Goblet of Fire

Whoa. What a cool movie. I'm kinda sad they couldn't smoosh the whole book in, but you'll have that, I suppose. But it was nice. Very dark, very everything's going to change now, isn't it?

Things that I loved about the movie:

• The way Filch ran through the dining hall. Twice.
• Moaning Myrtle, better known as Shirley Henderson, whom I spotted in Bridget Jones' Diary
• Description of the boot / portkey to the Quidditch World Cup as "manky" ... just like in the book. Honestly. I was very happy about that.
• The tension (dare I say sexual tension?) between Ron and Harry. It was fairly delectable.
• The Weasely twins, Fred and George. They're great actors, James and Oliver Phelps, and they are distinctly Fred and George — hilarious, mischevious, and quite clever. (And also, one of them said, "Get back to your knitting.")
• The graveyard scene where Harry's and Voldemort's wands link. That was almost exactly as I imagined it. To the T (whatever that means).

Things that I wanted a little more of:

• The QWC. We didn't even get to see the veela — no mention of them at all, actually — which doesn't explain exactly why Ron was so infatuated with Fleur.
• Hermione harping on Harry to find out what the egg was about. She did it loads in the book, after all.
• Rita Skeeter, as much as I hate to say it. She's sort of important ... if annoying.

But really, T-Baz and I had a great time, even if there were a bunch of hormonal little high schoolers running around.

Oh, and I made one of these hats in Gryffindor colors and wore it. Sans earflaps, actually, because I didn't have enough time to finish it. T-Baz made the pom for me. (Okay, actually, since we left for the movie at about 10.30, I wove in ends and attached the pom at the theater.)

And a pygmy puff, which T-Baz dropped irretrevably at the theater. They take not very long, though, so it's all good.


Sorry, Dustro, for another post that didn't likely interest you in the least.