Entries tagged with "harry potter"
The hero/ Under the stairs is now the man who holds/ Our last true prayer
posted by srah on December 10, 2007 7:42 PM
Tags: books, driving, harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows
Listening to Harry Potter books-on-tape while driving seems like a good idea, until you're driving in the rain at the end of Deathly Hallows and you have to see through two levels of moisture. I don't have windshield wipers for my tears! http://youtube.com/watch?v=tXClBpytvRg Good news: I was actually sad when Dobby died this time. Apparently Jim Dale's narration added something to the story that was not there when The Voice Inside Srah's Head was reading the book last summer. Is it 2010 yet?...
With a dreamy far-off look, and her nose stuck in a book
posted by srah on November 29, 2007 12:58 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the deathly hallows, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, polyjuice potion
What's the deal with polyjuice potion, anyway? In the movie version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the Crabbe/Goyle-polyjuiced Harry and Ron speak in their own voices, though they try to just grunt in true Crabbe/Goyle fashion so that Draco doesn't suspect anything. In the audiobook for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (a seriously over-polyjuiced book, by the way), Fleur sounds like herself when she's been polyjuiced to look like Harry, Harry sounds like himself when he's "Barny Weasley" but they all get new voices when they're polyjuiced into Mafalda Hopkirk, Reg Cattermole and Albert Runcorn, or...
Don't talk of June, don't talk of fall! Don't talk at all! Show me!
posted by srah on October 23, 2007 12:39 PM
Tags: harry potter, j.k. rowling
I would like to have it known that I am not in favor of J.K. Rowling's announcement that Dumbledore is gay. It is not that I am upset that Dumbledore is gay, but I am tired of these press-conference revealings of information that didn't make it into the books. This is the worst kind of example of "telling rather than showing". I thought the Epilogue was guilty of that, but these are even worse. I don't want you to tell me that Ron and Harry are Aurors, or Dumbledore is gay or Neville marries me Hannah Abbott. If you feel...
You'd think a bit of snogging would cheer her up!
posted by srah on September 4, 2007 12:32 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, movies
Last night I decided I wanted to go to the movies, so I searched online to find all of the movies that were playing in a two-town radius, then narrowed that down to the ones I wanted to see. It came down to: SuperbadThe Simpsons MovieHairsprayBecoming JaneThe Nanny Diaries So I went to see... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Again. It was nice, though, because I got a private showing. Apparently no one else wants to see months-old movies on Labor Day night (Labor Night?). In my defense, I guessed that it would be interesting to see...
It's reported you've been Cruciatin' Muggles and elves and runnin' wild
posted by srah on August 1, 2007 5:38 PM
Tags: harry potter, lyrics, music, parodies, wizard rock
As I have previously stated, my future hypothetical wizard rock band will be called Washing Ron's Underpants¹. I was thinking about Washing Ron's Underpants² as I was driving back down to Ohio on Monday because I was running my mp3 player through my car speakers and "Harper Valley PTA" came on³. Normally this wouldn't have anything to do with Harry Potter, but for some reason when I went to sing the line "This is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites," it came out "you're all Harper Valley hippogriffs." Then the next song was "Help Me...
Blah blah blah Harry Potter blah
posted by srah on July 24, 2007 10:25 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows
I keep meaning to blog but: whenever I sit down to write a blog post I forget all of the brilliant ideas I came up with earlier in the day, andabout 20% of my thought processes this week have been devoted to work, 5% to other miscellaneous thoughts (including blog-ideas that I forget five minutes later) and 75% of my thought processes during any given day are related to Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and why they are so perfect that I am overwhelmed with emotion at every single thing that has ever happened to/between them in the books These...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: my thoughts
posted by srah on July 21, 2007 12:47 AM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows
In the past, when I've taken notes or "live-blogged" a new Harry Potter book, it's been mostly because I knew that when reading later books, I would want to look back at notes from earlier books - especially hints and clues that seemed relevant but weren't covered in that book (and were potentially being saved for later). That's one of the sad things about HP7: there are no later books! But I think these notes will serve two purposes: to record my first reaction to things and theories as the book goes on (like in book 6, where every few...
Dobby kills Harry Gollum kills Dobby Professor Plum does it in the library with the lead pipe
posted by srah on July 19, 2007 9:38 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows
I'm going to go (attempt to) hide from the Internet for a while¹ (even though this was the closest I've come to Harry Potter spoilers). I will return to you all in the wee hours of Saturday, when I begin my liveblogging of book 7 (following the popularity of my book 6 notes). Come back and read along! ¹ Who am I kidding? I will probably be on the Internet all day tomorrow. Sigh....
