[HPFGU-OTChatter] No! Film and merchandise stuff

[Amber]

--- Simon <pigwidgeon at inbox.as> wrote:
> I was visiting the Leaky Cauldron news site and an article was
> saying that Celine Dion had recorded a song for the film, written by 
> the duo responsible for My Heart Will Go On. I feel I may have to go
> off and kill myself. I can imagine little worse than a song similar
> to the Titanic theme playing out as the film ends. The confidence
> that I was finally getting about the films production and the feeling
> that we may actually get a decent film has now totally evaporated. I
> am not at all happy.

Hm, I think I also read this somewhere. Frankly, I'm not surprised. It
almost seems inevitable that they would put a sappy ballad at the end
of the movie. I must say that I groaned when I saw that it was to be
named "The Boy Who Lived". With a title like that, you just know the
song will be awful. At least the song is just at the end of the film,
and not <shudder> somewhere during.

I'm also not too fond of the choice of Celine Dion. I don't mind one or
two of her songs but she's just not really my cup of tea and just
*feels* wrong for the HP movie. Too bad fans of the book weren't
consulted about this sort of thing. Or maybe they were...<shudders
again>

> How much blonder is Hermione, who has brown hair in the books, going
> to get? The WB pictures at least seem to have her with light brown
> hair but these latest pictures seem to have her as an outright
blonde.

Well, the picture of just Hermione seems to be fine hair-wise although
I hate the cartoonish, slightly drunk look on her face. The picture of
Hagrid, Ron, Harry, Norbert, and Hermione though...hmmm. Don't know
quite what to say. Looks like the person who gave the description of
the scene to the artist in question didn't do a good job.

I definitely am not too pleased with the artwork on any of the three
cards. I rather like the coloring job but am not fond of the
poses/facial expressions. But I must say that every person sees things
differently and there is likely to be people out there who love the
look.

~Amber


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