Gof News

[LuthienElentari]

I was skimming through MuggleNet and I found this, If you haven't read Goblet of Fire or don't want to be spoiled, please do not read the following-

I used to work with a movie review site, and still get reports from some people who think I still do work there. Nowadays I don't use them, but this one I thought I would pass onto you. It contains MAJOR SPOILERS on the upcoming GOF film. My contact got about a half hour alone with a script while doing some work connected with the film. She didn't get to read it through and through, obviously, but got to do a good look of what's in and what's not. Here's a breakdown: (BEGIN SPOILERS) What's been cut: the SPEW storyline altogether, opening scene with the Dursleys, the Hogwarts express (there are shots of it, but nothing in the train,) and the wand weighing. What's still in: Creepy opening scene with Voldemort, Wormtail and Nagini. The Dark Mark scene, the "Potter Stinks" bit, the skrewts, the horntail challenge, the merpeople challenge (should be very cool!) The final challenge, although the spider may NOT be in it. (My source didn't remember seeing it.) The Sphinx is in. So is Dobby and Winky, the Portkeys, Crouch freaking out, the Pensieve scene and Cedric's end. Things that are drastically cut: Yule Ball, Quidditch World Cup, Rita Skeeter stuff (she's in it, but not as much as the book,) Harry stressing over the egg clue, Snape scenes (he's not in it much,) Hagrid & Maxine love story (it's there, but just reduced to a few brief moments for humor,) Dumbledore's humor (again... they never get him right!) Note on the ending: they manage to get it all pretty much in, which is surprising given what's going on. END SPOILERS. I have to tell you, I was disappointed when I heard they cut this from two movies to one, but it sounds like they really pulled it off. The second challenge really acts as a mid-movie action sequence that should blow the doors off of a lot of what we've seen so far in the films. The final challenge also sounds amazing, and the ending should be really creepy. I know they say this with every movie, but this one could be really eerie (not just "dark") because of the very evil Voldemort scenes. Not sure what the young ones will think of it. This stands to do justice to the book, and be the best movie of the series! (And after Cuaron's work, that's saying something!)

So far, I think this movie is going S-U-C-K! First of all, Hermione is wearing a pink shirt, denim jacket, jeans and a messenger bag! (Sometimes I wonder if Emma Watson has read the books!) The Yule Ball is drastically cut, NO Weighing of the Wands and there is going to be a very small Qudditch World Cup sequence! Not to mention Hermione throws her arms around Harry is a scene before he fights the Hungarian Horntail! *SCREAMS IN HORROR*

[Telchar II]

The Weighing of the Wands? I'm sorry, but I really can't get worked up about this. It always struck me as somewhat pointless in the book. They'll find some way to establish that Fawkes's other feather is in Voldemort's wand.

The Yule Ball? Well, if you really want to wallow in the awkwardness of being a teenager.... It struck home with me, so I'd just as soon not have it emphasized. :rolleyes: :D It doesn't serve much plot purpose, other than reveal Hagrid's big secret -- which can be revealed some other way (prolly in whichever movie in which the giant subplot finally becomes important).

[LuthienElentari]

I know The Weighing of the Wands and The Yule Ball are not important events compared to events like the Death Mark, but I found them extremely entertaining! I'll probably live if I don't see much of Ron's dress robes or Rita Skeeter stuffing Harry in a closet but the least they can do is put Hermione in clothes that her character would approve of! Hermione is not a fashionable know-it-all! for goodness sakes!

[Colli]

not much Snape?

[LuthienElentari]

I forgot! I was so upset about the Yule Ball! I forgot Snape! How dare they cut out alot of Snape!?!?!?! *gasps*

[Pilgrim Grey]

Everyone's got their favourite things, but this is a 600 page book, so of course there has to be cuts. Two movies were never going to be feasible - the movies have always been about just putting the HP story onto the screen, never about making quality movies, so why bother with two when you can have one? And Emma Watson ultimately isn't to blame for Hermione's clothes. Sure, she chose some of the stuff for POA, but if the producer didn't like it, he should've said so... I'm assuming that primary for Emma was "I get to wear my own clothes!" rather than "now what would Hermione wear?"...

