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i HAD to put it down!!!
because i HAD to come here immediately and say KUDOS once again to JenIG...have you been peeking into my windows again??? (or talking to Stinkpot???) what a terrific, excellent, convicting editorial from Jen....and if you don't already subscribe to TOS, get one NOW so you can read this editorial!!!! now i have to go finish the interview with Ken Ham |
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well, here i am, so i'll post this now i really cannot remember what i read this month anyhow: Bible: i've been following the Torah readings from TNNOnline ministries, and i just started Exodus, and Mark, with some Psalms and Proverbs tossed in for good measure Experienceing God Through Prayer by Madame Guyon Introduction To Things Messianc from TNNONline, workbook study (i'm not in complete agreement with all things in here, but it's been very good and VERY informative) expecting: 'The Kingdom and the Power: Rediscovering the Centrality of the Church' by Peter J. Leithart from PBS soon Fiction: Minn of the Mississippi by Hollings C Hollings Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, JK Rowling still trying to get The Stand by Stephen King, i'll have to go check the library again Health: The Great Physician's RX for Health and Wellbeing, Jordan Rubin School: Winter edition of The Old SchoolHouse magazine...DON'T miss this issue! we are strating a 6 week unit on American Indaians, waiting on quite a few goodies, including Paddle-to-the-Sea, Calico Captive and Small Wolf as well as some fun stuff from Dover books a friend from my cyberhome is loaning me her copy of Mystery of History, Vol 1 so i can peruse it...i decided to use this next year (we school January-October) and i was glad she was willing to allow me to "get my hands on it" that's basically it...whatever i don't finish in the next 2 days will transfer over to next month |
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i'm going to do my list now as sosme will definately overlap into November
in the queue (love that word, not sure i spelled it right though) (asterisks are currently reading)
Far Above Rubies by David Mulligan (recommended reading from Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach)
*Feasts of the Lord by Howard/Rosenthal
Our Father Abraham by Marvin Wilson (and when i am ready to actually read it, i'll get the workbook available from HOW also)
*Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (my new author)
The Stand by Stephen King (after many years of not reading King I decided to check this one out)
*The Great Physician's RX for Health and Wellness, by Jordan Rubin
*Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
i am also reading through the annual Torah Cycle which can be found here (it's a downloadable PDF file), using The Complete Jewish Bible and doing a 15 week study on "Introduction to Things Messianic" from TNN Online
i'm sure i forgot a book somewhere....silly me
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i think i forgot to post this in the beginning of August
read in August:
Israel, My Beloved, by Kay Arthur
i have to once again plug Paperback Swap...i got almost all of the books for my Sept reads from there (i own the Companion book) so if you LOVE LOVE LOVE to read, go and sign up for PBS...it's free! |
and mailing out the books is minimal...i have gotten WAY more than i mailed (well, okay, it's about even) and they have all sorts of books on there...you can make a wish list for books you are looking for, etc...i highly recommend it! There's a link on my sidebar or right up t here...use me as a refrence please! Posted in media madness
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firstly, a "zine" is a self published magazine, usually revolving around a specific topic.
Eclectic Domestic is by cyberfriend Sammycakes , who also self -publishes Bohemian Housewife. I'll review that also next week
I have to say that these two "zines" were the best things i have picked up in a long time. Sammy shows forth her love and commitment to Christ while being wonderfully "Sammy"! There's no twaddly information in there. Everything was interesting!
In the issue of Eclectic Domestic Sammy sent me, she opens with "A Day In The Life" (go ahead Beatles fans, start humming) where Sammy invites us into her home. We meet Moppets 1,2 and 3. Sammy runs through her busy day, but it sounds filled with fun and a nice homemade pizza
Next is a nice article about encouraging one another. Sammy talks about fitting our personal interests into our Christian lives. And the possibility of earning some income while pursuing them. That isn't for all, she says wisely, but that every homemaker is naturally creative, and "to utilize that creativity in this vocation of ours makes our calling that much more enjoyable, as well as being more glorifying to God". Sammy also talks about other ways to encourage and serve others by sharing our talents and gifts with others.
