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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 trailer, you guys:
There is a new show on Bravo this season that I have not watched (and will not watch), but which makes me laugh every time an ad comes on TV for it: Bethenny Getting Married?. The premise is that Bethenny Frankel of the Real Housewives of New York is engaged to be married, but WILL SHE? Of course, for better or for worse, we knew the answer to that long before the show ever started when photos were published on the Internet of BETHENNY GETTING MARRIED. I’m not saying you can’t make a show about someone getting married just because you know how it all turns out, I’m sure that it is the journey not the destination (ugh). But if that is the case, do you really need A QUESTION MARK IN THE TITLE?
It is not like the Harry Potter franchise is the first book to ever be adapted for the big screen. I’m not saying that. Why would I say that? It’s a lie! But there is something so unexciting about watching an EPIC trailer for a thing that you know exactly how it is going to end. SPOILER ALERT: Tom Cruise doesn’t assassinate Hitler. I don’t know, this series of movies just feels so lifeless and dull to me. Did you see the last one? It should have been called Harry Potter and the Half-Awake Gabe. I guess now that I think about it, there’s lots of movies (almost all movies) where you kind of know how it is going to turn out before it’s even in theaters, but at least those movies aren’t split into two parts like some Real Housewives REUNION SPECIAL, and you do have to admit that Bethenny Getting Married? is a stupid name for a stupid show.
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I bet she doesn’t get married.
Gabe, really. It is unfair for a 107 year old man to judge a movie marketed to today’s youth culture. Now, wouldn’t you like some nice prune juice and a nap?
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It’s pretty.
I refuse to agree. Harry Potter is a MASTERPIECE, and Emma Watson’s eyebrows deserve an oscar. All the oscars, in fact.
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Well I, for one, am incredibly excited about the new Harry Potter movies. And you’re right, I do know how it ends, but that won’t stop me from showing up at midnight and crying like a small child throughout the entire movie.
I am right there with you. Though, I’m not sure I’ll cry through this first part, since I didn’t start crying until midway through the last book and then didn’t stop until it was over. I feel I ought to save up my tears for July because I will be needing a lot of them.
I feel a midnight Monster’s meet-up to watch the penultimate Harry Potter installment. Hmm? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
Also, in Atlanta because it’s where the players play and we ride on dem thangs (i.e. rented vans bound for a midnight showing of Deathly Hallows Part 1) like every day.
That’s so possible! The Wurst and I are both Birmingham monsters! I would LOVE a videogum meetup for a midnight showing.
I’ve got my party planned, but the cheapest limo is bright pink and we have to get makeovers in coin operated rides, and we only have one seat left.
Let’s do it! Southern monsters meet-up!
Any other Southern Monsters? southernbitch, where you at?
What’s the big deal? I know how my day is going to end — me, softly crying into my pillow, the recriminations of 16 hours’ worth of missed opportunities and awkward social interactions replaying in my head, as the remains of a hastily gobbled carton of Ben and Jerry’s slowly drips onto the carpet — but that’s not going to stop me from going to see it.
My day, that is.
In 3D.
So true….so painfully painfully true.
The move from 2D to 3D as metaphor for the move from 300-page book to 760-page book. Discuss.
I actually never read any of the Harry Potter books because when I was younger my dad told me that they were the works of THE DEVIL so I never got into them. But I definitely watch the movies and love the movies and I don’t know what happens SOOOOOO…
Let me interrupt your regularly scheduled Gabe bitching about something (NEEDS MORE BIRDIE) to invite Chicago Monstahs (and non Chicago Monsters as well) to “Everything is Terrible – 2Everything 2Terrible 2: Tokyo” this Thursday, July 1st.
http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2010/06/july-1st-it-begins.html
Come, Laugh, Drink with me and ChrisTrash.
Seriously, where the hell is that dog?
We want Birdie! We want Birdie!