Personally I think this doesn't sound too bad, although (and this flies in the face of what I've just said) I think that they should really either do the films properly or not do them at all. None of the three HP movies have been able to capture what it is that makes JKR's books so good, and only POA has been a decent movie IMO... so, sure, this'll be a chance to see GOF (majorly truncated) on the big screen, but really it'll just be a "greatest hits" of GOF moments like the other films. I honestly believe that we're going to see a return to the episodic "this happened, then this happened, then this happened" nature of the first and second films, which POA did pretty well to avoid for the most part, simply because it's so long and they're only showing the important bits.

What I think is most interesting is what JKR's allowed to be cut. No SPEW means that ultimately it's not going to be important, which knocks out a couple of theories for the last two books...

[Telchar II]

I dunno. Does SPEW really establish anything other than what we already know even from movie CoS?

Also, I think PoA actually came quite close to capturing JKR's madcap sensibility.

[Pilgrim Grey]

Personally I don't really think SPEW establishes anything, but there were a few theories in Lit IIRC about the importance of it (people saying that JKR must've known that it was unpopular, but she continued it into OOTP, so it must be important)...

And maybe it's just a personal thing, but POA just didn't feel like HP to me. Although it was a decent film, I think the colour palatte was way out - I don't think there shouldv'e been that much green. That probably sounds incredibly stupid and nitpicky, but IMO the colours used go a long way to establishing the tone. It's kinda like how the first two films were way too bright... IMO there should be more earthy colours (this probably stems from the fact that my first introduction into HP was GOF, and the cover of that pretty much summed up for me what HP should look like)

[LuthienElentari]

Originally posted by Pilgrim Grey
I think the colour palatte was way out.
I loved the colour palatte in Prisoner of Azkaban! The colours in Prisoner Of Azkaban fit to the mood of the film and had a natural feeling, where as the colours in the first too films felt fake and over dramatic.

[Pilgrim Grey]

Yeah, like I said, it's probably more a personal thing, but IMO this:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~janetmck/bookaweek/books_pics/gobletoffire.jpg
Is what the colour scheme should be - the soft reds/browns... And the small image of the interior of the castle on the back of the book just cemented that image for me...

[Fleurdelacour]

:eek: Yule Ball and S.P.E.W are being reduced/cut

SPEW is important, important for Hermione's character! She is developing a political conscience, not fashion sense! This is so maddenning!

In the books, Hermione is a strong, political activist, she's clever, and HIDES behind books because she's insecure! She is not going to start wearing pretty pink clothes and not trying to make the house elves free!

That makes me so mad! Who can relate to that? Annoying eleven year olds just starting secondary school who are trying to impress the boys?!

And the Yule Ball was meant to show how Hermione can be pretty, she's not just a bookworm, then of course there's the infamous Ron/Hermione argument! Thr first cold stab of jealousy!

And Snape! And Rita Skeeter! We need some entertainment! Rita Skeeter's character is The British Tabloid Journalist.

I'm not really that attacted to GoF as I am too PoA and OotP because Remus isn't in it :p And I don't have to worry about that anymore...

I have to agree with you Pilgrim, I think GoF should have a soft reddish brown colour scheme. The whole imagery of fire - dragons, the goblet. The golds from the egg, and from Christmas...

I'm really worried about this one... They've messed up Hermione's character...

[LuthienElentari]

Originally posted by Fleurdelacour
I'm really worried about this one... They've messed up Hermione's character...
Exactly! I don't care if Emma Watson wants to look like Hilary Duff! Hermione is NOT Hilary Duff! Therefore take those pretty clothes your wearing and give them to a homeless shelter! You have already turned my guyfriends into gaping idiots! That's already taken care of! Now off with that pink crap! If you really want, stop over to my house, I have plenty of unfashionable clothes you could borrow!

They have destryoyed Hermione! *groans* If this continues Hermione will be wearing a Spice Girl T-shirt in Order of the Pheonix!:eek: and maybe one of those punk bracelets to top off the look!

In the book, Ron and Harry are shocked at Hermione's beauty! how can they be shocked by Hermione if she already is a
beautiful, fashionable know-it-all!

[Pilgrim Grey]

I don't care if Emma Watson wants to look like Hilary Duff!
Emma Watson ultimately isn't to blame for Hermione's clothes. Sure, she chose some of the stuff for POA, but if the producer/JKR didn't like it, they should've said so

And the Hermione at the ball scene will definitely still be in IMO, because they've been overemphasising the Ron/Hermione thing in all three movies, and without the reveal there's not really much use for the scene (other than Moody seeing Harry's socks, although that could be made up very easily).