Sammy also reviews Kingdom Songs, by Sora Colvin, and interviews the artist herself. Very nice to see how she developed Kingdom Songs and what her plans are for future endeavors. Also how she balances this gift in her daily life as a wife amd mother.
Sammy does a great "24 Hours in My Life"...I find these sorts of things fun to read. Maybe I'll submit one of my life, good for anyone having sleep issues!
Sammy gives us a glimpse into her "library" (literally every room in her home" and her "Bookshelf" as well as a few book reviews and a synopsis of how she came to her educational philosophy and how she applies it to her homeschooling. Very intersting to see how life molds your choices!
Also included in this tiny treasure is an article by Kim Brnneman about "Godward Thoughts". A nice devotion to read while enjoying your favorite cuppa. Also interspersed between a few recipes, a photo journal of Sammy's home and the "Homeschool Gallery" is a peek into the life of another homeschool mom, Cynthia. She has a special needs son and shares how the Lord brought her family through some difficult times. Very encouraging! Another small article by Tana Basinger about "Renewing the Mind" rounds out this edition of Eclectic Domestic, as well as a final thought from Sammy.
Sammy packs alot of blessing into this small "zine", published on colorful yellow paper with great illustrations throughout. This was 30 pages that I devoured from cover to cover. I completely enjoyed this and it's fellow "zine".
You can find further information on Sammy's "zines", homemade cards and journals, and other interests at the link posted at the beginning of this review. I'm looking forward to my future editions of both zines as well as my handmade journal...a "gift" included in a subscription to both.
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how could i have forgotten my reading list???
i am committied to read Romans 6-8 once again and repeatedly to deal with some anger and food issues that need to be brought to the Lord and left at HIS capeable feet...i have been using The Daily Bible, NIV version (which is NOT my favorite choice) to stay in the Word daily, as it says...it's a daily reading bible that is broken into 34 sections by season and themes. Each day has several portions of Scripture from various books, all pertaining to the day's theme...it's been nice and keeping me in the Word on a somewhat daily basis...we are also going through Psalms in our schoolwork and whatever other biblical things come up in KONOS
Read:
No Compromise, Melody Green
Creative Correction, Lisa Welchel
Epic, John Eldridge
4 books from the Dragonriders of Pern series, Anne McCaffrey
Current:
Rebel With A Cause, Franklin Graham
Pending:
Dragonsdawn, Anne McCaffrey
The Spirit Controlled Woman, Beverly LaHaye
if you are interested in anything on my list, please use my Amazon link to check them out |
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LOL!!!
my hubbyman is so totally awesomely wonderful...he's right up there next to Jesus in my book (i said "next to", don't get the undies in a bunch!)
i'm still feeling a tad tired out from "feminine" issues
so, in other news, i am on Chapter Three of "Crunchy Cons"...this isn't my usualy "light read" that i enjoy, this is the first book in a while that i have had to "digest slowly". Rod Dreher has alot of interesting and important stuff to say and it desrves my full attention. I hate to just "parrot" what others have said, and i admit fully to doing it more than i should, and i find that he is saying alot of what i feel WAY down inside.
two exerpts that have struck me so far are these: "Our liberty and prosperity have made us feeble, because the things we've forgotten to conserve in the rush to riches were the real virtues necessary to build a stable society. Does anybody really believe we can grow our way out of our problems? Is another tax cut, gimmiky educational scheme, or entitlement reform- or whatever glorious program the Republican Party promises will call down the New Jeruselam- going to save marriages, restore children to their parents, heal the land, renew the commonwealth? Come on." and: "We cannot carry on indefinately under an economic system that pillages our resources, divides our communities, waekens our families, and compromises our character. Either we figure out a way to live our economic lives according to traditional values or we advance the cause of chaos and our own demise." (Crunchy Cons, chapter 2, pgs 51 and 53)
why is it that we can't be conservative and buy organic foods and be concerned about the environment at the same time? The "Crunchy Cons" have taken the best of hippie life, meshed it with their conservative views (mainly religious views) and people think they are crazy! On BOTH sides? Since when is it not "Christian" to be concerned about the dolphins? Or recycle? (i admit to being lax in both areas personally, but that doesn't mean i think it's a BAD or WRONG thing biblically speaking)
anyhow, i'm liking this book immensely...and it may be the first book in a looooooong time that takes me more than 3 days to finish!
