prillalar | You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

All I can think about is PoA! This may upset my plans to write some GW and finish reading J/D ficathons entries this weekend.

Thank you kindly to all who have linked their reviews, or their own lists of PoA links in my first SPOILERY post. Also, mylexie has some PoA stuff to give away in her NON-SPOILERY post.

We went to a 7:30 PM show -- and thank you to the Boy for convincing me to go then. I was all set to see the film later in the weekend, but he's all for opening night energy. Much the right choice. We lined up several hours early, which was also kind of fun.

The Boy did not pull together his Hagrid outfit due to problems finding good hair/beard. "Maybe I should let my hair and beard grow now so I'll be ready for Goblet of Fire," he said. Sure. You do that and I'll see you then. *g* We did wear scarves in line, which was just enough fannish representation for me. I wanted to wear the scarf again today when I went to get coffee but I contented myself with wearing it on the balcony as I drank my coffee. I think I need a summer-weight scarf.

There were some cool school outfits in line, but I didn't see anyone dressed up as anything else. Lots of scarves, with the majority Hufflepuff for some reason. Maybe there's a school in town with those colours.

I can't wait until I have the DVD so I can freeze-frame all sorts of stuff. All the carving on the wall when Harry goes to see Lupin -- I really want to read that. Snape's werewolf slides. Draco's love note to Harry. The Map. And much other background stuff.

What was Dudley watching on TV? Anything in particular? And the wizard in the Cauldron reading Stephen Hawking -- was there an in-joke there, beyond the constant refs in the film to time?

And does anyone know the exact wording of Sirius's fore-shadowing tear-jerking line to Harry about how those who love us (or whom we love) never really leave us? I know that was adapted from one of Dumbledore's lines, but I'd like to get the line from the movie to make an icon with.

PoA really turned into Lupin's movie! (Much like RotK turned into Pippin's movie, I think.) What a fantastic teacher he was. All his scenes with Harry were filled with great non-creepy rapport. And I loved the way Remus moved. And he was so clearly off on his honeymoon with Sirius at the end.

Wow, was Snape ever ~~hot~~ ~~sinisterly graceful~~ ~~hot~~ sympathetic (and hot) in this film! I adore that they kept in the "Lupin"-"Severus" touch between him and Remus. I loved his protectiveness of the Trio at the end. It would have been nice to get the actual reason for his dislike of Remus and Sirius, though, as it's such an important part of the canon.

I forgot to say before how much I enjoyed the Knight Bus and Stan Shunpike. Brilliantly funny. And I think Ernie was driving on my route a few months ago.

Um, why did Peter Pettigrew's clothing drop to the ground when he transformed into Scabbers? Since he had clothes when he transformed from Scabbers before. And we didn't see Sirius lose his kit when he became Padfoot.

It stands to reason Buckbeak would attack Draco if he's being fed on ferrets. *g*

I really wish there had been more than a glimpse of Pansy. She looked wonderful.

Cuarón -- I love you. Well, I already loved you. Now I adore you.

K, enough for now.

I think I'm going back on Sunday afternoon. I didn't buy tix in advance, so I'll plan it so I can fall back on Day After Tomorrow or Van Helsing. And maybe I can convince the Boy to go again during the week. Eeee! The fandom love!

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What was Dudley watching on TV? Anything in particular? And the wizard in the Cauldron reading Stephen Hawking -- was there an in-joke there, beyond the constant refs in the film to time?

It looked like something appalling like The Generation Game or similar, I couldn't tell. As for the Leaky Cauldron -- it was Ian Brown, former lead singer of The Stone Roses and now solo artist (and a musician whose work I love). He's a friend of Alfonso Cuarón's. I can't think of any injoke reason beyond PoA being about time, but I may not know enough

And now I want to go see the film again.

Ah! I thought it must be something like that. Thanks for the info. :)

It would have been nice to get the actual reason for his dislike of Remus and Sirius, though, as it's such an important part of the canon.

Well, we don't find that out till OotP, do we?

Hmm, true enough. (Between books and films and fanfic, it's hard to keep everything straight!) But there's *much* more emphasis on the personal angle of the dislike in the book. For example, at the end, during Snape's freak-out, he reminds Dumbledore that Sirius tried to kill him. I just wish there had been a bit more of that.

We didn't see the pantsing scene until OotP, but didn't we find out about the whole Shrieking Shack, Sirius almost got him killed thing in PoA?

No, I think in PoA Snape says it was James Potter who almost got him killed.

I'm just going to say "yes" to what you said. So. Er. Yes. What you said.

And squee. But the squee is for the movie, not for what you said, because squeeing what you said would just be odd. Unless I squeed in memory of Snape-the-boggert wondering what the hell is going on after he'd first changed outfits and they weren't getting rid of him. You could just se the boggert going "what? what?? you aren't running, I'm not running, who what where??"

