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July 15, 2009
I just got back from a midnight showing of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” SPOILER ALERT – this does not refer to a magic monarchic dynasty of happy things. This movie actually made me tear up a little. (because I am a badass? No? Okay.)
Quick thoughts:
- I still love the Malfoys, I don’t care what anyone says. And Narcissa’s two-toned hair? Fabulous. I love that Stripped-era Christina Aguilera hair is the mark of high aristocracy in the wizarding world.
- Seriously, hair played a major role in this film.
- Bellatrix’s hair was piled on her head, fancy Medusa-style – very “I’m going to kill you and then go on a romantic date with the Dark Lord”
- Hermione’s was annoyingly cute for, well, HERMIONE. Her frizzy post-Potions class hair was more like it.
- Snape got layers!
- Daniel Radcliffe on magic Luck Cocaine = accio Comic Gold!
- I really apologize for the “accio” thing. Couldn’t help myself.
- There were a couple of great costumes, even at the small New Haven cinema. Props to the guy who wrapped a turban around his head and attached a mannequin head on the back. I like to think it was a shout-out to The Harry Potter Musical (“I came home.”).
- It was AWESOME. All of it. The movie was great. Inferi are scary. Truth.
Anyway, it’s late and I have work in the morning. But I thought I’d get in on the ground floor. Apparate to the blogger Astronomy Tower, if you will.
Okay I’m sorry.
Yours with the unfortunate promise of more magic jokes,
Emily
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I am excited that you have a blog! Thoughts on HBP:
-I still don’t know whether Narcissa’s hair was a funky skunk thing or just a weird beret.
-I have never liked DanRad more than I did in the Felix Felicis scene, and I’m including Extras in that. I KNOW.
-I will only ever refer to Inferi as zombies (except right now). Because they are, JO.
-I had the same thought about Hermione’s hair in that one scene.
-HP the musical!
That is all.
Rebecca <3
You are my first ever comment! SO MUCH LOVE to you right now. And always.
I’m going to address your thoughts point by point, because I am fastidious like Bellatrix performing an Unbreakable Vow.
-I’m pretty sure (unless it was a beret made out of hair) that Narcissa wasn’t wearing a beret. It was like the costume designer said, “She’s a Black! So she has black hair like Bellatrix! But she’s a Malfoy now, and they are all made of blonde ice! I must rectify this situation with my extra Bellatrix wig and extra Lucius wig combined!” I also just thought Helen McCrory was really good, very aristocratic and dignified with this undercurrent of utter panic and horror at what’s happening. She reminded me a little of the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Voyager, who was always doing really awful things and being regal and scary (even when she was just a head and upper spine), but always looked like she was about to cry.
-OMG DanRad. When Slughorn whispered “Potter!” and Harry whispered back “Sirrr!” like a total coked-up spaz, I almost fell out of my chair.
-Okay, they’re zombies, but they’re dormant underwater zombies. So… different?
-”Hey, you.” “You came back!” “I came home.” And also, Rumbleroar is a lion. WHO CAN TALK. Respect.
With love to all of your lines, vines and trying times,
Emily