tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post4027200059155821816..comments2023-11-03T12:10:08.169+00:00Comments on Mutterings and Meanderings: Separated at birth?Mutterings and Meanderingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01384198819878227966noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-62891911563894601392007-08-07T13:34:00.000+01:002007-08-07T13:34:00.000+01:00I'm looking forward to seeing Northern Lights in t...I'm looking forward to seeing Northern Lights in the cinema, the fact that they are using the American title though does disturb me a bit.<BR/><BR/>Not sure Nicole Kidman is quite right really, they should have used Samantha Morton or Tilda Swinton.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09284082835424987769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-15439747320334764602007-08-03T08:39:00.000+01:002007-08-03T08:39:00.000+01:00Doesn't he look a bit too old to still be at schoo...Doesn't he look a bit too old to still be at schoool though?Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379877200876051274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-8348615605969368072007-08-02T20:00:00.000+01:002007-08-02T20:00:00.000+01:00Went to the 7.50 at the Gate and not a child in th...Went to the 7.50 at the Gate and not a child in the audience - mind you some of the adults were just as bad. Poor Hermione gets more wooden with every film, Imelda was joyous, but I have to confess I thought young Daniel Radcliffe turned in a mightily mature performance as the eponymous hero. Would rather have liked to have seen him in Equus.@themillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644636690850127781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-76908077269298140702007-08-02T19:56:00.000+01:002007-08-02T19:56:00.000+01:00I think you have a good point. The only place whe...I think you have a good point. The only place where children can eat sweets in public is at the cinema. In the bright light of day it is organic raisins and rice cakes for all to see, but poor school holiday mothers desperate to watch a film fill their little ones with jellies - or is that just me?dulwichmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106294077068237863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-43640105197000149962007-08-02T12:01:00.000+01:002007-08-02T12:01:00.000+01:00I gave up on HP films after No 2 as my highly over...I gave up on HP films after No 2 as my highly overactive imagination couldn't cope - even with the lovely Alan R. I'm longing to see the Golden Compass - out in December, apparently. Other than Nicole Kidman I don't know who's in it though.Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-57811432707525907402007-08-02T11:23:00.000+01:002007-08-02T11:23:00.000+01:00I read all the books to the children but let the h...I read all the books to the children but let the hubs take them to the films as they always get the DVD anyway and I watch it then. I think though you hit the nail on the head about the age business, HP is really for older children but because of the marketing and parents ignorance children who are too young get taken to see it.<BR/><BR/>I wish food was banned from cinema veiwings as it is a problem whenever you go but they want the revenue from the exorbitant prices they charge for it.annakareninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17185509518913591643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-56217542944069479302007-08-02T09:29:00.000+01:002007-08-02T09:29:00.000+01:00haven't seen the new film yet, no time you see, no...haven't seen the new film yet, no time you see, now, when it's out on dvd then...........muddybootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117980616235810426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-42408064040218990042007-08-02T07:16:00.000+01:002007-08-02T07:16:00.000+01:00oh yes Alan Rickman - for me he'll always be the d...oh yes Alan Rickman - for me he'll always be the dead husband in Truly Madly Deeply - *sigh*Zighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-76879610581614783752007-08-01T21:31:00.000+01:002007-08-01T21:31:00.000+01:00SAHD, why oh hy can't they leave names as they are...SAHD, why oh hy can't they leave names as they are? You don't know what it means... well, then learn!<BR/><BR/>Brom, I look forward to your lookie-likies...<BR/><BR/>Ziggi, Mr Malfoy is utterly gorgeous - great voice and lots of charisma. Alan Rickman does it for me too - even as Snape!<BR/><BR/>Rilly, I love A Room with a View. Like the Harry Potter series, it features my future mother in law, sigh ...<BR/><BR/>Mopsa, it was the performance as much as the styling that put me in mind of our erstwhile leader...<BR/><BR/>OM, when I sell the film rights to a boook, I will insist on beign script editor!<BR/><BR/>@themill, don't do the 5.30pm showing at the Metro Centre! It makes sense that Ms Staunton was going for the Iron lady caricature ..<BR/><BR/>Jane, how marvellous to have dementors at one's disposal! there was a trailer for the Dark is Rising, but I haven't read the book.<BR/><BR/>Rob, Imelda was very very good.