Monday, July 30, 2007

Movie outing

We took the opportunity of a relatively free day yesterday to catch up with the newly released The Simpsons Movie which we purposefully attended at a certain cinema because they were advertising a "free poster" offer - which didn't eventuate because they had "run out". Seems like pretty poor planning - since we were there on Day 4. But that was the only disappointment from the show. Not surprisingly The Simpsons Movie was "pure Simpsons" and certainty felt like a complete experience rather than 3 episodes strung together. The producers are also to be applauded for their use of trailers. Even though there were several released in the lead-up to launch, none gave the plot away. And, even though it's billed as Maggie's first word, what she utters during the credits, is in fact her second (The first [voiced by Elizabeth Taylor] was uttered in an episode some time ago.). Rating: 9.
But what about the other big movie out at the moment: Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix. Well, we managed to see that yesterday as well and while it was a masterpiece of special effects, I found it oddly unsettling, partly because Delores Umbridge is played as such a vile character it hardly seemed like entertainment to see her wielding her wretched influence at Hogwart's. I know there are characters we "love to hate" but this is not one of them.
I am now faced with the dilemma of whether to go back and re-read HP 6 before reading HP 7 as I appear to have forgotten what happens. Hmmm. Are there any study guides out there - or perhaps a good review? And how odd would it be to be reading Fight Club, Lost and Happy Potter & The Deathly Hallows at the same time.
And why is it that JK Rowling and others refuse to release their tomes as ebooks? Maybe they could meet us halfway - we buy a hardcopy book - in miniature form - which has the eversion of the book (suitably coded to our credit card or similar) which has a sticker we can place on our reading devices to show what book we are reading!!

1 comment:

Elizabeth said...

Hi K
we saw Simpsons at Palace yesterday! Enjoyed it . D'oh!
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