[Irys]

Who the heck is Hilary Duff? And why is it a problem that Hermoine dresses like her?

When I was 14-18, only the geeky girls wore pink. And everyone, including the geeky girls, wore jeans and often jean jackets. That was about 1991-1995, so it seems to fit for Hermy and the HP timeline.

I think that the Yule Ball is not very important for the entire 7 book story arc, and thought it would be cut. And the World Cup itself could be cut, if the Dark Mark scene could be moved. I wouldn't like that, but all of GoF can be streamlined into a movie. There is a lot of superfluous information, that works well in a book but wouldn't in a movie.

And all I can say about SPEW is... I hope it is gone. It's an annoying storyline. Hermoine's character is well established without it.

[Pilgrim Grey]

Wow, Irys, you don't know who Hillary Duff is? I thought everyone in the world would've been subjected to her by now. I'm impressed :D

She's a teenage TV star/movie star/singer who isn't actually all that hot (IMO anyway).http://www.pbclibrary.org/images/Duff-With-Daisy-Rock.jpg

The idea is that Hermione shouldn't be a pop starlet, so she shouldn't be wearing the clothes that she is (NOT EMMA'S FAULT!!)

[Fleurdelacour]

Thats a really stupid shape for an electric guitar...

I just keep on thinking... Barbie...Barbie...

[Irys]

Huh, well, I certainly can't imagine Hermione dressed like that. :) But she's also not in pink... ;)

I still maintain the pink is a color that only nerdy girls wore in the first half of the 90s (unless they were under 10 years old). Wearing pink just screams nerdy Hermione to me, but I guess I'm old. :p

Wow, now that I REALLY think about it, I'm only 1-2 years older than Harry and Co., in the present day. They would all be old like me. ;)

[Peregrinning Took]

Well, at least the Pensive Scene is in. *tries desperately to hold onto some shred of hope*

Ron and Hermione's characters have both been messed up beyond recognition. Ron agreeing with Snape when he called Hermy a know-it-all? Hermy interfering with the past? :confused: I'm afraid that Mr. Kloves needs to reread his books, or hire some of us to help him write the screenplay. :)

Has there been any mention of the rift between Harry and Ron? Since they didn't do the argument between Ron and Hermy, it's doubtful that the Harry/Ron one is in too...:(

....And although that person doesn't mention it, Ludo Bagman is cut. Gone. Kapish. Which means a lot less Fred/George.

*tries to refrain from saying a very bad word* ........FUDGESICLES!!!!!!!!

[LuthienElentari]

Originally posted by Peregrinning Took
Ron and Hermione's characters have both been messed up beyond recognition.
I agree completely, Ron is portrayed by Steve Kloves as the comic relief and when he is not the comic relief, he is portrayed as an oblivious loser! Steve Kloves gives way too many lines to Hermione and uses her more often then Ron, even though Harry spends more time with Ron in the books.

I understand that Hermione is his favorite character, but that doesn't give him the right to completely ignore our beloved Ron Weasley!

I'm not even going to begin with the amount of damage they have put upon Hermione's character! Otherwise this post would be way too long.........

[Bellatrix_Lestrange]

Originally posted by LuthienElentari
Not to mention Hermione throws her arms around Harry is a scene before he fights the Hungarian Horntail! *SCREAMS IN HORROR*

Actually, that's not meant to foreshadow H/Hr; it's part of the Rita subplot. Hermione gives Harry a perfectly innocent hug for luck just as Rita pops up with a photographer in tow and snaps a picture which she later uses to fabricate the false Harry/Hermione gossip.

[LuthienElentari]

I know, but the Harry/Hermione shippers will consider it a "moment" :rolleyes: When Goblet of Fire goes nationwide, I'll visit harryloveshermione.com and in the "Movie Moments" it will be typed in bold caps under the Goblet of Fire section:
Hermione throws her arms around Harry for good luck :barf:

Note: There actually won't be a barfing face in the real Goblet of Fire Moments page, I just added it in to be evil

[Bellatrix_Lestrange]

Oh BTW, according to Empire magazine Jason Isaacs is definitely back in GoF. There had been some doubt about that, and I for one am tremendously pleased.

