[the_old_crowd] Re: Amandageist's review

[Randy Estes]

Good to see lots of lively banter again in this old
group of misfits!!

"We are the very model of Adult Harry Potter Fans!!!"

I hope we can keep up the chatter for awhile.  God
knows we can't just twiddle our thumbs waiting on book
6 to arrive.  Not to mention Movie # 4 or #5 when
Hermione starts to look and act like a Britney Spears
singer/idol and Harry and Ron start doing GQ covers! 
JKR better hurry up before these guys are
twentysomethings!  I can already imagine the Teen
Magazines going gaga over the actors now!


>>> Lastly, I didn't even realize that *was* Flitwick.

It WAS? I thought it was some new teacher! I noticed
that in
Hogsmeade, the kids rushed past a group of very short
adult Christmas
carollers, suggesting that Flitwick is one of many
people that height
rather than sort of unique.<<<


My wife had to tell me what scene Flitwick was in
after I read all these comments!  I said the actor
must be busy or dead.  She claims that was probably
him.  She goes to watch it on the big screen today The
IMAX theatre has POA today!  We should be able to tell
you how many hairs are in Flitwick's eyebrows.

I fear that some of us are showing our tendency to
enjoy books over movies.  The younger generations love
the faster paced movies and TV shows.  I have to admit
that if I saw another ending like Chamber of Secrets,
I would be pointing a derenger at my head.
I liked the quick plot changes and single line
explanations.  The rest is up to my imagination.  I
have plenty of time to read the book afterwards for
explanation.  Maybe this will force the few kids who
have not read HP to get the books for an explanation
of the movie.  

I have to say that my second son, Steve, is now
finishing Chamber of Secrets and made us buy him the
rest of the books for his very own copies.  He is
finishing the first grade and reading books with small
numbers of sentences for school.  I think HP is miles
ahead of what they expect him to be doing.  This is
the true miracle of the HP series.  He would never
pick up a book that Mom or Dad asked him to read.


Randy

PS.  I like Gary Oldman too.  He fit the picture in my
mind.  Obviously the women have a more defined picture
in their minds, but mine is just from the neck up. ;0)



	
		
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