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and my sweetest hubbyman told me to FORGET about cleaning today and he will actually scrub outthe evil shower over the weekend...doesn't your heart just melt! he's da bestest! 
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okay, i have a head cold coming on today, but since i probably started a full out war with Jay about "GWTW", i should blog something about it
Firstly, you really MUST read the book, as the movie, although the very bestsest movie ever to grace the silver screen, it is NOT an accurate representation of the moral tale in the book (no, really, stay with me here! you may be surprised!) And i fully admit that my quarertly reading of it from the time i first picked it up at age 14 till about age 30-ish, i missed this classic tale of good (Melanie) vs evil (Scarlett) and how our WANTS are not always our NEEDS (and yes, i do believe that i possibly have read this book more than anyone else on the face of this planet)
okay, first we have Scarlett O'Hara, beautiful, wealthy, and selfish...what a perfect heroine! She rejects out of hand her own beloved father's advice on marriage to Ashley ("he's not the same mind set...you'd never be happy with him") because she has a fairy-tale idea of what marriage AND Ashley are like. Many, many parents instill this same "fairy tale" like quality to marriage, even Christian parents. Marriage is terrific, great, wonderful, the best! Do we ever tell them that it's alot of hard work? I love the scene in the original version of "Yours, Mine and Ours", when Lucy is in labor and Henry Fonda is talking to the oldest girl about what marriage really is...that scene should be in every parents mind when they have "the talk" with their kids!
now enter Melanie Wilkes (hear the angels singing?) who is good, loyal, proper and knows that what she needs is to be content with what she is given. You notice as you read through the book, she is a very proper Southern lady. She continually frustrates Scarlett, even as Scarlett herself wishes that she had some of the exact same quality traits that Melanie has...and isns't that the same way with us? Who irritates us most of all? The person who either: a) mirrors our own sins or b) mirrors what we want and think we can't achieve
anyhow, to pare down a 1079 page novel to one blog post, when Melanie is dying to give life (yes, we see that Melanie is willing to sacrifice her life for the life of her unborn child...isn't that amazing????) is when Scarlett realizes that she never really loved Ashley, she truely loves Rhett, and runs to tell him so...to which he replies that immortal line that caused so much flack way back in 1939, "Frankly my dear...." (I wonder what his reply would be today in 2006?
Scarlett is a typical example of a life lived in rebellion to God's word, authority in our lives (starting with Dad) and general good will to mankind. She never sees the train wreck she causes because they are always behind her, never intentional. She is all about Scarlett, as if no one else in the world exisits but her, or to please her. She is a perfect example of a life before they come to Christ. We love to hate her (oaky, i never really hated Scarlett, i started to feel sorry for her) We weep for Melanie, wonder why she stays friends with Scarlett, admire her heart of gold and nerves of steel. She is a Christlike example of true loyalty of friendship, of an honorable marriage (even though Ashley is weak minded, he still is the head of HER home!) and mother.
so now you all know that i can read way too much into any book, but really it's there...you just have to read BETWEEN the lines and ignore what Hollywood does to a great story. I think Margaret Mitchell would be surprised
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for that "Santa" thing again!
We have always been honest and told the kids that Santa was a fun story, based on an actual person, but a story none the less. There were no tears or anything else (unless the older ones were trying to 'enlighten' their church friends about it) and it was always understood that presents were bought and wrapped by family members who cared about them.
