Comments on: Of Goblets and Orders

By: hemisphire

hemisphire — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:33:33 +0000

Perhaps this will prove to be what you're missing:

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:22:35 +0000

I too saw HP:OOTP last night, and all I can say is Harry Potter Rocks! In all seriousness, I thought it was pretty good, and there were a few jokes. The build-up to the MoM fight sequence was especially good, but of course I new it was coming. I do have to admit that I found Harry’s moodiness to be rather annoying, much as I did in the book.

By: Lykaon

Lykaon — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:19:24 +0000

Hmm... Viktor Krum in leather pants...

Wait. What?

I plead the 5th on all counts.

By: Davey

Davey — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:16:14 +0000

… and for those of us that read Lykaon on a regular basis, we’ve clearly found another glimpse into the poor man’s mind.

“This allows the viewer to really focus in on the awesomeness that is Viktor Krum.”

Wow, Man Crush anyone?

I think we’ve got a bit of the ol’ Draco in Leather Pants
going on, what?

By: Lykaon

Lykaon — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:14:26 +0000

Heh. You should be a guest counter-review columnist on Lykaon’s Lair. ;)

It makes me sad that they’re going to get darker. The mundane explanation of magic, how it works, how the school works, how the relationships work — all of that is woefully under-described in the movies and its sad that they’ll abandon the whimsy that made it fun.

Dark can be okay, but it has to be measurably awesome enough to overcome the lack of humor.

But I am still a firm believer that even dark can have its moments of humor. I am the type of person that even if the world were ending and you and I were the only two left in Virginia fending for food, I’d still be making jokes.

They can co-exist.

By: hemipshire

hemipshire — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:39:50 +0000

As someone who watched Phoenix last night and Goblet the night before, I think you're right about Goblet being a better story, but Phoenix is still a damn good movie. I think the reason it's darker and doesn't have as much humor is because the book is the same way. An allegory of political repression is never going to be as fun to watch as a competition, but it's also a manifestation of the darker tone of the end of the series.

Personally, it's one of my least favorite books, mainly because of Harry's adolescent behavior. I think it's clear he crushes on Cho the strongest, and magic and hormones must be an odd mix. The dark note at the end shows us people we care about will not be there to the end, which is something of a metaphor for life, and perhaps not a crowd pleaser. Of course for those of us who've read the next book, we know it only gets darker from here...