So it took one day longer than expected but Mary and I joined Rob and Carrie for a showing of the new Harry Potter flick. As a bit of backstory, I’ve never read the books and haven’t yet made it through the entire first film. Although it seemed like a good movie, I just kept falling asleep. But I knew Mar wanted to see it a lot, and we hadn’t had a night out just with Rob and Carrie, so it was a good chance to do both.
That said, first off, the movie was really good. I was caught by surprise on that one, although I wasn’t surprised to see it was directed by Christopher Columbus, Director of the great ‘The Goonies’ film. He really put it together well, and the performances were excellent from the late Richard Harris straight through the kids. Emma Watson (Hermione) has really grown up, moreso than the other two (Potter & Weasley). I still have no intention of reading the books, but it was still an excellent film. Fully recommended.
That said, they have this little character named ‘Dobby’ in it who is some kind of house troll, and his job is to basically say his name repeatedly while banging his head (and yes, there’s a joke in there, but I’m letting it go). The fact that this atrocity has been allowed to get off scot free while Jar-Jar is raked over the coals is miserable – there’s no difference between the two. Both are equally as annoying, and it just proves that the big reason Jar-Jar gets beat up so badly is because it’s cooler to hate Star Wars than it is to hate Harry Potter. I repeat: No Difference. Dobby sucks.
I’m off to my grandmother’s 80th(!) birthday party at Le Biftheque, see ya tomorrow.
Cheers!
Come on people! You’ve seen what he wrote! If I understand correctly, Rick is a big Jar-Jar fan and he’s upset about the way the public has been treating his idol. Now, he’s about to lead a massive pro- Jar-Jar campaign to show the world how much we all adore Mr Binks. He’s asking us all to rally together and publicly exclaim our support for Jar-Jar! Let’s get on it, folks!
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p.s. (that IS what you were getting at, right Rick?)
Well, not entirely. Jar-Jar sucks arse. But so does Dobby, and we never hear about it. Which is my said point.
But that part where Jar-Jar is solely responsible for the rise of the Empire, the Clone Wars, and the death of Uncle Owen was, like, wicked awesome.
-R.