But, the controversy rages on. It's another one of those "why do we have to eat eachother alive" debates. The things that the Family of God are willing to fight over is beyond me. It really is.
I read Spunky's blog today about the public school teacher who told the kids there was no Santa...HUH??? Why is she telling them ANYTHING about Santa??? Can teachers not say "Please ask your parents about it"?? The fact of the matter is that no matter if families are believers or not, MANY do the "Santa thing". It's really not in anyone's realm to debunk it except the parents. I know many great, church going, evengelical types who love to "do Santa"...and their kids turned out fine (i'm truely glad that Spunky allows me to comment on her blog, even though it's often a different POV...
There was a great story on Tracy's blog about their "Santa" tradition...very nice! (all you Sonlighter's know Tracy as "Mrs. Avallone", moderator on their forums) That's the kind of Giving Spirit I would like my kids to develop someday. Who am I kidding, it would be nice for ME to adopt as well!
I really don't think that in believeing families who do have a "Santa" tradition that Santa is taking the important spot. Even as a kid, raised in a moderate Lutheran family, I KNEW that Christmas was Christ's birth celebration. Even in my rebellious teen years, I knew that the holidays were "holy" days. And as we are raising our family, we aren't any more holy because we DON'T do the "Santa" thing.
As these "holy-days" are upon us, can we not strive for unity among each other, no matter if we "do" Santa or not? Because the World watches us closely and notices how we fight among ourselves over the small things. Why then, do we wonder why the World won't listen to us on the Big Thing?
Many Blessings to all, and To all a Good Night
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this was a terrific movie!
before i continue though, some believers are not going to see this...you can read about it on Spunky's site. I admire their determination.
in case you didn't see, this review contains spoilers...just making sure you knew!
The music...the music alone is worth hearing...fantastic and appropriate!
The actors... they were perfect in their roles. Disney will have to take a page out of Peter Jackson's (LOTR) book and keep filming all the sequels NOW so they can retain these kids. As there is some major time between this and The Last Battle, I hope they can still use them. Edmond was a perfect annoyance, just like the book. Susan was a perfect knowitall, just like the book...
Aslan... okay, i must have been under a rock, but i didn't realize that Liam Neeson was the voice of Aslan (or Asland, as Young J says) but i thought it was a perfect voice for Aslan...very noble and soft, just like you want the King to speak. Great portrayal also. I was all weepy as soon as i saw him
The White Witch... she was waaaaay cool
Scary factor i took Young J who is 6 1/2. He has seen the HP movies (the first two) and LOTR, so i wasn't concerned about the actual movie itself, it was his first BIG SCREEN movie. The only thing that scared him was when the wolf jumps at Edmond as he steps over him to get to the castle. If your younger children are easily scared, i can say they may well be in a few parts, but it's because of the darkness of the scene, not gore or anything like that. Disney did a great job of telling the STORY and not focusing on gory special effects, which they really could have. I credit the greatness to CS Lewis' nephew. I believe he kept them up to snuff (see the last issue of TOS for a great article/interview with him)
overall storyline... if you made it through my review of the HP movie, you know i am a stickler for book purity (i can find fault with "Gone With The Wind" which is the all time greatest movie ever) Again, i think due to the Lewis factor, Disney did NOT stray from the book. The MAIN storyline. I LOVED the opening scene where it shows in detail the bombings and WHY the kids are sent to the country. I have to say that added to the story for me, as i did not grow up in a time of war, so i sort of glossed over that tidbit
i would highly recommend anyone age 5 and above to see this!
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gotta love that cone shaped hairdo, maybe that's why she was so evil, she had a headache! 
when i read the books. The Battle was wonderful. The torture and death of Aslan was awful, wonderful and so...i can't even describe it. Just right on. You can see the Allegory lurking behind the storyline. You can feel the Deep Magic. I truely believe that this is definately going to click with many people, just as the book has done for many years...you cannot help but KNOW that Aslan is not a mere Lion...that the whole speech about "the sacrifice of blood for an innocent" cannot be ignored. It was done so subtley, yet so wonderfully. It is worth seeing and owning...i can't wait till it comes out on DVD!! 
