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muneca_bravaI. Day 20: If you had to meet one member of the cast, who would it be?
I don't care that much about the movies and the main cast members. But there are several people that I love who just happen to be in a Harry Potter film.
If I had to pick one? I would say Helena Bonham Carter, but I fangirl her so hard that I would be unable to speak to her and probably make a fool of myself. So I'm going with Emma Thompson.
She just seems like a very down-to-earth, funny and lovely person, and I think I'd feel much more comfortable talking to her. I first saw her in Love Actually I think, and I thought she was the best part of the film (still do). And ever since seeing her appearance on QI (where she couldn't remember what oscars she had gotten :P) I love her even more.
I suppose technically I could also choose David Tennant? :) But that's like HBC's issue multiplied by 10 so no.
Day 21: Out of all the characters that died, if you could bring one back, who would it be?
You all think I'm going to say Sirius, but YOU'RE WRONG.
Fred. Fred every time. Out of all the people that died throughout the books (and there were several I cried over), Fred is the only one I really have trouble accepting is dead. I actually tend to pretend he isn't gone at all most of the time. They didn't check properly and an hour later he just got up and was just fine!
I think it is the most heartbreaking thing that could have happened, breaking up the Fred&George duo. More heartbreaking than both of Teddy's parents even. And I just noticed on my reread how cruel that scene at the beginning is where George loses his ear, and how upset Fred gets omg D:
So yeah. NOTHING HAPPENED LALALA is mainly my way of coping.
Day 22: Harry Potter or Twilight?
There are not enough WTF gifs IN THE WORLD. On a Harry Potter meme? I mean come ON.
I guess to be fair I have to say I have not read any Twilight novels, nor have I seen the movies. But you know what? I will never ever ever touch it. I don't need to read them to know I won't like them, or that Harry Potter is better. I have seen the Alex reads Twilight vids and read all of Mark reads Twilight. Okay, so these people give pretty one-sided views of the books, but there's no way I could enjoy them after having all the racism, sexism and Mormon propaganda pointed out to me anyway. Maybe once upon a time I could have enjoyed them as mindless, romantic fluff (though from the extracts I've read there is nothing romantic about it) and maybe I could have identified with Bella like so many people seem to (OMG I hope not. She is a whiny brat.) But I know that I could never have loved it as much as I love(d) Harry Potter.
JK Rowling created a world filled with magic and creatures and spells that managed to feel like it is just around the corner. She had characters who, even though they were witches and wizards, you could relate to, who were muti-layered and matured or evolved throughout the books. She tackled issues like bullying and racism in a subtle but effective way. She worked on it for years, crafting those novels and filling them with little details and shocking twists.
Stephenie Meyer had a dream about a hot bloke sparkling in the sun, wrote a long and uneventfull lovestory about this dream, never meaning to even publish it. She then published two (three?four? idek) other ones she quickly wrote because of the success. The characters are one-sided (perfect and beautiful or OMG!EVIL), the plot is predictable. Also, she hates R-rated movies yet her character pukes a fountain of blood wtf.
I have Opinions on this, sorry :P
II. I saw Inception yesterday. Not quite as good as I had expected/hoped, but I liked it.
I loved Ken Watanabe, as always (I just bought the airline omg he is adorable). Ellen Page is rising to be one of my favourite young actresses, I think. In general, it was a cast of beautiful people which I really can't complain about.
The zero-gravity scene in the hotel was really cool. The snow-base thing was boring though.
I guess in general I did like it and it was a really good concept with great actors, music and images (folding up Paris was kind of awesome) but the plot could have been better, as well as characterization (which was basically zero for everyone but DiCaprio). I was also expecting...more of a mindfuck, maybe?
III. Going to Ghent tomorrow which means getting up earlier than I have in WEEKS. I am getting too used to sleeping in XD. But it'll be worth it, hopefully.
I don't care that much about the movies and the main cast members. But there are several people that I love who just happen to be in a Harry Potter film.
If I had to pick one? I would say Helena Bonham Carter, but I fangirl her so hard that I would be unable to speak to her and probably make a fool of myself. So I'm going with Emma Thompson.
She just seems like a very down-to-earth, funny and lovely person, and I think I'd feel much more comfortable talking to her. I first saw her in Love Actually I think, and I thought she was the best part of the film (still do). And ever since seeing her appearance on QI (where she couldn't remember what oscars she had gotten :P) I love her even more.
I suppose technically I could also choose David Tennant? :) But that's like HBC's issue multiplied by 10 so no.
Day 21: Out of all the characters that died, if you could bring one back, who would it be?
You all think I'm going to say Sirius, but YOU'RE WRONG.
Fred. Fred every time. Out of all the people that died throughout the books (and there were several I cried over), Fred is the only one I really have trouble accepting is dead. I actually tend to pretend he isn't gone at all most of the time. They didn't check properly and an hour later he just got up and was just fine!
I think it is the most heartbreaking thing that could have happened, breaking up the Fred&George duo. More heartbreaking than both of Teddy's parents even. And I just noticed on my reread how cruel that scene at the beginning is where George loses his ear, and how upset Fred gets omg D:
So yeah. NOTHING HAPPENED LALALA is mainly my way of coping.
Day 22: Harry Potter or Twilight?
There are not enough WTF gifs IN THE WORLD. On a Harry Potter meme? I mean come ON.
I guess to be fair I have to say I have not read any Twilight novels, nor have I seen the movies. But you know what? I will never ever ever touch it. I don't need to read them to know I won't like them, or that Harry Potter is better. I have seen the Alex reads Twilight vids and read all of Mark reads Twilight. Okay, so these people give pretty one-sided views of the books, but there's no way I could enjoy them after having all the racism, sexism and Mormon propaganda pointed out to me anyway. Maybe once upon a time I could have enjoyed them as mindless, romantic fluff (though from the extracts I've read there is nothing romantic about it) and maybe I could have identified with Bella like so many people seem to (OMG I hope not. She is a whiny brat.) But I know that I could never have loved it as much as I love(d) Harry Potter.
JK Rowling created a world filled with magic and creatures and spells that managed to feel like it is just around the corner. She had characters who, even though they were witches and wizards, you could relate to, who were muti-layered and matured or evolved throughout the books. She tackled issues like bullying and racism in a subtle but effective way. She worked on it for years, crafting those novels and filling them with little details and shocking twists.
Stephenie Meyer had a dream about a hot bloke sparkling in the sun, wrote a long and uneventfull lovestory about this dream, never meaning to even publish it. She then published two (three?four? idek) other ones she quickly wrote because of the success. The characters are one-sided (perfect and beautiful or OMG!EVIL), the plot is predictable. Also, she hates R-rated movies yet her character pukes a fountain of blood wtf.
I have Opinions on this, sorry :P
II. I saw Inception yesterday. Not quite as good as I had expected/hoped, but I liked it.
I loved Ken Watanabe, as always (I just bought the airline omg he is adorable). Ellen Page is rising to be one of my favourite young actresses, I think. In general, it was a cast of beautiful people which I really can't complain about.
The zero-gravity scene in the hotel was really cool. The snow-base thing was boring though.
I guess in general I did like it and it was a really good concept with great actors, music and images (folding up Paris was kind of awesome) but the plot could have been better, as well as characterization (which was basically zero for everyone but DiCaprio). I was also expecting...more of a mindfuck, maybe?
III. Going to Ghent tomorrow which means getting up earlier than I have in WEEKS. I am getting too used to sleeping in XD. But it'll be worth it, hopefully.