[LuthienElentari]

Jason Isaacs returns! :D I missed him so much in Prisoner of Azkaban......

[Marchwarden]

Furthermore, Jason Isaacs (according to IMDB) has just become the first cast member confirmed to be in OotP.

[Peregrinning Took]

WOO-HOO!

*ahem* :D

[LuthienElentari]

Order of the Pheonix would make an excellent film, If filmed by the right director *cough Alfonso Cuarón* Order of the Phoenix could become a Harry Potter masterpiece!

I'm sooo excited to meet eccentric characters like Luna Lovegood and see dumpy, dark households like Grimmauld Place
*squeals* I really hope it is made into a film....

[Pilgrim Grey]

*sigh* It's definitely going to be made - WB have the rights to all 7 books, but I have a feeling - and I'm sorry to sound like a pessimist here - that it's going to be the most dissappointing film so far. Think about it, it's a 750 page book, with very little narrative drive, so it's either going to get absolutely massacred, or it's goin to be a meandering, convoluted mess, IMO. Sure it's going to be cool, but I can't see it being any better than POA was. Make of that what you will.

[Elwen]

I am sure all of you remember GoF better than I do...

Not much news from the Oxford shoot (except that there seems to be a return to the Bodleian library (i.e. the school library scenes might be in??)...

But the crew were spotted with at least one ferret which wwas prepared for filming. A ferret??? I can't remember what that might be about???

Elwen

[Telchar II]

That's about Malfoy the Bouncing Ferret, of course. :D :cool:

[Bellatrix_Lestrange]

That would be the "Draco Malfoy, the Amazing Bouncing Ferret" scene.

I'm thinking that, even though GoF has no chance of being a flop, if there is cosiderable negative feedback from fans and critics the studio may decide to relax its insistence on 2-hour time caps. An ill-received GoF might mean a properly-treated OotP.

[Elwen]

Oh!! How could I forget!! Thanks for reminding me of that scene. Well, in any case - seems that scen has been shot. :)

In the cloisters of New College, Oxford. :)

Elwen

[Peregrinning Took]

Good point, Bella. Maybe if we all boycott GoF, then OoF will be properly done!

So who's with me?

*crickets chirp*

*tumbleweed blows by*

[Telchar II]

I'm with ya, Peregrinster.

And if to this news you initially have the reaction that Harry did when Neville, Luna, and Ginny volunteered to help save Sirius -- well, I forgive you.

No, seriously. GOF is probably my least-favorite HP book. Long stretches of something approaching boredom, relieved only by fifty or so pages of good denouement at the end.

And btw, Pilgrim Grey, I am totally with LuthienElentari on the quality of Cuaron's PoA. An amazing film -- absolutely amazing.

[owl]

me too

I loved the third movie
I dont really like the 4th book,
Its a little too farfetched

[LuthienElentari]

Ahh, the third Harry Potter film *sighs* absolutely brilliant.

Actually, I'm beginning to like this film more; the Yule Ball is still in! According to Jamie Waylett they are filming it right now! *smiles* That Ron and Hermione argument is priceless....

[owl]

Very true Luthien,
very true.

[Chelsea Kai]

I can't wait to see the Yule Ball! I'm excited to see Ron's dress robes. My dad was reading GoF and he said "I feel bad for Ron.' I asked why and he said "Because all his stuff's second hand." Ron deserves a jillion beautiful dress robes. I don't like the character of Hermione in the movies. Mainly because of my jealousy of Emma Watson. Meh.

[LuthienElentari]

Meh, Emma Watson.

Forget her; she knows nothing of the character of Hermione. Just ignore her ways and you'll see the Harry Potter movies in a “I’m not going to burn her closet down, Even though I really want to” sort of way, you’ll be happier with the films. Believe me.

[Chelsea Kai]

I wish I were in the Harry Potter movies. :mad:

[LuthienElentari]

Originally posted by Chelsea Kai
I wish I were in the Harry Potter movies. :mad:

Chelsea, darling, I think we all do.

[Chelsea Kai]

*throws tantrum for not being able to be in the movies and not having an authentic british accent*:mad: :mad: :mad:

[Monkfish]

Monkfish flaunts his authentic british accent

:p :D

[LuthienElentari]

*Luthien throws Monkfish an envious glance* I want an authentic British accent too!

