Real Life vs. Fiction

[mood| excited]
[music| "Yellow Submarine" - The Beatles]


Courtesy of ohnotheydidnt: Half-Blood Prince Release Date Moved!

I don't know who, or what, caused this most benevolent of decisions, but thank god! :D

Also, just finished watching the episode of SNL that Zacqueesha (Zac Efron) hosted. Not bad, honestly. Jason Sudekis opening as Joe Biden always brings the lulz and I liked the skit with Andy, Fred, and Zac -- Fred Armisen dressed as a woman, hitting Zac Efron, shouting, "I AM YOUR MOTHER!" will never get old. Also, fantastic performances by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I do love me some Karen O.

[mood| confused]
[music| "Kiss My Sass" - Cobra Starship]

Being the HP fangirl that I am, I stumbled across this while glancing at MuggleNet's news page:

EW goes on to quote Dan Radcliffe as saying one of the hardest scenes to film was Dumbledore's funeral. But, seeing as that scene was cut from the movie, we figure Dan's referring to WB's alternate scene that pays tribute to the wise old man.

Yeah. I don't know at this point. My faith in WB giving the fans a decent representation of the events in the books is dwindling. I honestly don't understand how, or why, they would take away Dumbledore's funeral. That entire scene would have to be CGI since they have to do the White Tomb. The only reason I can think of is money, which, granted the current economy makes loads of sense, but it's not like WB hasn't been rolling in the dough with these movies. Plus, they probably took the money for that scene and wasted it on superfluous comic relief, or some other such nonsense.

The only time I've ever loved the addition of a scene simply for the laughs is the tap dancing spider bit of dialogue in Prisoner of Azkaban. I commend whoever thought of that. :D

xoxox

[mood| pissed off]
[music| "Song for Death Eaters" - Harry and the Potters]

[EDIT] So, of course, the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has Dan Radcliffe on the cover as a part of their FALL Movie Preview. But, the pain was soothed after they gave us a wonderful shot of Tom Felton in all black. *swoons* http://mugglenet.com/viewer/?image_location=/hbpfilm/ewfallpreview/ew2.jpg God. He's too pretty. XD

But then they had to ruin it by showing us what Narcissa looks like. WHY DOES NARCISSA'S HAIR LOOK LIKE A SKUNK?!? She's a BLONDE!! http://mugglenet.com/viewer/?image_location=/hbpfilm/ewfallpreview/snapenarcissabellatrix.jpg The casting of Narcissa, thus far, fails. She looks waaaaayyyy too old. Warner Bros...come on. You guys are on a roll in terms of how much you guys are sucking right now. [/EDIT]

http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/1810

WHAT THE FUCK, WARNER BROTHERS?!?!

You can't just tempt us with really awesome high-res images only to be, like, "Just kidding! You have to wait until July 19, 2009 now!"

And, what's with this all bullshit about how they don't think the script is up to par because of the writers' strike? Are they serious? Because, you know, I go see the Harry Potter movies for the awesome writing in it! Hells no! I go see it because I'm a fan, first and foremost, but I also enjoy the special effects and just the general story. Not because of a really awesome turn of phrase, or especially poignant bit of dialog. It's a freaking kids franchise!! Not a front-runner for the Oscars! Ergh! I'm so pissed off right now!

If they're stall it for this long, it better be fucking brilliant! And, I mean, BRILLIANT if they're using the script as an excuse, because almost 11 months gives you a lot of time to do shit in the movie business.

xoxox