that movie. Also the Dementors are exactly as scary as I wanted them to be, which is A LOT OF SCARY. Plus Gary Oldman, yay. You can't go wrong with Gary Oldman.<br /><br />My friend Erika was angry at GoF. I thought it was pretty good given the sudden leap in book length. I just like enjoying the films as separate entities, I guess. HP's so complicated, they're never going to hit everything on everyone's ticklist. Dolores Umbridge is so very awful in the next film though, you have to watch that one. THE PINK, LAURA. SO MUCH PINK. And the Harry-Voldemort fight in the Ministry looks so good. All the glass and the fireplaces, eek!Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-70288210225177610772014-04-23T03:45:13.387+01:002014-04-23T03:45:13.387+01:00We should live watch these over the interwebs. Esp...We should live watch these over the interwebs. Especially when you get near the end of the series cos I haven't seen those either. And we can make fun of the child actors cos...yeah...Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-82045124041956617002014-04-21T23:04:43.389+01:002014-04-21T23:04:43.389+01:00Hehehehe, McGonagall and (original) Dumbledore tho...Hehehehe, McGonagall and (original) Dumbledore though! So perfect. I actually can't fault a lot of the adult actors, but I can't recommend marathoning the Harry Potter movies because NO. HahahahaLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-44422780824151656352014-04-21T23:03:41.261+01:002014-04-21T23:03:41.261+01:00I had a moment of not hating the films on Saturday...I had a moment of not hating the films on Saturday, and now I'm back to kiiiind of hating them. I just can't deal with how wrong they arrrrrre. I get that things need to be trimmed down, but THIS MUCH? Really?! It makes me :( and also >:(Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-667020830665138522014-04-21T22:59:44.924+01:002014-04-21T22:59:44.924+01:00Ellie, I liked Prisoner of Azkaban well enough, bu...Ellie, I liked Prisoner of Azkaban well enough, but I am SO ANGRY at Goblet of Fire that I might have to go back to tearing these movies apart. I thought it was all going to be ok, but IT ISN'T.<br /><br />Having said that, Harris-Dumbledore is amazing. And much better than Gambon. Harris IS Dumbledore, I'm pretty sure. Like how Alan Rickman IS Snape. He's literally the one perfect thing in the films.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-91991438198690124302014-04-21T22:57:17.432+01:002014-04-21T22:57:17.432+01:00Haha, why thank you! I aim to please!
I was very ...Haha, why thank you! I aim to please!<br /><br />I was very impressed by The Burrow, it has to be said. And I looooove Molly!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-41881678047173725552014-04-21T21:12:51.364+01:002014-04-21T21:12:51.364+01:00HAHAHA this is the best! I pretty much did a spit ...HAHAHA this is the best! I pretty much did a spit take at this: "21:50- Dumbledore and McGonagall giving Lockhart the side-eye. Oh hell yes." I need to marathon the Harry Potter movies now!Etudesquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13106938419901219249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-40776878125428064222014-04-20T16:34:10.691+01:002014-04-20T16:34:10.691+01:00I think in the book it was the ghost teacher of hi...I think in the book it was the ghost teacher of history of magic (Prof Binns?) who gave the talk about the chamber of secrets, in a very, "Some people believe... obviously this is all nonsense..." sort of way, but he was never cast in the films so McGonagall got given the exposition lesson instead. I remember when I saw the first film or two as a teenager my response was pretty similar to yours, mocking Daniel Radcliffe and the other children's acting. But now I have a nostalgic feeling towards the whole series, even with the bad bits. I love the overall feel of the first films; they captured the spirit of the books quite well, but the acting... The later films are a bit looser adaptations of the books, less word-for-word, but I think that makes them better as films, although I think sometimes they left some things unexplained assuming you'd already read the books and knew what was going on.Katie Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-80021102943060753942014-04-19T12:34:26.637+01:002014-04-19T12:34:26.637+01:00Oh, thank heavens. I liked this post. I was a bi...Oh, thank heavens. I liked this post. I was a bit worried I'd just have to stay away until you were done watching all the movies because YESTERDAY YOU TORE MY HEART OUT AND STOMPED ON IT. :( <br /><br />In other news, I really want Harris-Dumbledore to be my kind of surrogate great-uncle or something. When you get to Gambon-Dumbledore, don't worry about the semi-Irish accent too much. He loses that quite quickly.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-24608793414261597442014-04-19T05:36:40.437+01:002014-04-19T05:36:40.437+01:00I guffawed. You are the best.
The Burrow is the ...I guffawed. You are the best. <br /><br />The Burrow is the best actualized aspect of the books, I say. Kayleigh vWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889972089506839071noreply@blogger.com