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okay, definately not as huge as Pearl Harbor, but signifigant in my life time...
25 years ago tomorrow John Lennon was gunned down in front of his home. A new album just released, life was going well, back in the limelight and very happy. A very disturbed, lonely man decided to take his life that night...planned it for years in fact
I was a senior in high school, quite enjoying being an empty shell, getting by in school, loving art class and music. Actually between boyfriends at the time I used to sleep with the radio on and I proceeded to have a bizarre dream about the events i was hearing in my sleep...when i woke up and went to the kitchen, the first thing i said to my Mother was "I had the weirdest dream...John lennon got killed" My Mother justr pointed to the small B&W television and there it was all over the news.
Now again, this is a major event in the life of most Hippies/Boomers...some of us are too young to remember Kennedy's asassination, MLK, etc. I vaugly remember the POW's coming home from VietNam. Our parents worked hard to keep us happy in trivial pursuits of playing in the dirt, swinging on the backyard swings and making snow forts. I wasn't "socially aware" till 8th grade. By then I was in full rebellious swing, and life was rarely more than socially unacceptable behaviours (I'll let you all think about that, this IS a family blog site
Then John Lennon was shot and killed.
It makes a young person think when someone so famous is killed in such a dramatic way. As a teen, thinking along those silly teen lines, it was a romantic tragedy and a fitting way to go out in a "blaze of glory" as it were...how backwards and ridiculous was my attitude than! Even a personal tragedy that brought me to my knees trembling before God Almighty lessened in comparison to this event. What was I thinking?
Truth be told, I didn't do much of my "own" thinking...which I think is why I struggle as an adult with things that others seem to be able to "put away"...I was raised by the media and it still can make some little spot in my mind tend to agree with it, even as it goes against all the My Lord would have me to REALLY know and believe. As I struggle with raising my own kids to "be in the world, but not of the world" (and feeling like I am failing miserably) I have to be so on my guard to live by the NEW songs in my heart and not the old ones in my head
i'm not sure if this will even make much sense to anyone it's just my rambling hippie mind thinking back to a turbulent time and hoping to see what good God has turned it to
"Imagine there's no Heaven...It isn't hard to do..."
no John, there certainly IS a Heaven and a God that loves us infinately more than any love there ever was
"All you need is Love"
yes John...the LOVE of Christ
John 3:16 "for God so LOVED the world that HE gave His only begotten Son...that whosoever believe on Him will NOT perish, but have EVERLASTING life"
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this is just a nitpick, but i have to say what i see, right
there's been much about the Harry Potter books being prominently displayed in bookstores right next to the books on witchcraft, etc...
what each individual store can't be tallyed, but any MAJOR bookstore i have been in, including Borders on Saturday, the witchcraft books, including the Satanic Bible, are always in the exact same spot...right mnext to the CHRISTANITY section of the store...usually right on the next shelf from everyone's favorite version of Scripture, there's the Wiccan guidebooks, spell books, Satanic Bible (if the store is bold enough to actually carry it), etc...while poor Harry, who gets all the blame for it, is over in the CHILDREN'S section, with nary a book about REAL witchcraft nearby...yes, they cross promote all the other authors of fantasy literature, like Philip Pullman (yuck) et al, some of whom do try and indoctrinate young minds into the whole "God is Dead" thing...but the REAL Witchcraft stuff is quietly upon the shelf next to Christ. Who do you think is laughing about that?