[Athelas]

From mugglenet
Franz Ferdinand for GoF?
NME is reporting that scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand ("Take Me Out", "Michael") have signed up to create music for Goblet of Fire and may even have a cameo role in the movie.

The band, who are currently touring the UK have been asked to take part in the project, with singer Alex Kapranos saying the band could play a “band of ugly sisters.” (Weird Sisters)

He told VH1: "We've been asked to write some music. There's a section where there's a band of ugly sisters playing and I think, well… some members of Franz Ferdinand may be the ugly sisters in the band."

Can anyone enlighten me as to who these people are?

[Little Miss]

crappy scottish indie/rock band with bad teeth and boring speaking voices and make music that sounds rather like how i'd imagine the band at nick's deathday aprty.

fleurd likes them, ask her.

[Athelas]

Oooooooooh, they sound wondeful!;)

[Pilgrim Grey]

Little Miss, all I can say is "thin ice" :D

Franz Ferdinand are pretty much at the forefront of the "neo retro" (or whatever you want to call it) music scene. They're pretty famous, I'm surprised you haven't heard of them actually. They're cool, although their songs are a bit... sexually ambiguous :p

[Athelas]

PG, you'd be amazed at how little I know about music coming out now by anyone other than Howard Shore :D

[LuthienElentari]

Howard Shore is brilliant! The Lord of the Rings soundtrack is beyond the term of "amazing".

[Athelas]

It actually can make me feel heroic doing laundry! (Athelas fighting the evil dirt moster!)
:D

[Fleurdelacour]

THEY'RE MY FAVOURITE BAND! Well one of them I cant decide between them The Killers, Keane,Queen and T.Rex

Ahem...

I am VERY excited... I'm seeing them on the 30th Oct... and I'm kinda obsessed :o But... aaaah.... I dont care how bad the film is Franz Ferdinand are going to be in Harry Potter!!

They're "art-rock" :p "Music girls can dance too" and I have and its fun. :D

Imagine if they change the lyrics to Michael...

I'm so happy, you're so happy, so come and dance with me Cho Chang...

Or Jacqueline....

Winky was seventeen, working at her desk, when, something something... etc etc... I'm so drunk I dont mind if yeh kill me....!

They have my favourite lyric ever (from my favourite song) Darts of Pleasure:

You can feel my lips undress your eyes, undress your eyes... Skin can feel my lips they tingle tense anticipation, this one is an easy one, feel the word and melt upon it. Words of love and words so leisured, words are poisioned darts of pleasure.

So sexy :notworthy :swoon:

And from the song Michael (the sexualy ambigious one Pilgrim Grey was referring too) has very sexy lyrics... Something for all the slashers!

Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips, sticky hair sticky lips, stubble on my sticky lips. Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor, Michael dancing like a beautiful dance whore

Ok... I think I'll shut up now... I'm so damned excited! Wow...

:D

EDIT:

Dark of the Matinee! It's a school song! Find me and follow me, through corridoors refectories, and files you follow me this academic factorie...

I am adament - I am not obsessed..... :o

[Athelas]

QUEEN? T.REX?

Now them I remember! From my jr. high school days!

[Pilgrim Grey]

LOL, Fleur, I take it you like them then? Good to see you like the Killers too (top bank, and I wanna hear the first song of the Jenny trilogy damnit!).

But I always thought Darts of Pleasure was about drugs, but, y'know, it oculd work in HP :D

I just don't see how they could be the Weird Sisters though.

[Fleurdelacour]

I saw The Killers over the summer - amazing :D And a Queen tribute band last week... So weird...

Haha, I can see how darts of pleasure would incite drug thinking...

Well this is what they look like:

http://www.kindamuzik.net/gfx/franzferdinand-grp1-0204.jpg

I'm sure with a bit of makeup they can make them look hairy, and have black clothes that are artfully-ripped! Second on the left is Alex Kapronas - the lead singer. Looks great in eyeliner...

[Pilgrim Grey]

But they're not exactly sisters, are they? And none of their voices sounds remotely feminine... I reckon they'll just write the song for the people who end up being on stage in the movie.

[Elwen]

Well, the description of the Weird sisters that I remember sounds as if it might actually quite appropriate to have some blokes in drag.... :D

I find it is a funny idea.

