My favorite review

[Heather Moore]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Joanne0012 at a... wrote:
> OK, folks here's a reminder that we should "(f)orget all the 
analysis, all =
> the 
> testimony that Harry Potter can heal the sick and make the blind 
see. What =
> the 
> Potter franchise offers is escapism pure and simple, and there's 
nothing 
> wrong with that. We need our escapes. Whatever does it for you—-
video games=
> , 
> vanilla ice cream, hacky sack, pornography, Harry Potter—it's a 
good thing =
> if it 
> keeps you sane. There is no need to justify them, or to claim they 
have mag=
> ical 
> powers."
> 
> My favorite line in this review, comparing various hero 
stories:  "They are=
>  the 
> Same Old Story we have been hearing since long before Bilbo was a 
pup: the =
> 
> saga of the Chosen One, the little lost prince with a Destiny, the 
innocent=
>  
> brought forth from anonymity to duel with the Dark Lord, who in 
this instan=
> ce 
> is named Voldemort (a Saxonization of Wallmart, perhaps?)."
> 
> Caution: Curmudgeonly R-rated language.
> 
> http://www.electricstory.com/reviews/potter.asp


 OH, GOD, I do love a cynical rant at all times, and this one is a 
beautiful work of snide art. Before I am packed off to Slytherin 
House, allow me to remind everyone that yes, I love Our Harry all to 
pieces.  And no, I don't entirely agree with this reviewer's 
disdainful dismissal. 

I ALSO - AND THIS IS KEY - DON'T FEEL INSULTED THAT HE SO DISLIKES 
SOMETHING WHICH I SO ENJOY. There is no reason on this or any Earth 
to take these reviews personally.

We may love Our Severus for all his curmudgeonly, defanged, socially-
cold cynicism. And I find that, wife or no, I rather want to do this 
reviewer simply for the sheer sensuality of his snideness. Bravo.