Don't kill Arthur Weasley!
posted by srah on July 19, 2007 8:46 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows, walking
While I was out for a walk last week I passed the textbook store in town where I had reserved my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I dropped in to ask about their Harry Potter festivities, because I could remember being told that they were opening sometime before midnight, but I couldn't remember the exact time. I asked the woman behind the counter what time they were opening for Harry Potter and she said, "11:45. 11:40. Half an hour before midnight." I don't know if she was just making it up as she went along, if she...
Weasley is our king!
posted by srah on July 12, 2007 12:58 PM
Tags: arthur weasley, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, movies, neville longbottom, ron weasley
To begin with, I have to say that I really liked the movie version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It is a huge challenge to turn an 896-page book into a 138-minute movie and they did pretty well with it. I do still miss the things that had to be cut, though. I shall hide further discussion of this subject in the extension, for those of you who have not seen the film yet....
Coughing up the galleons...
posted by srah on May 16, 2007 5:46 PM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows
My copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is now on reserve at my local bookstore. I forgot that I even had a local bookstore until someone pointed out to me this week that one of the textbook stores in town also has a collection of real books. That's nice. I hadn't yet figured out how I was going to get Harry Potter, but I thought it would involve either driving an hour to Cincinnati, going up to Michigan for the weekend or hoping that they had it at Meijers. None of them had the right combination of: a)...
Is this a kissing book movie?
posted by srah on April 22, 2007 8:22 PM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, movies
Hooray! Lots of action and tension... and I don't just mean the awful, awkward Harry/Cho kissing situation. And while we're at it... [new international trailer via dollsome]...
Harry Potter and the Ravenous Goblin-thing
posted by srah on March 29, 2007 7:05 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows
I've seen the new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows US cover art all over the Intarnest¹. The US cover is quite boring - the O in Potter has a little wing on it, so I think Harry's supposed to be reaching for the most enormous O-shaped snitch anyone has ever seen. Either that or the gold fleck that I'm assuming is the wing is a strangely-shaped snitch itself, but that's weird too. Anyway, I find it bizarre that Harry is spending his time tooling around a Quidditch stadium, when I thought book 7 was supposed to be about the...
'Give her hell from us, Peeves.'
posted by srah on January 24, 2007 12:33 PM
Tags: books, books on tape, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix
For more than a month now, I have been working my way through the book-on-tape of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It's such a long book that I haven't reread it since it first came out, and I thought I probably ought to have a refresher before the movie comes out. The book-on-tape format works well for a book like this - I just pick up where I left off every time I get in the car and don't have to lug that huge tome around. I started it before driving up to Michigan for Christmas, have...
You too can Save Ginny Weasley from the Basilisk
posted by srah on July 7, 2006 12:36 PM
Tags: ann arbor, announcements, harry and the potters, harry potter, music
Attention Ann Arbor! Harry and the Potters are playing at the Blind Pig tonight with... Draco and the Malfoys. What is this world coming to? Stay away from them, Potters! They are a bad influence! Unfortunately I will be on the road heading to Ann Arbor while they're playing. All y'all go and tell me how it was. [via ghetto of our mind]...
Harry Potter and the Snakes and Snails and Puppy-dog tails
posted by srah on July 17, 2005 10:42 AM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the half-blood prince, srahfam
I don't think this is a spoiler, because it's said in one of the early chapters and isn't very surprising: Dumbledore briefly mentioned that the Dementors were breeding, something that made both me and my sister make a strange face when we read it. I hadn't really thought about the Dementors having sexual organs or any gender at all. Alfie explained her confusion thusly: "There are female ones? I always associated them with being male because they suck the happiness out of everything." Srahmom put her two cents in, wondering what a baby dementor would look like, being pushed around...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: My thoughts
posted by srah on July 17, 2005 2:55 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the half-blood prince, hermione granger, lavender brown, neville longbottom, ron weasley, weasleys
I went to Borders last night with Alfie to pick up her reserved copy of the book. It was a bit of a zoo. When we picked up Order of the Phoenix at Waldenbooks, we stood in a line of about thirty people, picked up the book and were probably home by 12:30. At Borders this year, we were given a number somewhere in the 500s and everyone milled around until midnight, which was when they finally started lining people up by number. We were home by about 1:45. Zonk. Interesting, though: When we bought Order of the Phoenix, the...