Elwen

[Fleurdelacour]

Blokes in drag exactly, thank you Elwen :D Franz Ferdinand can do anything... They can

Well there's the band the Scissor Sisters - and there's only one girl in there! Well... They're camp as Christmas. I think, on JKR's website one of her Wizards of the Month was a male leadsinger of the Weird Sisters - could have been my imagination though...

[Pilgrim Grey]

Actually yeah, you're right, but I think he was the bass player or something. And, uh, I think the Scissor Sisters actually want to be sisters, from what I've heard.

Anyway, I guess we'll know soon enough I guess (there'll be a pretty big announcement if FF is in GOF), and it'll make it interesting if nothing else...although remember when it was rumoured that N'SYNC was going to be in Star Wars? Whatever happened with that btw? The same thing could happen here, although FF shouldn't even be uttered in the same breath as N'SYNC - it could work to seriously date the film if this new music genre/movement/whatever dies out soon...

[Athelas]

The Weird Sisters are all male--you see them on wizard cards in the HP video game which all seem to be OKed by JKR.

[Pilgrim Grey]

heh, well that's shut me up :p

And I heard the news reported on the radio today, so I guess it's 100% official!

[Elwen]

hehe. I find it very amusing :D

I suppose the 'British' actors' pension fund' (as some have called these movies :D ) now also extends to some musicians :D

Elwen

[Little Miss]

Originally posted by Pilgrim Grey
Little Miss, all I can say is "thin ice" :D

thin ice? dont you mean vanilla ice? now THAT was music :trout:

i dunno... the 'franz just dont do it for me. their music is soul-less and generic and massively associated with with the entire "poseur" scene which i just find sickening. give me some vast (http://www.realvast.com) anyday. (the background music to that site is kind of like their normal music, but obviously their actual music has words...)

heh they should get Tiga, Har Mar Superstar and Maynard Keenan to play the weird sisters... now that would be one hell of a show..

[Pilgrim Grey]

Hmm, seems like you're just looking to get too much out of the music. FF are, in their own words, making music that girls can dance to. I wouldn't call them generic or soulless, but they're definitely not deep, which I think is what you're looking for. Which is great, but you shouldn't be comparing say, Vast, to FF. You want generic and soulless? Just look at all the Jack Johnson wannabes out there now (ironic looking at the roots of his music).

[Fleurdelacour]

The poseurs give us normal unpretentious franz fans a bad name... I already ranted about them in my lj today... Wont start again! I really am worried the Brixton Acadamy is going to be full of hormonal 14 year olds going "AAAAAALEEEEEXXXXXX KAPRONAS I LOVE YOU HERE IS MY TINY BRA!" *mosh mosh mosh* "ALEX!" *mosh mosh mosh* "I HAVE LEGWARMERS I COOL UBER KWWEELL!" *mosh mosh* *hit in the face by a blonde with an orange bag that has a brink in it because she's in Brixton...* :p

Well I'm seeing then next Saturday, I'll tell you how many poseurs are actually there...

Franz is fun, "dancey dancey I'm drunk, dancey dancey woo you're scottish lets go to a hotel room" fun :)

[Pilgrim Grey]

You forgot to mention the ugg boots the poseurs wear (or have you guys escaped that?)...

EDIT:
And it seems Franz aren't the only new thing happening musically in GOF: (From Dark Horizons)
Whilst John Williams may be seeing his "Superman" theme getting a revival, his "Harry Potter" tunes seem to be going the way of the dodo.

Jarvis Cocker is set to write the soundtrack for the next film - the currently shooting "Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire" according to recent reports in British tabloid The Sun. Movie bosses apparently wanted a trendy British musician to score the new film rather than utilising stalwart John Williams.

The good news is that Cocker was the top choice by the various cast, including Radcliffe for the job. A film insider says: "He is a very talented musician who is a big fan of movies and knows exactly how they work. You may just think Jarvis is the bloke in specs who fronted Pulp but he is a man with many hidden depths".

Thanks to 'Peter Lemonjello'

[Monkfish]

Originally posted by Elwen
hehe. I find it very amusing :D

I suppose the 'British' actors' pension fund' (as some have called these movies :D ) now also extends to some musicians :D

Elwen

I thought Lord Of The Rings was the British actors pension fund?;) :D

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by Pilgrim Grey
You forgot to mention the ugg boots the poseurs wear (or have you guys escaped that?)...