Maybe Birdie’s head really did fall off, and he’s just afraid to tell us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjAITRaItKQ
♪ We love you Birdie … oh yes we do … When you’re not near us … we’re blue ♪
If there are any Detroit-area Monsters, that’s playing at the Burton Theater on July 13th! I can’t wait!
Harry Potter is the best. Gabe is old.
These are just the (potentially conflicting) facts of life.
Count me in as one of the “excited” crowd–but then, I designed and ran a Harry Potter summer camp for middle schoolers, so…clearly I am deep in the dork forest.
I want to go to there.
It was the most fun, ever. We went to an owl sanctuary, had a herbology class, a magician came to teach slight-of-hand, I led the book discussions, and the end-of-camp Quidditch game always drew a huge crowd. It was epic.
My school has a Quidditch team! That’s why I chose it (That’s not why I chose it).
I desperately want to start one at the high school where I teach. I’m just afraid of the fallout. I mean, the bullies can’t pick on a teacher, right? Right? (Hint: they absolutely can.)
We tried to start a Quidditch team here but my cohorts were really lazy and didn’t pull their weight so it never happened.
But apparently it’s very big at universities on the East Coast. They have a World Cup and everything!
You have been walking aimlessly around the dork forest for so long that they had to make the movie about it into two parts.
I’ve been in the dork forest so long I’ve gone feral.
Acio Netflix!
i think there is 2 c’s
i’ll just shut the light off on the way out
OMG, “accio” is spelled with two c’s. RESPECT THE MOTION PICTURE EVENT OF A GENERATION!
It’s okay Gabe. We all know you prefer Twilight.
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There are a lot of things in the world worth complaining about. Harry Potter is not one of them
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Does anyone have an emoticon that’s both confused and sad?
Everybody hates
ChrisGabe.I kind of think this might be a case of everybody else’s love for something turning what is really your indifference into professions of hatred, you know… just for balance, or whatever.
I do it too. It’s okay.
A few of the movies are OK, but the last one was a huge incoherent mess. Even haven read the book (like everyone else who saw it, obvs) I has trouble following the plot and sorting out why the director had added more scenes to a book that wa already overstuffed.
The third is by far the best, stylistically it was far more exciting to watch. I didn’t see the last one, but the 5th (?) one put me to sleep. The friend who accompanied me actually was upset they cut so much out of the film. Apparently three fucking hours wasn’t enough magic for a 28 year old.
sidebar: scary go round! twilly you have my heart.
The third was always my favorite book but when it came to the movie I felt they left way too much out. Maybe I need to reread and rewatch.
They did leave a lot out, which is what made it the pretty much the only watchable movie in the series..?
The downvoter becomes the downvotee.
The monster devours its creator
Everyone says that the Cuaron entry is the best, but Harry Potter 3-6 all kind of look and feel the same to me. What exactly makes that one best?
I really hope Gabe gets lowest rated comment of the week…
I really enjoyed the third one as well. Which is funny because I disliked Prisoner of Azkaban: The Book. (is that funny?).
My young sister who is more in that age range has not read many of the books and has been really “over” the movies since the 4th one. But she spent ALL DAY at the Twilight Tripleplay. (ALL THREE MOVIES!! WHAT???) SO, I don’t know what that says about anything.
Anyway, I’ll just be glad when it is all over. With all the stuff they left out of the last few movies I can’t even figure out how they are going to wrap it all up. (Poorly? I hope not poorly)
Gabe, you are 100% correct. These books are not bad! But they are not great. Azkaban is a very good movie; the others that I’ve seen are just souvenirs for fans of the books.
i know it’s way late to comment on this…but i loved the third one too, it’s the best one so far
i only downvoted this because i feel that if Gabe wins lowest rated comment this week something magical might happen. other than that I 100% agree with him.
nothing as magical as ANYTHING that happens in harry potter. so you both get downvotes.
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chris farley baby??? if it’s not “almost heroes” it’s not a movie worth distracting yourself with.
i say if he ever gets lowest rated comment, he should have to double dog the gathering of the juggalos this year
i have been upvoteing anything in the red to help gabe win the lowest rated comment
LOL – I love Gabe but I would just die (of secret laughing) if he got lowest rated comment. The world is coming apart at the seams!