Christmas in July!
posted by srah on July 16, 2005 12:55 PM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the half-blood prince
Alan Rickman must have left it in my mailbox, for that's where I found it. Apparently Ann Arbor's UPS deliveryfolks only work a half-day on Saturdays, so some of their Harry Potter deliveries were outsourced to the US Post Office. Pictures are taken, blog is blogged. Now to get reading!...
I would settle for Rupert Grint! But that's kind of gross!
posted by srah on July 14, 2005 3:59 PM
Tags: alan rickman, books, harry potter, harry potter and the half-blood prince, rupert grint
To follow up on a previous post: From the delivery reports so far, it looks like all of the deliveries are being made by celebrities who have something to do with what's being delivered. This is fair - if Dale Jarrett showed up on my doorstep, I believe my exact reaction would be, "Hey.... Guy in a Jumpsuit.... It's really amazing to actually meet you in person, Guy in a Jumpsuit. I'm a big fan of... whatever it is you do. Oh well. At least I got my Harry Potter book. Bye." But in something I read about the promotion,...
Look, Your Worshipfulness, let's get one thing straight. I deliver orders to just one person: you.
posted by srah on July 8, 2005 12:40 AM
Tags: books, harrison ford, harry potter, harry potter and the half-blood prince
I can picture it now... *doorbell rings* *srah races to the door to collect her Amazon delivery* *delivery-person hands srah a box* *srah's jaw drops* *srahfamily's collective jaws drop* "Don't everyone thank me at once." If Han Solo delivers my copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince a week from Saturday, I'm going to... ... I don't know. Take a picture of him or something. I'm such a wimp....
Book #6 approacheth!
posted by srah on June 26, 2005 10:46 PM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the half-blood prince
Order your copy today!ERRORYou do not have Javascript enabled.Until the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!Hogwartsmagic.com Thanks to Katie, mine shall be delivered to my very own front door! At last, in nineteen days, there will finally be something blogworthy in my life!...
Half-Blood Prince release date announced!
posted by srah on December 21, 2004 12:57 PM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the half-blood prince
July16July16July16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11...
You may consider shenanigans called
posted by srah on November 22, 2004 7:22 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the goblet of fire, movies
How can you make a movie version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire without Percy Weasley? I love that dirty rotten slimeball, but I could accept them cutting him out of Prisoner of Azkaban. Sometimes when you make a movie, things have to go and Percy wasn't really vital to the plot. But Percy is very important to Goblet of Fire. He's Barty Crouch's mouthpiece when he's missing! Percy is also very important to the fifth book, but if we jump from Chamber of Secrets to Order of the Phoenix, we will be seriously lacking in character development....
'Can it be true? That I hold here in my mortal hand a nugget of purest green?'
posted by srah on July 15, 2004 5:58 AM
Tags: assistantship, books, harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, paris, travel
On our last night in France last year, at the end of the assistantship, Renata, Jenny and I went out for Indian food. We found a restaurant just by wandering around and I happened to look up and see that it was in the Rue Nicholas Flamel. At the time, I only knew Flamel as the "only known maker of the Philosopher's [or Sorcerer's] Stone" from the Harry Potter books, but it turns out that he really existed. Flamel was a fourteenth-century French alchemist and that he really was rumoured to possess the Philosopher's Stone, which is supposed to create...
And no one heard at all/ So I ate a pear
posted by srah on September 8, 2003 1:16 PM
Tags: harry potter, music, parodies
I have heard "Help Me Rhonda" three times this weekend. I normally like it, but due to overexposure, I have come to listen to it is as though it were about Harry Potter turning to Ron Weasley for comfort after being dropped by Cho Chang (apparently Hedwig was none too sympathetic). Consider, therefore: Well since she put me down there's been owls pukin' in my bed Come in late at night and in the mornin' I just lay in bed Well, Ron you look so fine (look so fine) And I know it wouldn't take much time For you to...
Happy birthday, J.K. and Harry!
posted by srah on July 31, 2003 11:39 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, j.k. rowling
Rowling is our Queen, Rowling is our Queen, She's raking all the shillings in*, Rowling is our Queen... Rowling will write everything, She won't leave out a single thing, That's why all her readers sing: Rowling is our Queen. * yes, I am aware that shillings don't exist anymore, but pounds didn't fit and dollars seemed inappropriate. not that shillings isn't. shut up....
'One more lesson like that and I might just do a Weasley.'
posted by srah on July 26, 2003 1:20 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix
I did wonder about a few of these lines while reading Order of the Phoenix, but I certainly didn't catch all of them: Order of the Phoenix Fun-Tastic Innuendo List [via Somewhat, Muchly]...
