Harry Potter- round 6-who's ready?

[Jazzman]

After the horror of the complete butchering of Order of the Phoenix, I have gone from making Harry Potter midnight showings a "must do" to now probably waiting for Netflix to see this one. I so terribly want to be excited, but I just can't push myself there. Knowing that I'll have to deal with the one-two punch of seeing a wonderful story chopped up, reworked, pared down and shat out, and then the salt in the wound of Michael "Danny Devito Would Be A Better Dumbledore" Gambon crapping all over the screen, I'm just averse to the entire idea of subjecting myself to this. I hope you guys enjoy it though, so there is some good from it. I just have no faith...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Jazzman

After the horror of the complete butchering of Order of the Phoenix...

I quit after Goblet of Fire. Mostly because of Dumbledore's abusive screaming fit, partially because I was sick of seeing Hermione look so sexy and fashionable and Ron being such a f'n wuss. Just wrong.

Plus, the rest of the books are all full of pain instead of fun wizardry, so no thanks.

[Tref]

I all ready have tickets for the midnight show in Glendale. Harry Potter is not necessarily my cup of tea, but the trailer looks good and the midnight show has been a tradition since the very first one and I hate to stop now. Besides, I love the enthusiasm of a opening night crowd.

[ToriBear]

We would see it on the day it comes out, but we have to get ready for DL the next day, so bummer on the movie, yay for the trip!

And the book is about good against evil in the wizard world, so yes, the book does have pain in it, like many books. But it does have fun wizardry stuff in it, otherwise it wouldn't be as good as it is.

[Jazzman]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

...Dumbledore's abusive screaming fit...

I still cringe at that. Gambon is such a douche. I could probably have forgiven the thrashing that OotP took from the filmmakers were it not for Gambon's craptasticness. And that one scene from Goblet sums up perfectly how poorly cast he is. Blech...

Neph - Yeah, sadly that's about the only thing I'm looking forward to, but for the wrong reasons. If I do see it in the theater, I'll probably irritate everyone else by cheering when that happens, simply out of my disgust for Gambon.