I interpret the ? in “Bethenny Getting Married?” as an indicator of incredulity rather than uncertainty. You can read more about my thoughts in this month’s issue of “BRAVO Semiotics.”
I endorse this comment!
The same set of semiotics also allowed this Bethenny to be on a show about housewives for years despite her maiden status.
Agreed, but could I get your take on the missing question mark in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”?
Team Excited
I watched this trailer last night and I became on large goose bump. Team Goose Bump!
Let’s merge Team Excited and Team Goosebump, and double our upvotes. TEAM EXCITED GOOSE!
Team Excitebumps
Boom. When are tryouts?
And we can combine excited and goose be all, “Oh my God you guys I am so GEESED about this movie!”
I was Team NnnnnNNNNnnnn (the traditional Videogum indication of excitement) but I would like to join Team Geese too!
We’re so geesed to have you!
Even if you’re not a Harry Potter fan, this movie looks good enough to see anyways. What else are you gonna see in November? Grown-Ups 2, or something? Gross!
I like to laugh that I’m too old for this, but seriously, there has been at least one Harry Potter-related event every year since I was 14, and I’m almost 27 now. I still get totally excited about all of it. The 7th book came out on my birthday in 2007 and a friend of mine left my birthday party, drove to Borders and bought it at midnight to give to me on my birthday. My boyfriend is 4 years older than me and he made me start the trailer over and watch it with him when he realized I’d started watching it without him. These books and movies have been around for so long, it’s hard not to be excited about them!
Even if (some of) the movies have been kind of disappointing, there’s still something magical about something that’s been a cultural touchstone for so many of us for so long. I’ll still go see it at midnight and stand in line with all my fellow dorks. I ain’t afraid!
I just realized that Harry Potter has been a part of my life far longer than most of my friends. YIkesers.
Seriously! But on the good side, for every new person you meet, you know you have at least one mutual friend.
This comment makes me feel warm and fuzzy (no creepo).
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I literally “grew up” with HP, each book was released when I was the age of Harry in the story, it was really cool.
I watch Harry Potter for one reason only: Alan Rickman. Despite not being a big fan of the books or the movies, Severus Snape is one of the best fictional characters ever created IMO.
He’s got the best wardrobe of the bunch too. If I could walk around in those black outfits all day I’d feel pretty badass too.
When he tells you to turn to a page, you better do it.
I want to marry this gif and have little giffridays with it.
My wife occasionally watches the Kardashian show (ugh), and that’s pretty much the same way. How in hell they gonna try to make me feel dramatic tension about things I read about in line at the grocery store 3 months earlier?
all i’m saying is that boring boringfest the return of the kings won best picture, so if this doesn’t also get the highest of honors known as a grammy or whatevers, i am going to be pissed, and i will be all up on youtube, crying on my vlog.
These types of movies age badly.
Booooo. <3 LOTR <3
Literally Gabe, shut your mouth.
your always pissed off obryan…you need some chocolate milk? an e.l.fudge? anything to cheer you up man
Yes, obryan, please try to “a-laugh-ho-more-a”!
Groan. I apologize.
No no. You keep doing what you’re doing.
Literally Gabe, shut your fingers.
i love all this harry potter crap….i’m pretty sure it is a disappointment my mom (who is a stephen king fan and thinks rowling is a hack)
But hey, Stephen King likes Rowling’s work and talks about it frequently, so there’s that.
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Informative! Thanks!
Ugh, what is this comment?
I did chuckle at the way he spelled Harry.
HA HA HA LOL! You picked up on that little number
Oh, dear. I’ll admit, I was at the midnight premiere of nearly every Harry Potter film that has come out so far and I will so be there for the last two movies. Now, I’m always hesitant to really put my nerdiness out there for all the other monsters to see, but, just this once… Ahhh, Harry Potter! I’m so excited! Avada Kedavra on all ya’ll Potter haters!
