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Monday, November 28th, 2005 01:06 pm
Late, but here! Heh.

Our Turkey Day was better than usual, since instead of running all over to other people's houses - all Cat's family - we did lunch at grandparents-in-laws *cousin Jeff cooked, myself and sis-in-law cleaned up*. The cousins played and got along.

Then we all headed back here to our house - after sis-in-law and i went shopping - and had much snacks. Crudites, cheese, summer sausage, chips, dip, fruit... All good. My sis-in-law brought a huge stack of games so we played Trivial Persuit *pop culture* and a Harry Potter game called 'Scene It'. Both had DVDS as part of the game, which was all new and shiny to me. Monstrous and i, as a team, won both games! Whoo hoo!! I am so trivial. :)

Yesterday *Sunday*, Monstrous and i went to see Harry Potter. We were supposed to go with sis-in-law and the cousins, but she never called/showed, so i'm sure there's some sort of drama going on. Movie babble behind the cut.


First and foremost, they are *growing up*. OMG. Harry in the tub? Sheeeeeeeeesh. Shirly Henderson must have had fun. *Moaning Myrtle. And yeah, prolly she wasn't even there*. But OMG.

And - the boys. *Touched*. All the time. Harry grabbing Cedric, Ron grabbing Harry, random boys grabbing and petting Cedric and Viktor and even Harry a couple times.... Jayzus! Giant touch-fest and wasn't it just...*fun*.

I thought Madam Maxine would be a bit prettier. I was disappointed. I wanted more *Snape*. I wanted the World Cup game, at least a little! I wanted Veelas so that the boys all mooning after Fleur would make more sense since she was pretty but not arresting. I *really* wanted more Draco, damnit, and why couldn't the little ferret have run over to Harry and cuddled up to his ankle and been picked up and petted and soothed and...

*ahem*

Okay. And was it just me, or did Dumbledore seem to be just way to - frantic? Wow. And Hermione a bit shrill pretty much all the time.

Don't get me wrong - i loved it! I really did. The dragons, the ball, the hedge-maze, the gilly-weed and the transformation into the Man from Atlantis, complete with flippers! *Hi, [livejournal.com profile] sueworld2003!!* I loved the tub scene and the 'i was mental' apology when Ron thought Harry had thrown him over and they weren't dating - err, friends anymore. Heee! All good stuff. And almost no goofy rubber-face expressions from Ron! Very nice.

And the twins! OMG! So cute with their long hair and their total confidence in absolutely everything and...and...hair...twins... *Goes for a lie-down* Basically - a fun as hell movie that Monstrous enjoyed, wasn't scared of, and sat through very, very well. She cried at the end a little and said she liked it. The crummy theatre seats made my back and knees ache. We bought our candy at the gas station 'cause omg movie candy prices. Jayzus. Wheeeeee!! Harry Potter!!


Let's see - that's all, i suppose. Lovely day today - cool and wet and windy. The morning was very nice with the whole sky veiled in slate-blue clouds except for a strip along the eastern horizon where the sun was coming up, all saffron and honey-gold. Everything smells like rain and oak leaves and woodsmoke and I'd die happy if it never got warmer.
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005 02:33 am (UTC)
Me likee GoF too! I felt like a big kid when we went. I was all squeeing and stuff and my kids were like, "Cut it out Mom". Sheesh!
Ahem, anyway. I agree Dumbledore was frantic, but I can see that as the return of V becomes more evident. I wanted more World Cup Game, if only to see more of Draco in his spiffy suit. Lovely Lucius in this film,as well. *shivers*
The Yule Ball was just as I pictured it, only no Draco. And no taking of house points that is never explained in the film. Loved Neville, he was too precious! The scene where Snape kept smacking the backs of their heads seemed a little out of synch to me. But the scene in the potions storage closet made up for it. Liked the Snape/McGonigal/Dumbledore scene. The three tasks were awesome and V was way creepy. Loved the appearance of the Death Eaters. All in all my favorite of the movies so far.
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005 11:26 pm (UTC)
I liked the scene by itself.*chants "more Snape, more Snape* It just seemed awkward to me in the flow of the movie.

How long until the next one?.....*ready to start countdown*
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005 11:33 pm (UTC)
Hmmmm....*grabs pervy thoughts and runs with them*