Yay for you JamieLew.
Hahahā¦ hooray? 
I
started around episode 15 of PotterCast, and 50 of MuggleCast. Theyāre both awesome, and keep me tied over until
the next HP movie or book come out.
Ohā¦ I love Harry Potter. Who doesnt? Iāve read all
of the books and seen all of the moviesā¦ But like someone else on here said. I like the books better because
they have more information and crap then the movies do>.<
Yeah, the books totally trump the movies, but itās nice to see the cinama try to tackle such
an in-depth story in no more than 2 hours at a time.
Heh yeah. Just like the Narnia movies. Same thing as Harry
Potter.
I heard the 5th book is
actually condensed pretty wellā¦ Iām really excited. 
I donāt know, what annoys me about the films ā and
I can understand why they do it, but I donāt like it all the same ā is all the
action sequences they add in, such as Harryās grapple with the Hand of Glory in [i]Chamber of
Secrets[/i] to add random suspence for no reason at all instead of the scene with Lucius and Draco
Malfoy which added, you know, plot. The dragon sequence in
Goblet of Fire really annoyed me ā it doesnāt need to
be any scarier than it already is. I meanā¦ itās a frickinā dragon! And I find it terribly hard to believe
that if a dragon tore free and started destroying a school in the attempt to kill and presumably devour a small
fourteen year old boy, a whole stadium full of teachers, government officials and [i]dragon
tamers[/i] wouldnāt try to do anything about it. It really got my goat that the dragon was killed,
too. In the book, it was specifically mentioned that the dragon and the dragon eggs werenāt to be harmed.
Wasnāt it Cedric Diggory who lost loads of points when the dragon stomped on her eggs? I think killing a dragon
should at least have cost him a point or two.
If theyād cut that scene short by five minutes and lost
the whole tearing through the school shenanigans, they would have had more time and muuuuch more money to devote
to the rest of the story. I liked that they made the maze a bit scarier, but the underwater sequence was the
best by far, and much closer to the book, too.
Obviously they canāt fit in everything, and it would be a very
boring film if they did, but sometimes the things they add in are a bitā¦ hmmā¦
Actually, it was
Viktor Krum.
Two main things anoy me about the GoF movie:
- The whole "What the? Whereād the
Quidditch go?" vibe when they suddenly skip the Quidditch match.
- Cutting out Fudgeās denial trip.
That forms the very foundation for a lot of what happens in OotP. I think it was silly to skip a plot point like
that.
That said, I thought Amos Diggoryās raw unconcealed grief over Cedricās death was beautiful. It
got me all choked up.
On a mild side-line:
When somebody in the Wizarding World wants to refer to
Chuck Norris, they prefer to call him Lord Voldemort. 
LOL!
Haha, oh well, I knew it was one of the boys! XD
I agree with the Qudditch
World Cup point. It still catches me by surprise. And I thought the end should have shown Bary Crouch,
Jr., being attacked by the Dementor ā or they could have at least mentioned, like
the book did ā along with Fudgeās scene. I can understand why they choose to devote some time at the end to
the trio talking, sort of ending on a lighter note, but they know theyāre going to
make a new movie, why not set the scene for it? Order of the Phoenix might be
quite clunky now that they havenāt set anything up in context.
Still, some of GoF really exceeded my
expectations. The scene where Harry brought Cedricās body back couldnāt have been more perfect. The happy
music all playing and everyone cheering while Harry cried over Cedric, it was a really clever way to do it. And
Ralph Fiennes made a surprisingly good Voldemort. XD
Ahhhā¦ that
Cedric scene was perfectā¦ I really got that feeling of grief from Harry and the confusion with the celebration
going on the background. I think thatās Danās best acting right thereā¦ it got me tearing (I think the first 3
times I watched it, too).
But yeah, I also agree that the 4th left out a lot of important plot linesā¦
not just minor ones. I thought the Barty Crouch storyline was really important in the bookā¦ basically because
it breaks down the characterā¦ and I think if I hadnāt read the book I would be really confused with why he
just died all of a sudden.
Even though thereās all these things I would fix with the moviesā¦ Iām
still VERY VERY VERY excited for the 5th. I canāt wait for the ministry of magic scene and Luna Lovegood (my
favorite character).
Yes, Iām still a fan of HP in its entirety that Iāll watch the movies as they
come out . . . I just probably wonāt have that much āReplay Reflexā on them. And mind you, I have a
pretty darn powerful Replay Reflex . . . some films and shows Iāve seen hundreds of times, and Iām willing to
watch them once more still . . . AND I still love them . . . never got tired!
(Gargoyles, (along with
countless others) anyone?)
OMG Iām totally a
replay person. There just are those moments where I want to watch a movieā¦ but Iām not willing to commit
myself to concentrating on a new storyling. I told this to my friend once and she told me that if that was the
only thing she knew about me, she would believe me to be incredibly stupid. 
Butā¦ Iāve seen
even Harry Potter more than my fair share. Heheh. I can basically recite to you the 2nd movieā¦ and I donāt
even like the 2nd movie! Too muchā¦ Harry-touching-dead-peoplesā-hands action going on thereā¦
News: For those who love Harry Potter, (or just like a decent puzzle), the Room of Requirement is now open on
JKRās Official Site!!
Once you get past the puzzle, youāll be able to Take the Grade 2 of the
W.O.M.B.A.T (Wizardās Ordinary Magic Basic Aptitude Test)
Remember, itās NOT just a general HP Trivia
Test. The test treats you as if the entire HP universe was real!
I took it. I got āExceed Expectationsā in the last one, but this one was
harder. I might scrape āAcceptableā.
For those not in the know:
Pass Grades
O -
Outstanding
E - Exceeds Expectations
A - Acceptable
Fail Grades
P - Poor
D - Dreadful
T -
Troll
I managed to scrape an Exeeds
Expectations for my Grade I test as well, but whoo, that was a hard one . . . Iām really worried what Iām going
to get now!!
"An evil attempt
to indoctrinate children in the Wicca religion"?! Is Harry Potter magic anything LIKE Wicca?
Apologies for the double post, but the W.O.M.B.A.T. results are in! I got "Exceeds
Expectations"!
What did you get?
I could not believe it when I saw it, but I actually got an Outstanding!!! I canāt beleive
my two scores are an E (Grade 1) and an O (Grade 2)!!
I so want to take the Grade 3 WOMBAT, but man is
THAT going to be hard!!!
Congrats on the E, RMS Oceanic!