Harry Potter and the ordinary work week

[winter]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - meh. It felt like a series of disjointed illustrations. Good ones, mind you, but there was absolutely no plot to it. Tonks didn't even get named, and don't start me on the lack of locket or Mrs Black's portrait. On the other hand, if anyone ever does "Death Eaters and Families" starring Lucius, Snape, Bellatrix and Sirius, I'm SO there.

In other news, my older cat managed to scratch my younger cat in a way that left poor Lestat with a forming boil on his front paw and fever upwards of 40 C. Guess who'll have to get him to the vet's for antibiotic injections each morning through the next week :/

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[valancystar.livejournal.com]

I didn't really like Gary Oldman as Sirius, but then, I just didn't like the PoA movie on a whole, so it's probably more the fault of how he was scripted and directed. And the fact that he generally isn't the Sirius in my mind. Alan Rickman and Jason Isaacs are awesome, of course, and I look forward to seeing Bellatrix in the film, with what everyone's said about her...

[winter]

I wasn't fond of Oldman in PoA as well, but in OotP he really caught the right note for Sirius - the broken rebel, living in the past kind of thing, with the charm and caring and damage there. The good thing is that both Alan and Jason get a few minutes' screentime to themselves, as monologues, that really let them shine.

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

That sounds promising.