Meesa meejahoor
posted by srah on July 22, 2003 7:03 PM
Tags: a mighty wind, books, harry potter, harry potter and the goblet of fire, movies, mr darcy's daughters, quote, the professor, time travel, writing
I am what Meg calls a meejahoor. Recently I have been constantly trying to read four or five books at the same time and watching movies when I come up for a breath of non-literary air. I think this is because I was deprived of English-language books and movies (or at least of selection) in France and I'm now so inundated with them that I gave myself and get in over my head. Read/viewed within the past week: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - it's a reread, but an interesting one, what with all I've learned in book...
Muggle-born, Magic-educated
posted by srah on July 11, 2003 9:01 AM
Tags: ann arbor, books, harry potter, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, srahfam
'My name was down for Eton, you know, I can't tell you how glad I am I came here instead. Of course, mother was slightly disappointed, but since I made her read Lockhart's books I think she's begun to see how useful it'll be to have a fully trained wizard in the family..." -Justin Finch-Fletchley, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets My parents and I have had this conversation: If I had been accepted to Eton (which would have been surprising since I'm a girl) and Hogwarts (which would have been surprising because, as far as I'm aware, it...
Potterholism as a cause for insomnia
posted by srah on June 29, 2003 3:10 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix
I am awake and online at 3am because I remembered reading online that the prophecy in Book 5 was a lot less disappointing if you read very carefully everything that the Death Eaters say in the prophecy/fight scenes. The person who wrote this suggested rereading that section (or the whole book), and said that we should get it then. I did so, and I still didn't get it, and now I can't find the original post for more clues. I don't know if it was a blog-post or a comment somewhere, and neither Google nor Daypop has been helpful, and...
Harry Potter Meme
posted by srah on June 27, 2003 9:10 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, memes
This post is going into hiding to prevent spoilers for those who haven't read Book 5. Read on, MacDuff....
No, I will not shut up about this
posted by srah on June 23, 2003 12:55 AM
Tags: arthur weasley, books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, neville longbottom, remus lupin, ron weasley
But look, I'm so nice that I put questions 9-21 in the MORE... section, so you don't have to read them if you don't want to. That is how much I love you, dear readers. Beware minor Book 5 spoilers... 1. Favorite HP Book (1-4) and Why? Prisoner of Azkaban because it's more exciting and hopeful than Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets. Goblet of Fire is good but long. It has parts that are better than PoA, but taken as a whole, PoA comes out on top. 2. Favorite Character(s) (try to stick with 3 or less) Ron Weasley,...
Because I can't talk about anything else this weekend...
posted by srah on June 22, 2003 11:19 PM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
It's a shame when people won't even give Harry Potter a chance. His celebrity has gotten the best of him, and now half the people I read online seem to be refusing to read the books. If you think Harry Potter is kid stuff or just hype, I would ask you to read the first 30 pages or so of The Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone. If it doesn't get you hooked, fine. But I like to think it will. Don't knock it till you've tried it!...
It is time for me to tell you...
posted by srah on June 21, 2003 4:25 PM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, hermione granger, neville longbottom, ron weasley
Well, I'm done. And it was a really good book. Like Goblet of Fire, it dragged a bit at some parts in the middle, but finished with a bang. I laughed a lot (though less than in previous books), I cried a bit, and chapter 37 gave me goosebumps. I can't wait for Book 6 and am rather frightened that J.K. Rowling doesn't have a deadline for the last two books. I don't, however, think that Order of the Phoenix was a great book. I enjoyed it as an established Harry Potter fan. I liked to see the continuing adventures...
The spirit was willing, but...
posted by srah on June 21, 2003 10:54 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix
Around 5am, I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer, so I went to sleep, about halfway through the book. Latest favorite bit: "Have a biscuit" (p. 248) I'm trying not to spoil anything for anyone who hasn't read it yet, but if you have, you should get it. I am in the late 400s now, and things are looking Extremely Bad. Romantic entanglements are annoying and disgusting me. No one is dead yet, but I'm hoping it will be a surprise death when it comes, because if it's the person they seem to be suggesting, it is shaping up...
Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure
posted by srah on June 21, 2003 3:20 AM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, weasleys
My favorite line so far? "What are Fred and I, next-door neighbors?" (p. 163) Loving it. Loving Ron, loving Weasleys, loving Tonk. Putting up with that rat Potter. I resent that everyone seems to think that good things happen to Ron because of Harry's deficiencies and not because of Ron's own qualities. Jerks....
