My CoS review

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> ***1/2* (that's three and a half stars) 

Ummm...would that be on a four-star or five-star system?  Just 
curious ;-)

> Jason Isaac's Lucius Malfoy was so elegantly nasty. I don't 
> understand the controversy about him threatening Harry with his 
> wand--that's in the book. Is there anyone who *doesn't* think 
> Lucius is capable of murder? 

I think so...but I still doubt he's capable of it if there's a better-
than-even chance of his getting caught.  And with Dumbledore close 
by, there's a better-than-even chance.  My remaining thoughts on the 
subject are posted elsewhere.
 
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> The same with Myrtle...in the books I feel sorry for her, but  it 
has 
> to be credible that even sympathetic characters avoid her, which 
> means her unpleasantness has to be played up on the screen. 
> She put across the idea of a decaying psychic energy very well, I 
> think.

I don't know if it had to do with Shirley Henderson's performance or 
the fact that my mind was wired to it at the time, but I really began 
to appreciate how truly awful Myrtle's fate is.  First off, she died 
in a public restroom, which for my money is one of the most 
undignified places to meet the Reaper.  Secondly, she's stuck forever 
as an adolescent, facing generation after generation of mean-spirited 
kids throwing things at her and making fun of her acne.  I'm certain 
that would be my fate in the next world, if I don't behave myself in 
this one.  No wonder she's so cranky.

~Christi