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okay, so it's Harry Monday here at the Haven, what can i say????
okay, so my first incredible thing is this... i was asked by the staff of a popular HP message board to write an essay on "Harry Potter and Christianity"!!!!!! i am so completely honored, humbled, scared spitless, etc! i love to write, which is why i love this whole blogging thing, and i haven't really written in such a long time...and to be asked to actually write an essay for publication, even if it is online, is simply incredible! (my Monday word i suppose...and man i need it after the horrid weekend i had!)
anyhow, alongside of informing JenIG that iwould provide TOS with an interview with Christopher Paolini and JK Rowling, this is as close to a really real published work i'll have to my credit...may i honor the Lord in it!!!! |
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i heartily admit it...i am a book purist!
no, really i am, and i have trained Big J well in this regard. I really thought that we were going to be kicked out of the theater Saturday, but we were sitting among other disgruntled book purists in the front row (where ELSE would a 17 yr old boy who eats 3.5 lb hamburgers want to sit?) I cannot be happy with any interpretation of a book, no matter how well it's done. Even my all time favorite novel, Gone With The Wind is subject to Big J and I tearing the movie apart (after the first viewing). I can barely tolerate biblical movies as the gross discrepancies far outweigh any of the actual biblical text (like when Gregory Peck, as King David, has stars of David all over his clothing...but i'm digressing....)
so, with that in mind, here's my review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...if you are not a Harry fan, feel free to enjoy my other non-Harry posts
Firstly, i did read the sceene-by-scene review on MuggleNet because i needed to know what not to expect...and i wasn't disppointed
the GOOD things, because, yes, if you completely divorce yourself from the fact that this is the pivotal book in the series, and that there actually IS a book, then it's not too bad...
you have the wonderful Rupert Grint, who as Ron Weasly, almost steals the movie! You can really see the struggle that he has being the best friend of "The Boy Who Lived"...poor Ron, who is practically invisible at home, who resents being poor, has to compete with Harry's fame. Here his best friend is picked for this contest, and until the first task, really gets his anger to boil...then after they make up, (you fans know the details) he just gets better with the whole being jelous of Hermione, etc, etc, etc...of the Trio, i really thingk he is soooo embodies Ron, and could possibly be the most talented, and that says alot!
Brendan Gleason as Mad Eye Moody was a hoot! Another great casting choice. Although they messed with the actual storyline, he really portrays the mania of Barty Crouch Jr to a tee...if i were going to see Order of the Pheonix, it would be a treat to see how he portrays the REAL Moody
special effects...they get better with each movie, and the especially hard things that JK Rowling portrays in the books, like PortKeys, the Pensieve, dragons, and other magical creatures, the rebirth (see below for the negatives on this) were really great...i enjoyed all of it
unfortunately, the BAD outweighs the good, once again in the series
*SIGH*
Dumbledore...the character who is Harry's mentor, almost uncle/grandfatherly so in the books is a screaming demented loon in the movie... i HATE him in the movies (well, ever since Michael Gambolin has played him) He is so UN-Dumbledore, it takes a huge stretch to believe that this is our beloved headmaster...along with a new director, they should get a new Dumbledore
Harry...poor Harry...they didn'y really let him have his scene, which the whole book leads up to, which is 3 whole chapters in the book, they reduced to under 7 minute...there was plenty of other stuff that they could have deleeted from the movie in order to do justice to the Rebirthing and Dueling scenes. Did we really need 5 minutes of dancing classes that weren't even in the book, and Hargid's roaming hands while dancing with Madame Maxime???????????
time....waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy to rushed...i can't even begin to complain about that one.
Sirius Black...yes, the perfect thing to do when writing to someone who is hiding from the Ministry of Magic is to send your snowy white owl with a CLEARLY MARKED letter...very brilliant. and NOT IN THE BOOK!!!! And speaking of the book, this book is where, although Sirius doesn't appear actually till the ending, is where you really establish that Harry and Sirius are bonding into their relationship...good luck explaining that one in the Order, which i won't see
overall, the Rebirthing Ceremony lacked much, much MUCH of the absolute horror that is portrayed in the book. Can someone REALLY cut off their hand without so much as a whimper????????????????????????????????????? Did you really feel Harry's complete devastation when Cedric is AK'ed? While the effects of the rebirth were rather cool, the whole scene was too short and lacked the intense horror that it should have had...this is VOLDERMORT...the most terrible awful, feared wizard of all time!!!!!!! This is the equivelant of (dare i say) Satan himself rising in bodily form...why didn't it seem that way? Would his followers really mouth off to him the way Malfoy does (another brilliant actor in a potentially great role, i forget his name) Ralph Finnes, who could be sooooooo incredibly terrifying, and who did a decent job of the same sort of mania that Brendan Gleason portrayed, should have been allowed to stretch just a tad more into terrifying...
