this has been quite the potter weekend. there is something wonderful in indulging in total geekdom with your friends, debating film over a beer. this is definitely the best harry potter film yet, yet i don't know how people who haven't read the books can really watch and enjoy them. the movies are appendixes to the books. though, to the filmmakers credit, this is the first potter film to really utilize the medium to strengthen aspects the book has a hard time conveying.
almost as good as seeing the movie a second time this weekend, was seeing the trailer for Where the Wilds Things Are.
this movie looks awesome. it's directed by the fantastic Spike Jonze and we can only cross our fingers that the studio didn't ruin the film. --there was much talk in the geek world a while back because the studio supposedly thought the film was too dark and forced jonze to recut it.-- we can only keep our fingers crossed that a director's cut emerges one day.
i have to admit, just the trailer alone (set to the first song on today's playlist--thanks to jimmy for finding it!) has made me a tad teary each time i've seen it. if you're not planning on seeing HP, check out the WTWTA trailer online .
yes, i will spend the evening at the famed zeigfield alone amidst a huge crowd of teenagers, no doubt. why? o, why could i not have waited three extra days in order to enjoy the film with actual real, live friends?
well... just cuz. i want to see it nowwwww! if i was super cool, i'd go in costume ;)
after this evenings extravaganza i will see the movie at least twice more with friends. overkill? nah.
but in preperation, i offer this hilarious clip from an underground film i only just learned about through aintitcool.com : Wizard People, Dear Reader. "wizard people" was created by comic book artist, Brad Neely, as an alternative sound track to the first harry potter movie. he recorded and spread digitally, then eventually on cd, his narration to the film to be played along with the movie (ala dark side of the moon/wizard of oz). this has been circulating for quite some time, and even progressed to legit status with an official showing along with the film at the New York Underground Film Festival . it actually is kind of hilarious, in a Potter sort of way.
a little singing a little dancing
some very funny birthday card--all the more funny because they were meant in total seriousness.
pole, hapana Harry Potter. :(
there is a man in a town an hour's scary bus ride away who swears he will get one before the end of the month. i said you mean before the end of this month?? before august?? and he promised... you never know!
