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Saturday, we went out to a vegan restaurant for my sister's birthday. Um, all I can say is the food did not convince me to drop the dead food.
She had planned on going to go watch the game at a friend's bar for her birthday, since Amanda and I weren't really keen on being trapped on 17th for the night, we went to go see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on Saturday. Didn't love it.
The film, although enjoyable, captured all the substance but none of the subtlety of the previous films. Possibly due to the constraints of shoving the longest of the three books that have been made into films into such a shortened time frame.
The alterations in the set and the dropping of certain aspects of the story bothered me considerably. Mind you, I disliked the first two Lord of the Rings movies for the very same reason initially.
By the third, I had either grow accustomed or possibly indifferent to the changes. Unfortunately, the first two Harry Potter films were extremely faithful to the material, while the third took liberties and made omissions I wasn't thrilled about.
On it's own, the film maybe quite good, but in comparison to the first two, I was quite disappointed.
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Ain't stopping me and my girl from geeking it out come Halloween in full Hogswart's gear.
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She's feeling much better now, by the way. She had the flu it seems, but it's finally passed.
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As exhibits "a" and "b" in defence of geeky can, indeed, be trs sexy I offer up:
Jem in her Slytherin uniform and Fleur's little Harry Potter inspired candid's set
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Other than that, I'm terribly busy this week. So I probably won't be here much, if at all, so everyone have yourselves a good week/weekend.
Ta.
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Song of the moment: "Alone in Kyoto" - Air
Saturday, we went out to a vegan restaurant for my sister's birthday. Um, all I can say is the food did not convince me to drop the dead food.
She had planned on going to go watch the game at a friend's bar for her birthday, since Amanda and I weren't really keen on being trapped on 17th for the night, we went to go see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on Saturday. Didn't love it.
The film, although enjoyable, captured all the substance but none of the subtlety of the previous films. Possibly due to the constraints of shoving the longest of the three books that have been made into films into such a shortened time frame.
The alterations in the set and the dropping of certain aspects of the story bothered me considerably. Mind you, I disliked the first two Lord of the Rings movies for the very same reason initially.
By the third, I had either grow accustomed or possibly indifferent to the changes. Unfortunately, the first two Harry Potter films were extremely faithful to the material, while the third took liberties and made omissions I wasn't thrilled about.
On it's own, the film maybe quite good, but in comparison to the first two, I was quite disappointed.
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Ain't stopping me and my girl from geeking it out come Halloween in full Hogswart's gear.
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She's feeling much better now, by the way. She had the flu it seems, but it's finally passed.
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As exhibits "a" and "b" in defence of geeky can, indeed, be trs sexy I offer up:
Jem in her Slytherin uniform and Fleur's little Harry Potter inspired candid's set
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Other than that, I'm terribly busy this week. So I probably won't be here much, if at all, so everyone have yourselves a good week/weekend.
Ta.
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Song of the moment: "Alone in Kyoto" - Air
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It's odd. When the first film came out, the biggest complaint I heard was that it was "too faithful" to the book. That the film was bloated and moved oddly because unnecessary scenes were jammed in in an effort to be faithful (so said the naysayers). The complaint about the second film was usually that it was "too scary" for the youngins. I don't know. But it does seem odd that the longest book adapted thus far would have the shortest running time. I'll have to judge when I see it.
Sorry to hear about your busification. Hope money is being made from your lack of SG presence.
Actually, at its core They Live is a biting satire of Reaganomics and other economic policies of the 80s. Perhaps the most amusing part is the idea that reality really is "black and white" and that ambiguity (i.e. color) is added to fool us. I think it seems to be pure drivel and mindless fun because that was the intention. Much like his earlier film Darkstar (which, if you haven't seen it, rent it now), at first glance it appears a silly little film, but underneath it's silly surface it's a biting satire.
Oh and I miss you.