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   Message 129,284 of 130,933   
   Steve Jan Vander Ark to CupCaked   
   Re: First Time To See Potter Movie   
   23 Feb 11 13:37:25   
   
   From: steve.lexicon@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:55:58 -0500, CupCaked wrote:   
      
   > First I'll start off by saying that I fell asleep three times during   
   > this movie, and I use the word "movie" loosely here as this isn't a   
   > movie so much as an endurance test. It's like movie makers are going   
   > out of their way to make your bladders explode these days. I don't   
   > even remember the name of it.   
   >   
   > The reason these types of movies are so long is because all you book   
   > reading Nazis who go to see these movies always come out saying "the   
   > book was better" like you would be able to tell a screenplay from   
   > your asshole in the first place. It's not meant to be a book, it's   
   > meant to be a movie. Why are all these people going to see the movie   
   > if they've read the book anyway? You think anyone cares about all the   
   > discrepancies you find? You're not a master detective, and reading a   
   > book does not make you an authority. Just sit down, shut the hell up   
   > and endure the movie. It's almost like they do it for the smug   
   > satisfaction of being able to tell all their annoyed friends in the   
   > car "I knew about this a long time ago," as if it was some big secret   
   > they discovered. It's the same type of person who if they recommend   
   > music to you and heaven forbid you like it, they always have to   
   > remind you by chiming in with "yeah, I found it." Great going   
   > Magellan, now see if you can find a ride home.   
   >   
   > I don't know what they're going to do with following Harry Potter   
   > movies. It's obvious even in this one that the child actors are   
   > growing up quickly. I could practically see shaving stubble on Daniel   
   > Radcliffe's (Harry Potter's) face, and Rupert Grint's (Ron Weasley's)   
   > voice was cracking, but it was hard to tell with all that whining he   
   > was doing: "oh no a dead cat, time to bitch."   
   >   
   > I'm told that there are cool parts in this movie, but I'm skeptical   
   > because I fell asleep through them. One thing I was awake for though   
   > was the ending. I believe the wizard boss at the end of the movie   
   > literally says "you have broken all the rules, you disobeyed my   
   > strict orders, you blah blah blah.." and then he follows it with   
   > "therefore, I'm going to congratulate you on a job well done." Did I   
   > miss something here? He essentially said "you're an incompetent   
   > fool," and then he immediately followed it by a statement rewarding   
   > them for their incompetence.   
   >   
   > It's like the audience at this point in the movie is supposed to be   
   > saying "OH SHIT, THEY'RE REALLY IN TROUBLE NOW" then the wizard   
   > catches them off guard by saying "you kids did a good job" and the   
   > audience says "WOAH SHIT! WHAT A GOOD ENDING, LET'S GO HOME AND   
   > MASTURBATE."   
   >   
   > This is another place where maybe they don't need to stick to the book   
   > so closely. Who knows, maybe the book had the same self-loving   
   > gratuitously sappy ending (and I'll be damned if I'm going to find   
   > out for myself), but they didn't have to make the movie the same way.   
   > What kind of message is that sending to kids anyway? Break all the   
   > rules, disobey your parents, go wandering off like some spoiled   
   > little shit who has it too good and then you'll get rewarded? I mean,   
   > how cool would it have been if instead of the "therefore you are   
   > rewarded" horse shit they made the wizard boss flip out and turn all   
   > the children into sausage? Sausage rules!   
   >   
   > 590,166 people who saw the new Harry Potter movie fell into a deep   
   > coma.   
      
   Being new to the forum I want to take this opportunity to tell Jo   
   Rowling to kiss my flat ass.   
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   Rowling, Hypocrite  http://moourl.com/ThenJKRSuedMyAssOFF   
      
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