the Duel...the crux of the story, the topping on the terror...what happened??????????????????????????? Again, aside from effects, this lacked the importance, the horror, the terror...really now, Harry didn't even FLINCH when his parents come out of the wand????? the whole extremely important event was far too rushed to do it the sort of justice it deserved...i'm really beginning to think that the whole series WOULD have been better as a cartoon
WAIT!!! there's more!
returning to Hogwarts with dead Ced....poor Daniel...his big emotional event in the whole story so far, and all he got to do was cry over Ced for 2.6 seconds, then was dragged away by MadEye...no warning from Dumbledore to stay, no confusion, no nothing....except for Cedric's dad, and i was expecting to bawl like i do when i read it...oh well.
and there is also the complete underuse of all the key characters that make Harry's life at Hogwarts so interesting, especially dear Professor Snape, portrayed by Alan Rickman, who will hopefully stay on as he is excellent as Snape when ALLOWED to be Snape and not some side character...Maggie Smith as Profesor McGonnagall is great, even in the silly dance class scene...Hagrid, what the heck??????? another imnportant character relegated to a back burner, and not a good one at that....what WAS that dance thing with Madame Maxime (who should be the SAME height as Hagrid)
all in all, the screenwriters and producers and dircetors of these movies are moving in the dangerous direction of FAN FICTION instead of book canon...playing up a relationship between Ron/Hermione, making Dumbledore an idiot instead of the brilliant wizard he is, making Snape laughable and not evil, etc. No wonder we haven't seen or heard from JK Rowling in a while...she isn't writing the last book, she is hiding from irate fans everywhere who see what Hollywood is doing to her beloved books...turning them into rubbish fit for the bin, and nothing more. The WB executive who had JKR sign that contract to adapt the books into movies must be laughing out loud. No, i don't feel sorry for JKR so far as finacial gain goes...she herself has said she has more than what she could ever need and doesn't even know what to do with it all. No, they are taking her dream, her ideal and twisting it into something other than what she intended. Okay, can i really state that. Yes, because it's clear to anyone who actually READS her books to see what she intends. And it's a far cry from what the WB people intend.
i really have alot more to argue about, so i would invite anyone who would enjoy the banter to come and join my Harry discussion group, which is listed on my sidebar...please let me know that tyou are from HSB for approval...i have had some very negative experiances discussing Harry with others, which is why it must be approved. Please do not come by to spout the "evils" of Harry...i clearly disagree |
(okay, yes, he is my favorite character and both Big J and I thought that the actor who was playing Karkaroff would have made a much better Sirius that Gary Oldman...but that's a HUGE digression, sorry)
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dumb stupid Fandango!!!!!!!!!
dumb stupid Fandango!!!!!!!!!
dumb stupid Fandango!!!!!!!!!
i've been online over an hour waiting for them to email my PASSWORD so i can get my Goblet of Fire tickets!!!!!!!!!
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i really hope this link works...if it doesn't, i am "Raiders Of The Lost Ark"!
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October is "Banned Books Month"
you can downlaod a button from the Leaky Lounge (it is a Harry Potter site, just so you know! http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/MTarchives/007621.php
so go read a banned book this week...if you do a Google search for the Banned Books list, you wil be very surprised at what is actually ON the list...
The American Library Association...scroll down on the right and you'll see "Banned Books Week"
The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books, 1990-2000 http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm |
