heading out in about an hour to see the first show of the day....9AM at the Dole Cannery here in Honolulu

Heheh, one of my bosses always takes off half the day to see a matinee. So mums the word around here this morning.


But, sigh, I don't think I liked it all that much. Gonna see it again this weekend most likely. And I didn't outright hate it. But it was structureless, no bad guy to add a modicum of tension, pretty much plotless except for the stupid kind of false impediment plot common in the two early (and more juevenile) movies, and the same director of the last film shows no cinematic flair this time around. (The cinematography, not to be confused, is beautiful).

Most of all, I hate "mythos" stories, and that's unfortunately what the series is all about in the late going. I like that stuff firmly in the background and hate when series become "about" their backstory. Ho Hum. And perhaps because so much was cut out of a really long book, the mythos story is confusing ... and that's to me as a reader -- I can only imagine how confounding it will be to those who haven't had the "pleasure."

I put 'pleasure' in quotes because I really disliked this book. It's my least fave, so it should come as no surprise I didn't much like the film. Those who liked the book should fare better.

But I think I've indicated in this thread how awesome the final 50 pages is, and the movie's biggest disappointment to me was how underwhelming it was by comparison.

Before that, however, it breezes along fairly well ... and is pretty funny. The main trio gets some good, if goofy, business. The movie is entertaining.

Yet it feels like set-up for a later film, and really stands less on its own as a movie than as a stalwart part of the series.


Bleh, I don't much care for the last book either. Before the film started last night, I was sad there's only two more movies. Now I'm sort of anxious for it to be done with.




Ok, time for the Pixar Game:

No. 1 with a bullet: Prisoner of Azkaban

Then a pretty steep drop-off ...

No. 2 - Order of the Phoenix

Another steep drop, and crowding around at the bottom of the list ...

3. Goblet of Fire

Tentatively 4 - Half-Blood Prince

4. Chamber of Secrets

5. The Sorcerer's Stone

Waaaaah! I now have to wait forEVER to see it!!!!!! By the time I get well enough to go see it without coughing every 30 seconds I'll be in Orlando and have to wait until I get back. :(

If you can convince them you're dying someone from Pixar will come to your house and show you the movie from a DVD.

I hear they have movie theaters in Orlando now!

So excited to see it tonight!

I saw the 12:01 showing in Glendale. Though we arrived at the cinema four hours early we spent so much time in the bookstore we nearly missed getting in line!

I liked the movie, though it definitely had a "middle-film-Back-to-the-Future II" quality.

Nevertheless, the film is quite beautiful at times.

So, I was at the theatre last night to work the 12:01 show of HP and we sold out 2 theatres of it. Lots of folks dressed up and the manager wanted to do something different and fun. So while he did a costume contest I ran and found a Harry Potter trailer that I just thrashed. I added scratches and bad cuts and a sceen from Bruno -"Hello, I'm Burno." About 10 min before start, I ran this little short film for the crowd, who just went nuts. I rigged the film to "break" and then show just white on the screen and had to bobble head dogs come up as shadows. I should have done bunny ears but the crowd went nuts non-the-less. It was pretty funny. :)

Wow, I wish I'd gone to your theater.

Dude, that's great! How much fun is your place to work?! Your boss is awesome.

Any way we could see your short film? :)