<BR/><BR/>Gill, you could be right!<BR/><BR/>Pig, Hermione and the twins were I thought rather wooden ...Mutterings and Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384198819878227966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-10782246553715113252007-08-01T21:08:00.000+01:002007-08-01T21:08:00.000+01:00I am with you on the noisy kids thing...i saw this...I am with you on the noisy kids thing...i saw this sans enfants, (for once) and really wanted to shoot the thoughtless parents that had dragged a small child along. <BR/>I'm going to whisper this...but was a lot of the acting rather wooden? And Daniel whatsisname will look a lot better when he has grown into his body...or am i just getting old?!Pig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-48183302171341544572007-08-01T20:08:00.000+01:002007-08-01T20:08:00.000+01:00I think Hermione's eyebrows are devotees of the Ro...I think Hermione's eyebrows are devotees of the Roger Moore school of acting.Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379877200876051274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-966857396247089372007-08-01T18:33:00.000+01:002007-08-01T18:33:00.000+01:00Imelda Staunton really was the star of the show, I...Imelda Staunton really was the star of the show, I thought. Didn't think of the Thatcher connection, but it is, as Mopsa says, unnerving.Rob Clackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461714931300617149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-17023283962022596272007-08-01T15:01:00.000+01:002007-08-01T15:01:00.000+01:00I don't know if you know the "Dark is Rising" book...I don't know if you know the "Dark is Rising" books, but the new film of them has apparently taken some fairly major liberties with the story. I enjoyed the Harry Potter more than the book and I did love the cute kittens in Imelda's study. Just the thing for my own study, I think. <BR/><BR/>The eating doesn't bother me as much as the children who kick, kick, kick your seat right the way through the movie. Such a pity I cannot set the dementors on them.Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-55743261199264400522007-08-01T13:14:00.000+01:002007-08-01T13:14:00.000+01:00Thanks for the review M&M. I'm off to see it tonig...Thanks for the review M&M. I'm off to see it tonight I hope. The crew have seen it and all were a tad disappointed, but I shall make up my own mind, although the constant gurning of Ron always grates with me.<BR/>Heard IS interviewed and she did base the character on Mrs T.@themillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644636690850127781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-76478532956780596242007-08-01T12:41:00.000+01:002007-08-01T12:41:00.000+01:00I think one author said that turning over his book...I think one author said that turning over his book to film makers was like handing over his first born to be raised by wolves. So I would count on any resemblance to the book being purely coincidental. Golden Compass? Rather depends on if they're going for a US audience and, if so, how many of them will have a clue as to what 'Northern Lights' are........Not many, I'd have thought.Omega Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510548355469861782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-16991844178896696912007-08-01T11:26:00.000+01:002007-08-01T11:26:00.000+01:00I'm a real Imelda S fan - but that Thatcher lookal...I'm a real Imelda S fan - but that Thatcher lookalike piccy is unnerving! Their politics couldn't be more divergent.Mopsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912659592484055741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-40589963721842893342007-08-01T11:17:00.000+01:002007-08-01T11:17:00.000+01:00Helena B.C will always be Lucy Honeychurch to some...Helena B.C will always be Lucy Honeychurch to some of us dear, sigh<BR/><BR/>I do agree with the eating in cinemas issue. There is a strong case for all films being automatically rated 18 to solve this problemrilly superhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448694078653341955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-5173757739055492242007-08-01T09:21:00.000+01:002007-08-01T09:21:00.000+01:00ditto the noise in the cinema!Imelda was just bril...ditto the noise in the cinema!<BR/><BR/>Imelda was just brilliant and don't you think Jason Isaacs as Lucius is hot stuff?!Zighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-37372506144621834562007-08-01T08:28:00.000+01:002007-08-01T08:28:00.000+01:00I had the same problem with noisy kids at the same...I had the same problem with noisy kids at the same film.<BR/><BR/>Daniel Radcliffe always reminds me of Mike Oldfield, I'll have to get the pics side by side to see if I'm right.Bromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190741956540256769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-8941705059035353462007-07-31T23:00:00.000+01:002007-07-31T23:00:00.000+01:00Great Potter review M&M. Golden Compass is the US ...Great Potter review M&M. <BR/><BR/>Golden Compass is the US version of Northern Lights...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.com