tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post3077291039408350056..comments2024-03-01T21:01:15.174-06:00Comments on Biblical Christianity: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: very spoilery movie reviewDJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-87658080413861895942007-07-19T08:36:00.000-05:002007-07-19T08:36:00.000-05:00Philness, I've done you the courtesy of assuming t...Philness, I've done you the courtesy of assuming that you were joking.<BR/><BR/>If you aren't, then No.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-10120537193624435072007-07-18T13:46:00.000-05:002007-07-18T13:46:00.000-05:00So Dan, are you willing to consider taking my mone...So Dan, are you willing to consider taking my money and burn those HP books/movies?philnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393311811604119321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-55936040149470845182007-07-16T15:03:00.000-05:002007-07-16T15:03:00.000-05:0047 books/movies x $25 is $1,175.00. That amount o...47 books/movies x $25 is $1,175.00. That amount of money would only scratch the surface to move your family to Scotland and get a doctorate. But I'm only interested in the burning of those items, with a few concessions agreed upon.philnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393311811604119321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-15576547639456079502007-07-16T12:31:00.000-05:002007-07-16T12:31:00.000-05:00All forty-seven. It would cost you... let's see, c...All forty-seven. It would cost you... let's see, carry the zero... about twenty nine kazillion dollars. Or whatever it'd take to move my family to Scotland and get a doctorate.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-35129087614304688362007-07-16T12:07:00.000-05:002007-07-16T12:07:00.000-05:00Pheeew...good. Glad to hear that. I once paid a ...Pheeew...good. Glad to hear that. I once paid a person $25.00 if he would give me his Ouija board for me to burn. He did and only the Lord knows how many people that protected. So before I offer you the same, I must count the cost. How many HP books and movies do you have?philnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393311811604119321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-38842859942935387742007-07-16T11:23:00.000-05:002007-07-16T11:23:00.000-05:00Oh, I'm sure not. Now that I've met them in person...Oh, I'm sure not. Now that I've met them in person, I can tell you — those guys are <I>clean!</I>DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-54406627895188748192007-07-16T11:17:00.000-05:002007-07-16T11:17:00.000-05:00I'm just shocked and speechless. I suppose we all...I'm just shocked and speechless. I suppose we all have our vices. So... does Cent and Phil indulge in these as well? Say it ain't so.philnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393311811604119321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-10195262526964386492007-07-16T06:42:00.000-05:002007-07-16T06:42:00.000-05:00Wow. Quiet thread. I'm really surprised.Wow. Quiet thread. I'm really surprised.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-19757574316562768952007-07-15T10:00:00.000-05:002007-07-15T10:00:00.000-05:00Interestingly, Kim, famed film-critic Roger Ebert ...Interestingly, <B>Kim</B>, famed film-critic Roger Ebert begins with a <A HREF="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070709/REVIEWS/70620005/1023" REL="nofollow">very similar criticism</A> to the one you and I make. However, like his <A HREF="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20011219/REVIEWS/112190301/1023" REL="nofollow">review of Fellowship of the Ring</A>, he really, really doesn't seem to "get" the books.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-89322774935170901792007-07-14T15:38:00.000-05:002007-07-14T15:38:00.000-05:00well said, Dan. My wife and I went to see it last ...well said, Dan. My wife and I went to see it last night, and my wife had very similar criticisms of the movie that you mentioned (lack of Tonks, movie too short, etc). <BR/><BR/>We've read all the books, and the way they handled the Harry-Cho relationship certainly was weird. In the book, they somewhat fall apart gradually, but Cho is made out to be the tattle-tale (for the DA meetings) in the movie when it was Cho's friend in the book (my wife, muttering in the background, says, "there was no SNEAK across her forehead!"). And you're right, there wasn't any real reference to the relationship between Cedric and Cho in the 4th movie, so the emotions shown in this one made it interesting. <BR/><BR/>Ah, the book to movie conflation of characters and plot lines.Dan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10018881780363017344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-7066441165453621732007-07-13T13:40:00.000-05:002007-07-13T13:40:00.000-05:00In contrast to the previous ones. I see your point...In contrast to the previous ones. I see your point, and that's well-put. Well, it's a Big Thing to say something's "dark" these days... but dark is best appreciated in contrast with light, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>But we'll be in for heavy sledding in 6, which is a pretty dark book to begin with.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-40273068133135276262007-07-13T11:39:00.000-05:002007-07-13T11:39:00.000-05:00"There were few or no laugh-out-loud moments for r..."There were few or no laugh-out-loud moments for relief, as there were in all the previous movies. Even "Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?" is mumbled, tossed off, trampled, like a muffed punch-line."<BR/><BR/>While I didn't exactly dislike it, I thought it felt as though they must've had a Dementor on set while they were filming it because there was absolutely no fun. Or what fun was attempted had no soul. Or something.<BR/><BR/>Something was missing for me. I think it was sympathy for the characters.Kim from Hiraethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16593935060666484046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-105558612211641142007-07-13T08:38:00.000-05:002007-07-13T08:38:00.000-05:00My 14 year old daughter gives it a big thumbs up. ...My 14 year old daughter gives it a big thumbs up. She thinks it is one of the best movies (but agrees it should of been longer)<BR/><BR/>I enjoy the books so much, the movies seem a bit "small" compared to them. Not that the movies are bad, just that they should be better because the books are so great.David A. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465387359523299616noreply@blogger.com