Annoying loud girl jumping up and down at Waldenbooks? That would be me
posted by srah on June 21, 2003 1:10 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix
Stood in line for an hour behind the likes of Mr and Mrs JDay, but now we haves it and it's our precioussssssssssszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Pardon me, nodding off already. Not sure I'll make it to the end, although Becky and I made a Meijers-run to stock up on supplies to get us through the night. I will be munching almonds and cottage cheese and honeydew (although not all together) and chocolate to get me through the tragic death of Whoever It May Be. Ah, the suspense....
Save all Weasleys! Take Cho Chang!
posted by srah on June 20, 2003 10:01 PM
Tags: books, ginny weasley, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix
What if it's Ginny? WHAT IF IT'S GINNY? Two hours to go. I'm going crazy......
Don't call me this weekend; I'm busy
posted by srah on June 17, 2003 11:12 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix
I can already predict that I will be nocturnal this weekend. My schedule will be thrown off by staying up until 1am to pick up my copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (not hairy pottery), then not being able to sleep until I've finished the 900+ page monster. When I finally got my hands on Goblet of Fire, I started in the morning or afternoon and stayed up until 4am, caught up in the book and sniffling. This time, Becky and I have each reserved our own copy so that I don't have to wait for...
Tuesday This-or-That?
posted by srah on June 3, 2003 8:49 AM
Tags: harry potter, memes, tuesday this-or-that
1. Cats or dogs? Both have their advantages and disadvantages. I've never had a cat of my own, but I like them because they're independent. I like dogs because... they're not cats. 2. Butterflies or birds? Butterflies, unless they're penguins. I prefer butterflies because they don't make such a mess when they poop on you. And I prefer penguins to butterflies because they can't get high enough to poop on you unless you're laying on the ground and they walk over you. And having a penguin walk over you is almost worth the poop. Why am I still typing? 3....
Bob Barker wants YOU
posted by srah on February 13, 2003 5:48 AM
Tags: children, harry potter, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, movies
Yesterday, between all of the adorable little caniches I saw in the street that begged to be petted and cuddled and my fellow moviegoers at the Harry Potter screening, I decided that we have it all wrong. We should be spaying and neutering our neighbors and letting the puppies flower and multiply in abundance. The family behind me had somewhere from 3 to 8 kids. I couldn't tell, because they were moving around throughout the whole movie. And kicking my chair. And kicking other chairs in my row so mine bounced along with them. And walking up and down their...
With a Friend Like Harry, who needs other reading material?
posted by srah on January 18, 2003 9:42 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix comes out June 21, 2003. I know, I know, I'm the last person in the world to know this, but I heard on the radio that it was coming out in the fall. It didn't occur to me that they were talking about the French translation. Duh. Amazon gives us a sneak peek at a few lines of the text, including the opening: "The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive.... The only person...
I can't get no satisfaction
posted by srah on December 11, 2002 3:21 PM
Tags: assistantship, bureaucracy, harry potter, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, health, movies, stories
Today was a day of halves and not-quites. I had my visite medicale in Clermont-Ferrand, beginning with the lung x-ray at 2pm. I left Vichy at 12:00 because the next train was at 1:07 and wouldn't get me to Clermont until 1:40. I was concerned that I would not have enough time to find the office if I arrived with twenty minutes to spare. So I arrived at 12:40 instead, looked at my convocation to see the address of the radiography center, and discovered that my appointment was at 2:30, so I was wandering around Clermont for two hours for...
Une place pour 'Arry Potère, SVP
posted by srah on December 3, 2002 4:12 PM
Tags: assistantship, harry potter, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, movies
Everyone else on the Internet has seen Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and it's finally my turn tomorrow, as Renata, Jennifer and I are going to Clermont for a subtitled-movie treat and some Christmas shopping. I expect to leave giggling and sighing over le Professeur Rogue....
Very Harry
posted by srah on October 21, 2002 4:55 AM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix
There's a possibility that EITHER our old pal J.K. is planning on an eighth book OR they're just trying to cover things up by registering a lot of titles for upcoming Harry Potter books. Personally, I'm disappointed to hear them all at once and have the surprise spoiled. Just hurry up and get the fifth one out!...
