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pauraque_bkMy brother has just come home from his dad's house, grabbed the copy of HBP that is rightfully his (mine hasn't actually arrived yet) and shut himself in his room. I'm not expecting him to come out anytime soon.
So, while we're waiting. Last night I did something else vaguely fannish, namely seeing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
skywaterblue and keladryb. I was entertained, but left the theater not entirely convinced that this was a movie that needed to be made. Some parts were closer to the book, some parts were significantly reimagined from both the book and the first movie, but others were so similar to the first movie that you wonder why they bothered.
I have to read the book again before I say anything too detailed, but I do have one minor thing I loved, and wondered if anyone else noticed. Violet picks the apple in the "garden", and takes a bite. Charlie wanted it -- was tempted -- but she doesn't give him any. Charlie's not just a really good kid, he's frigging Unfallen!
Oh, all right, a couple more.
I liked the echos of the first two books when we encounter Draco. Harry first sees him in the robe shop, where they first met in Book 1. Then he follows him to Borgin & Burke's, where they first met in Book 2.
atdelphi rightly pointed out that Moody should have been involved in the plot thread of Order members guarding Hogwarts -- should have had Tonks's role. She meant in terms of security, of course, but I could not help thinking how much more I would have enjoyed the book if it had been Moody confessing the agony of Remus refusing to be with him. That would have made up for a lot.
So, while we're waiting. Last night I did something else vaguely fannish, namely seeing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with
skywaterblue and keladryb. I was entertained, but left the theater not entirely convinced that this was a movie that needed to be made. Some parts were closer to the book, some parts were significantly reimagined from both the book and the first movie, but others were so similar to the first movie that you wonder why they bothered.I have to read the book again before I say anything too detailed, but I do have one minor thing I loved, and wondered if anyone else noticed. Violet picks the apple in the "garden", and takes a bite. Charlie wanted it -- was tempted -- but she doesn't give him any. Charlie's not just a really good kid, he's frigging Unfallen!
Oh, all right, a couple more.
I liked the echos of the first two books when we encounter Draco. Harry first sees him in the robe shop, where they first met in Book 1. Then he follows him to Borgin & Burke's, where they first met in Book 2.
atdelphi rightly pointed out that Moody should have been involved in the plot thread of Order members guarding Hogwarts -- should have had Tonks's role. She meant in terms of security, of course, but I could not help thinking how much more I would have enjoyed the book if it had been Moody confessing the agony of Remus refusing to be with him. That would have made up for a lot.