Aaaaand, back to be pretending I’m a mature and sensible adult.
I just went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter park at Universal Studios and it was amazing. I thought I could be an adult about it, but I cried during the ride it was so exciting.
The trailer looks great, even if I didn’t really like the last book at all.
Jealous! We’re heading to Orlando this fall, and I’m hoping to get to the Wizarding World.
It’s great, and the line isn’t that long. Efficient loading. Also, the line leads you through all of Hogwarts and you see classrooms and talking portraits and stuff. Awesome and not boring at all.
That sounds AMAZING. Now I have to go!
i actually just registered because of this wonderful comment jampacked with wonderful information. I’m going to Orlando in 2 weeks (mostly to do my own rounds on the wizarding world) and knowing that talking portraits are in the very near future of my life is like finding a gold DUBLOON.
Thank You.
i think you mean galleon
i lived on orlando it sucked
Yeah but you’ve got to put food on your Orlando
I was considerably more excited for the 4th film, which featured Jarvis Cocker, Steve Mackey, Johnny Greenwood and Phil Selway as the Weird Sisters! Oboyoboyoboyoboy!
But imagine my disappointment when they didn’t even have any speaking lines! I was expecting a Hard Day’s Night style romp with the band, but instead they focused more on the wizard aspect of the story, which was pretty strange in my opinion. I think it’s fairly obvious that the average Harry Potter fan wants more cameos from aging Britpop stars! So despite the epic tone of the trailer, I’m holding out for a Damon Albarn cameo. Maybe while Harry and Ron and Hermione are on the run from some Death Eaters they can burst into a swinging London club a la Blow Out, and whaddya know Blur just happen to be playing on stage! And then Harry can show off his new wizard dance moves and the muggles like them so much that they block the Death Eaters from getting in and Blur are so impressed they invite the young wizards on stage, and it’s a sensation and they get their picture on the front page of the paper! But then Splinter gets angry at Harry and Ron and Hermione, and then makes a funny, and then the movie ends.
that would be the greatest movie ever!
Pssst… it’s Blow Up….. >.>
I wish I had cultural phenomenons to get excited about.
Normally I value your point of view Gabe, but not even you can change how excited I am for this movie.
i love the ginger
Code Red! Nerd. Aneurysm.
Tangentially related, because it relates to things that are split up into parts even though you know how it ends: there very recently (like, it ended last week) was a tv show in Turkey that was based on a book. At the end of the book (SPOILERS), the girl kills herself because the guy won’t leave his fiancĂ©e, and the entire family is torn apart.
But since it was an entire television series, I guess some peeps got roped into thinking they might change stuff (a la True Blood, I guess). But… Nope. It just ended, and the EXACT SAME THING happened at the end. I didn’t watch the whole thing, but I saw the final episode with my friend, and she was horrified that they wasted 78 episodes of her life or whatever.
So, I guess… It could be worse than 8 movies based on 7 books that actually end happily?
I have not watched this trailer yet because I am at work, but I know that when I watch it I will be just as flaily and will squeee just as much as I did at the last Harry Potter trailer I watched. Because I love Harry Potter, even though I am a proper adult now, and besides, squeeling at a trailer in my living room is a lot more dignified than running around with a broom between your legs trying to through rubber balls into hula hoops suspended from tree branches, and I do that in public.
I’m not sure what I was trying to say with this comment. But I don’t really care; that’s just how excited Harry Potter makes me.
My actual exchange with a friend who posted this on my facebook wall:
Me: “HOLY SHIT. I WANTED THAT TO GO ON FOREVER. “Because I have something worth living for.” Haaaaaaarry ahhhh!!!!!! What will happen to my life when this is over. omg. I just watched it so many times.”
Her: “I DID THE SAME. And thinking about this being over is like thinking of death, dude. I’m probably going to be very bitter. LETS GET TICKETS AS SOON AS THEY COME OUT.”
…My point is, save it for the living room.
Now I know why Gabe wouldn’t go see La Bamba with me.