Big week for Potterites
posted by srah on July 30, 2002 12:46 PM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the goblet of fire, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, j.k. rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire finally comes out in paperback today, years and years and years after it came out in hardcover. Notice no fifth book yet. Hmph. Anyway, anyone know what tomorrow is? It's J.K. Rowling's and Harry Potter's shared birthday! So I suggest we all write J.K. some birthday greetings that say "Hurry up and finish the goldarned fifth book. Srah is impatient. Happy birthday." Seems like they could have delayed the release by a day, just to match them up......
HP-DVD
posted by srah on June 3, 2002 8:30 AM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, movies
We finally got around to picking up Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on DVD. I think I liked the movie better than I did before - after a while to think about it - but there's still a lot missing. I would much rather have Book 5 out than the Chamber of Secrets in theaters. The extras on the DVD are odd. The box says there are deleted scenes somewhere, but the extras are such a complicated tangle that it's impossible to find anything. Instead they make you play their little games. I WANT DELETED SCENES!...
Harry up!
posted by srah on May 13, 2002 1:03 PM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, j.k. rowling
If I were an author, I think I would be pretty jealous of J.K. Rowling. Everyone else's editor/publishing house is on their backs, pushing them to put out another book. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was, I believe, originally supposed to come out last summer. Then they pushed it to the fall. Then to spring/summer of 2002. Then September. Now the vague "fall 2002", which is what the clerk at Border's told me on Saturday. I've heard rumors that she hasn't even started it yet. And is the publisher going to complain? No. "Oh, you're not going...
It's 2002
posted by srah on January 15, 2002 1:08 PM
Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, lord of the rings, lord of the rings: the two towers, movies, star wars, star wars: attack of the clones
It's 2002. What does this mean? Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (Spring) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Summer) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Fall) What are you looking forward to in 2002?...
My Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone™ calendar...
posted by srah on January 13, 2002 1:14 PM
Tags: calendar, commercialism, harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
My Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone™ calendar page for yesterday says "Harry sees a goblin for the first time when he visits Gringotts™ with Hagrid™." This disturbs me greatly. It's so despicably commercial-sounding. Harry™ Harry™ Harry™, you've sold out....
Do you think the people in Shrek looked realistic?
posted by srah on December 21, 2001 10:40 AM
Tags: cgi, harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, movies
Do you think the people in Shrek looked realistic? I don't. They looked fake and they didn't move like real people do. We don't have the technology yet. Will someone please tell Hollywood? There was only one point in The Fellowship of the Ring (and now I don't remember where it was) where I had that creepy Shrek-feeling, but I noticed it a lot more in Harry Potter - like when Neville flies into the air and falls off his broom, most of the Quidditch sequence, and when they're fighting the troll. We do not have the technology to replace...
Saw Harry Potter again
posted by srah on November 23, 2001 6:01 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, movies
Saw Harry Potter again. Ron Weasley stole the show. Life is as it should be....
It was much better than expected.
posted by srah on November 17, 2001 2:32 AM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, movies, reviews
It was much better than expected. Overall, it was quite enjoyable, although I have those normal Potterholic complaints of things that were left out or changed and a few other things as well. Most of the effects were great - especially the Invisibility Cloak, which I really liked. I thought the movie worked pretty well for those who had read the books and who knew what they were expecting. I think it worked less well for those who were new to the Potter experience. I'm not sure that everything was made as clear as in the books and they might...
Judging from the reviews
posted by srah on November 16, 2001 6:46 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, movies
Judging from the reviews I've read, I think Harry Potter is going to be a disappointment. But then again, anything is going to be a disappointment when it's built up like this. Look at The Phantom Menace... I hope The Fellowship of the Ring lives up to everything Alex is expecting of it....
I did manage
posted by srah on November 14, 2001 12:38 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, movies
I did manage to get Harry Potter tickets for Friday, after all. Becky is going to come and watch with us and spend the night....
This is me and Alex
posted by srah on November 12, 2001 2:35 AM
Tags: comics, foxtrot, harry potter, pato
This is me and Alex......
I am so shamefully slow
posted by srah on November 9, 2001 5:42 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, movies
I am so shamefully slow. I should have bought Harry Potter tickets weeks ago and didn't get around to it. Now we probably won't be able to see it opening night. Shame shame shame! I am hanging my head and sniffling....
I like Harry
posted by srah on November 5, 2001 11:02 AM
Tags: fashion, harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, movies
I like Harry, but I wouldn't want to wear his glasses. Alex has the advantage of a dork-stigma on The Lord of the Rings, so it isn't as heavily merchandised. :( 11 days to Potterdom......
I am a hopeless HP geek
posted by srah on November 3, 2001 4:01 AM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, movies
I am a hopeless Harry Potter geek. 13 days....
