[the_old_crowd] Re: young-uns reading / POA comments

[Randy Estes]

--- "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
<catlady at ...> wrote:

> > 
> Beware what happened to my brother in third grade
> (1967?): he was sent
> to the principal's office because, during silent
> reading, he was
> reading TREASURE ISLAND hidden behind the assigned
> "See Dick and Jane
> run".

I used to get bored in elementary and high school too.
 I used to mumble funny things to the kid next to me
and they always got into trouble instead of me.  I
think that pushing yourself to greater achievements is
always easier than having someone else try to push
you.  HP is a great tool for kids to learn to push
themselves to read.

It struck me at the end of this movie, that Dumbledore
knows that Harry is special and must be pushed to
greatness!  His wink and a nudge to Harry and Hermione
at the end of the movie just reinforced the idea of
teacher working his students in their training while
they are completely unaware of what he is doing to
them.  He also seemed to use birds and bats alot in
this movie.  I think he has animals watching them and
reporting back to him.  He knew when to turn the
Minister and Executioner around based on the bird's
sounds, I think.

The lighting in this movie was perfect for the mood. 
It reminded me of old horror films at the early days
of color "B movies".  I thought the werewolf needed to
grow more hair and look more like a man.  I guess the
old Lon Chaney Jr. look is etched in my mind forever. 
I think he would have scared me a little more.  But
the feel of this movie gives me hope that they will do
an even better job on Book 4.  The incentive to be
better is there given the money to be made and the
worldwide audience.  They only get to make four more
movies, so they must make the most of them!

By the way, we saw the movie again today on the IMAX
screen.  Flitwick was there and he obviously had an
old flame in town that week, so he conjured up some
more hair and invented Grecian Formula Hair dye as
well.  As for Gary Oldman's teeth (they were mentioned
somewhere in the credits)  He can use a clean up spell
next movie to better charm the ladies.

Does anyone know who will play my favorite character,
Professor Moody in Book 4?

Randy


Randy wrote:
> > 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. 
> 
> Beware what happened to my brother in third grade
> (1967?): he was sent
> to the principal's office because, during silent
> reading, he was
> reading TREASURE ISLAND hidden behind the assigned
> "See Dick and Jane
> run".
> 
> 
> 



	
		
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