I love Alan Rickman. Squee.

You could just se the boggert going "what? what?? you aren't running, I'm not running, who what where??"

Yes! Maybe it was specially trained to help with lessons so it knew to just wait there.

Now I'm thinking I have to write Boggart fic. Or someone does.

And I'm ignoring your icon because I AM AT WORK.

Guh

Let's do this the easy way: I agree with you. :)

And further, thanks for spreading the word! *g*

Eeeep. Iowa Bob cut-tag.

I think I love you. :D

I think it must be someone else whom you love *sob* since my cut-tags were very boring.

Eeep. Not cut-tag. Subject line. *facepalms*

Oh yes, I know the parts of LJ. (Nice icon btw.)

You love me after all! Yay!

Yes, and I should have worked that out from your reference of my reference. But I've been using the line for so long I tend to forget its origin. *g*

*grins* I love that book, man. It was like one of the first non-genre modern books I read in my adolescence and I loved it so much that I read it again twice over and went searching for the rest of Irving.

I loved the bears. And Freud is my hero, man.

Um, why did Peter Pettigrew's clothing drop to the ground when he transformed into Scabbers? Since he had clothes when he transformed from Scabbers before. And we didn't see Sirius lose his kit when he became Padfoot.

Thank you. Yes. Argh.

It stands to reason Buckbeak would attack Draco if he's being fed on ferrets. *g*

Oh, well done. Brilliant.

H'lo. I'm zooming in on a broomstick of fannish glee and wanted to tell you I find your post about PoA picked up many of the tidbits I saw/thought/felt about the movie, especially this:

"PoA really turned into Lupin's movie! (Much like RotK turned into Pippin's movie, I think.)"

Yup, big LotR fan here, too, and I thought exactly that about Pippin in RotK as well. I must say, though, that Lupin has rocketed to the head of the charts for me. He was just lovley. Can't wait to watch the movie again. Now, on to the other review-type links you've gathered so thoughtfully . . .

Oh, your icon is so pretty! Love those eyes. Pippin was my fave in the movies so RotK was such a treat for me. I never dreamed he'd get *so* much to do.

My Remus love has always been huge - I *adored* him in the book, and even though he doesn't look like the Remus in my head, he had the characterization down perfectly. He's the best teacher they've had, and so supportive. Oh god, I'll never stop squeeing.

I know! He was so lovely.

And does anyone know the exact wording of Sirius's fore-shadowing tear-jerking line to Harry about how those who love us (or whom we love) never really leave us?

Has anyone nailed that yet? I may be seeing PoA again tonight; if so, I could make an effort to scribble it down when it comes up.

I haven't got that yet, no. So if you do get a chance to remember it, I'd be grateful. But don't wreck your movie-viewing moment on my account!

And that's a very pretty icon. :)

Oh, it didn't wreck anything -- a little scribbling in the dark doesn't distract me; I was still into the movie. *g* The line was, "The ones that love us never really leave us, and you can always find them in here" (touching his heart). With a big pause where I put the comma. I figured you probably really wanted just the first part but I scribbled it all.

Thanks for the compliment on the icon; Spitefairy made it and let me take it. I've had a rather obvious Luke-bias and was very glad to finally get a Han icon (though I'll need to get a few more to achieve parity *g*).

Thanks so much! That's really great. :)

Dude! Back away slowly from the werewolf. I called first dibs on the secret boyfriend! Really!

If I can have Wesley all to myself, I think we can work this out without violence. Otherwise -- bring on the slapfight!

Did you notice that they never explained Snape's real reason for hating Remus and Sirius (the grudge against them dating back to Hogwarts days)?

Yes, I do wish that had been a little more obvious. That dynamic is my favourite part of the book!

I'm enjoying your squee. (: Brace yourself: I'm actually going to see this movie. I'm probably the only person on the planet who's going for love of the director and not for love of the book.

I look forward to your review! Have you read the book? (I know you read a couple of them.) If not, it will be even more interesting to get your impression.

No, this isn't one of the ones I've read. I'm going in fairly blind. P. is a fan of the books, though, and he says he'll fill me in beforehand on any details I might need. So I hope not to be too confused. (:

Hee, yes. It's funny, usually I practically have convulsions of frustration upon watching adaptations where they cut as much out as they did here. And yet...I didn't, this time. I rather enjoyed it.

Maybe I've just exhausted myself, heh. Or it could be that I already knew about all the changes firsthand, and just went for the eyecandy.

Mmmm, Draco. Snape. Gred and Forge. Ron. Harry. So much pretty.

*coughs* Sorry, what was I saying? *surreptitiously wipes up drool*

I think that this adaptation was really well focused so it flowed well, which helped us not to miss our fave scenes so much, or at least be reconciled to their loss. If the movie had been less good, I'd be crankier about the cuts.

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