Friday, March 14, 2008

When "Mr. Elingtin" came home, we went to Borders. I wanted to spend some of my $25 gift card from Gather.com. (Points, earned by posting content and commenting on others' articles, can be redeemed for gift cards. But it takes a long time.) Which I did, on a bag of white chocolate truffles and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Now I have every HP movie except Goblet of Fire.

Speaking of which, the Leaky Cauldron website is reporting today that Half Blood Prince will be made into not one, but two movies. I think that's an excellent ideas. That way they don't have to cut out so many of the subplots. I really hope they leave in the bit about Lupin and Tonks starting to fall in love. You know how I love a good werewolf romance. "Oliver's Famous Clam Chowder" is one.

This means Deathly Hallows will likely be two films as well. So I have four more Potter premieres to anticipate. At the rate of one film every 2 years, the last will be released in 2015. And Daniel Radcliffe will be, what, 25 by then? But that's okay. I'm sure he'll be able to pass for 17....

In the evening we undertook the epic task of watching the 1939 film version of Gone With the Wind....What else was surprising was that the Tarleton twins were not played by twins. I always pictured them as an 1860s Southern version of Fred and George Weasley.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas to one and all!....Now, as for presents that I received: there was money, and chocolate, and books. I got the hardcover versions of Harry Potter books 1 and 2 (intended for Brie, really, but she already got the boxed set), and The Great Women Superheroes by Trina Robbins....

[My brother] Kevin gave me a new cartoon version of Alice in Wonderland. And one of my favorite new things: the DVD of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. We watched it when we got home tonight. It was only the second time I've seen it. It's great, but I can't help but feel that there aren't enough scenes with Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Dora Tonks. I hope that when the Half Blood Prince movie comes out, it somehow includes the beginnings of the Lupin-Tonks romance....

"Mr. Elingtin" got snacks and money, too, but no books. He got some pajama pants. Kevin gave him beer. He also got a popcorn popper, 3 toy birds with a nest and a cage (similar to the cage in which Harry Potter used to keep Hedwig--before she was tragically killed by Death Eaters!)....

"Mr. Elingtin" and I waited 'til Dad got back from Reins of Life, then went home. Then, as I mentioned, we watched Order of the Phoenix. Oh, Sirius Black, how I miss you! Now I'll have to wait until 2009 to see the Half Blood Prince movie--and I'm not looking forward to Albus Dumbledore's funeral.