Let's storm the movie list!/Ice Dancing

[blpurdom]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> Amy wrote:
> 
> > This has gone far enough!  How long are we going to allow 
> > ourselves to be held hostage by the Sean-droolers, the deranged 
> > DRIFTIES, the AlanSchnooglers, the Williams worshippers*?  It's 
> > an HPfGU list, damn it, and none of us should fear to enter.  
> > Besides, I'm a contrarian.  If a conversation is all going one 
> > way I have a compulsion to throw in my monkey wrench.

I posted an early review of the movie lambasting Emma Watson's 
performance and Chris Columbus' direction.  I never felt a 
compulsion to just "go along" with the crowd, although I did start 
feeling a certain ennui about the Movie list when it became All Sean!
All the time! (For the record: I think Sean Biggerstaff is a 
remarkable young actor, loved him in "The Winter Guest" and I hope 
to see Gary Hollywood, a fellow cast member in that film, in a 
future HP film as a Weasley brother--maybe Charlie).

> OK, I'm in, Captain.  Hmmm.  There's so much material.  Maybe I'll 
> do a little riff on how I fully expect the CoS movie to bomb at 
> the box-office, boldly calling for a boycott.  Yes, that oughtta 
> stir things up.

LOL!  You're such a troublemaker, Cindy.  But I do know many HP fans 
who have no interest in ever seeing a film version of any of the 
books because they don't want it messing with what they see in their 
heads.  They'd probably be appalled by the idea of fanfiction, and I 
NEVER bring it up with them that I write it!  

I actually have higher hopes for the CoS film than the first one 
because a) It won't have to have a different title in the US and the 
UK; b) it will have Kenneth Branagh playing Gilderoy Lockhart, who 
is a HOOT; c) Emma Watson may have time to get some acting lessons 
(:snerk:) d) characters like Penelope Clearwater, Justin Finch-
Fletchley, Tom Riddle, Lucius Malfoy, Aragog, Peeves and Moaning 
Myrtle will be introduced, making things more interesting (one can 
hope; I was disappointed by the fact that Hermione's female 
dormmates were never introduced, and that Dean and Neville got short 
shrift in favor of Seamus' non-canon explosions); e) we get to see 
the Burrow, the Flying Ford Anglia, Knockturn Alley and Myrtle's 
bathroom.  Plus f) we'll be that much closer to the film of PoA 
becoming a reality, which is what I'm REALLY waiting for 
(Sirius/Remus)....
 
> Figure skating (even ice dancing) is probably here to stay. So 
> maybe they will make one small reform for me. I'd like to see a 
> round called "Costume Approval." Men would be directed to steer 
> away from the flashy, sequin-covered outfits that have become way 
> too popular. Rolled up sleeves are good and will receive higher 
> marks from the judges; plunging necklines will generate 
> substantial deductions. Under this system, Alexi Urmanov, who wore 
> the Puffy Shirt from Seinfeld, would have been sent home before he 
> ever set foot on the ice. 

ROTFL!  (I loved the Puffy Shirt episode.)  Ice dancing looks to me 
more and more like ballroom dancing on ice.  My husband said last 
night how amazing it was that they could do all that on skates; my 
response was that I was amazed at the things ballroom dancers could 
do WITHOUT being on skates!  (I loved "Strictly Ballroom!")

> I hear they are considering Trampoline as a Summer event. I 
> suppose they will slot it in the Circus Act division, right up 
> there with Rhythm Gymnastics. I understand that there is actually 
> something called "Synchronized Skating." I'm not sure I want to 
> know what that is.

Okay, now I'm getting flashbacks to the mockumentary they made on 
Saturday Night Live years ago with Christopher Guest and Martin 
Short as male synchronized swimmers.  Still one of the funniest 
things I have EVER seen...

--Barb
(whose kids probably think she's certifiable for sitting at the 
computer cracking up, saying, "I know you!  I know you!")