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December 8, 2005
Thoughts...
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
So, Mary and Scott and I went to see it! (Were we the last ones?) I didn't read this one first, so I went in with a blank slate. Overall, I liked it a lot, though there were some parts that felt a bit dragged out to me - but that might be because I lacked the continuity from reading the book... I thought the scenes from the wizard's challege were super cool! Anything underwater usually tickles my fancy - I especially liked the badass mermaids. (Those girls are quick!) I still think I liked the third movie best so far - but maybe that's because I've got a bit of a crush on Gary Oldman. Seriously - if I had a picture of him, I'd draw hearts around his head. His brief appearance in HP3 made my night and the highlight of HP4 was his face showing up in a pile of embers. You out there, Gary? Give a call... I'm not a kook - I just want a picture of you so I can draw hearts around your head... sigh.
But, I digress.
Unfortunately, my movie experience was almost ruined by an obnoxious couple sitting nearby. BLAB BLAB BLAB. These people talked through the whoooole movie. At normal speaking volume. It picked up toward the end of the film... I pretty much lost it. I started with the standard "Shhhh." It had no effect. I kicked it up a notch. "SHHHHHH!" Nothing. "Can you PLEASE stop talking?" No acknowldegement whatsoever. "SHUT UP!!!!!" My god - they must have been stoned. And they smoked the good stuff. They didn't even blink. BLAB BLAB BLAB.
The second the credits started to roll, I stood up and announced in my most annoyed and volumous tone "NOW IS WHEN YOU GET TO TALK." I think Mary and Scott were hoping we'd walk down the other aisle to avoid them - but do you think that's the aisle I chose? But no! I walked by the inconsiderate morons, bent down so we were face to face as I passed by and very loudly proclaimed,
"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Yes. Minor meltdown. I never hesitate to cause a scene when provoked. Irish temper. Fierce need for justice to be slammed down upon the ill mannered. Call it what you will. I was ranting for an hour afterward.....
But, I liked the movie! And that's what I was supposed to be writing about....
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
I finished it and.... was less than impressed. The writing in and of itself was good. I didn't hate it by any means.... But I was left feeling somewhat hungry. I think Heather hit the nail on the head when we discussed it. I HATED the main character. Now - the main character was a self aggrandizing prick of a man in my eyes. I won't shy from the possibility that the well of man hate raging inside of me as of late could have skewed my view on him. I guess his self important attitude and non-stop selfishness just hit too close to home for me to enjoy the surrounding storyline. I guess I wanted there to be a stand out heroine that kicked this bastard in the balls and rode off into the sunset in a blaze of glory. I certainly can't fault the author for writing her own story. I guess it's just the first time that I was really disappointed by where a story went.... or rather where it didn't go. There were a few times that I felt various characters were about to develop and then that wave receded. I'm usually a reader who goes where the story takes me - I don't resist. But this time... I was fighting tooth and nail at the end. Mary's reading it now and I'm very curious to hear her take on it. Anyone out there read this? Thoughts? Am I off my rocker?
Posted by Sarah at December 8, 2005 9:33 PM
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Comments
I have a mad crush on Gary Oldman too! I'm seeing "The Goblet of Fire", the day after my last final exam! I can't wait to see it!
Posted by: Annie at December 9, 2005 10:02 AM
i haven't seen goblet yet! :( *cries* that's what happens when you're out of the country when it opens.
i hate movie talkers. like shepard book says in "firefly", there's a special place in hell for them.
Posted by: gleek at December 9, 2005 3:26 PM
Well, if we're ever going to a movie together warn your other friends to sit elsewhere. I do not tolerate talking and blabbing in movies AT ALL. It would have been a brawl if I'd been there.
Posted by: Gina at December 9, 2005 4:10 PM
Hubby would have gone to a manager and gotten them kicked out and then gotten free passes for another visit to the theater for our trouble. We hate that sort of thing.
Posted by: Karen at December 9, 2005 4:26 PM
hey chica - guess who finally pulled herself out of that goddamned pit of dispair? sheesh i'm such a LOO.
anyway - sorry about the harry POTHEAD incident. here, hopefully this pic of gary oldman will cheer you up. i would draw hearts around his head, but i think that just wouldn't be the same. ^_^
Posted by: joy at December 11, 2005 12:24 AM
oops, sorry, i meant this LARGER picture of gary oldman. ^_^*
Posted by: joy at December 11, 2005 12:26 AM
that is so awesome!!! I am so impressed by your meltdown! I will have to channel you next time im at the movies (which isnt often for that exact reason)
ps im another one who hasnt seen the movie yet; waiting til I go home for xmas so mum and i can see it together and then talk about it for hours at dennys afterwards without freaking other people out.
Posted by: morgan at December 11, 2005 8:33 PM