Unfortunatly not... They've been gracing the feet of celebrities for the past year... They dont seem to realise how stupid they look. If you want comfy shoes, a nice pair of Converses is fine. Same height on your leg too...

This season, every highstreet shop has been making their own rip-off version of them... Noticed them today... Also actually noticed them on the feet of girls wearing floaty skirts and fur gillets. The wore the wrong clothes for the weather. Pissing down and very windy. Idiots :rolleyes:

Jarvis Cocker... "Muggle People" ;)

[Pilgrim Grey]

The worst thing is that Aussies have been wearing them (strictly in the home, they're kinda the guilty secret of every single Australian person) for years, and now fashion companies are trying to copyright them! They're not fashion, they're warm boots that you wear around the home in winter damnit!!

[Bellatrix_Lestrange]

Has anyone else seen the pics of Angelica Mandy (Gabrielle Delacour) which have surfaced on the Net?

[Pilgrim Grey]

Huh! there are pictures of Gabrielle but no Fleur!!! I want Fleur damnit!

[Marchwarden]

The BBC site has film clips of her in "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot", but I don't know if they still work; I unfortunately can't check on this machine.

[lizz]

:LOL: at your sig marchwarden

I liked John Williams music but I ´ll wait with judemgemtn until I hear soemthing of the new one.
And it isnt said the weird sisters are actually sisters :D so FF can work. I hope they have some fun songs :)

[Fleurdelacour]

Very few posers at Franz Ferdinand gig last night ;) Although I was crushed at the front so could only see Franz Ferdinand in their orange delight.

Their new stuff is great, so have faith in them! "I'm Your Villan" and "This Boy" are particulary good. I still cant believe they're doing music for the film....

[Monkfish]

You might have to wait a couple of weeks for someone to drop by and tell you why........ ;) :D

[Nyliram]

This is OT, but why does the Movie Discussion link have the locked icon next to it?


Should have been posted in Site Announcements :p

I dont' see a locked icon anywhere unless I'm not logged in. Where exactly do you see it?

[Nyliram]

I added some pics from the GoF set to the gallery (http://www.muggleinformer.net/gallery/index.php?cat=11) today


And there is some news about what's going on on the set here (http://www.zanzaro.com/goblet/filming.htm).

[Little Miss]

Hmm, seems like you're just looking to get too much out of the music. FF are, in their own words, making music that girls can dance to. I wouldn't call them generic or soulless, but they're definitely not deep, which I think is what you're looking for. Which is great, but you shouldn't be comparing say, Vast, to FF. You want generic and soulless? Just look at all the Jack Johnson wannabes out there now (ironic looking at the roots of his music).

this is my trouble. i cant dance to it, it has no... rhythm? its just like twangy guitar noises to me. mebbe comparing Vast to FF is a bit unfair, and maybe comparing Justin Timberlake to them would be unfair as well as again its not the same genre, but i can dance to JT. However, Pabolo Honey (thats Radiohead's first album... well kinda) is kind of on the same page. but its got soul. and what about Electric Six?

hang on, thats it. Electric Six as the Weird Sisters. now THAT would have been an ingenious casting decision.

[Fleurdelacour]

You can have a history lesson with FF! All For You Sophia is all about Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assination... And Love & Destory is about a novel...

Anyway... I dont need music to have meaning... That just sounds pretentious ;) When I'm happy I want to listen to happy music and music that reminds me of good times. Like Toxic gives me memories of dancing with gay men and Franz Ferdinand makes me think of 30th Oct when nothing mattered that night.

If I'm in a bad !!!!ty mood I'll listen to the Smiths.

I do vary more... But recently I've been on a Franz & Smiths wavelength. I wont listen to anything else... :o

Haha but yes... Electric Six would be funny...

[Little Miss]

FIRE IN THE GREAT HALL, FIRE IN THE GREAT HALL

LETS START A WAR. START A MAGICAL WAR. AT ABERFORTH'S BAR, ABERFORTH'S BAR, ABERFORTH'S BAR

now you cant say that wouldn't be great. i cant think of a parody for Dance Commander, but lets be honest here that song goes with anything.

[Fleurdelacour]

Bad news.

Bad bad bad bad bad bad news.

Franz Ferdinand best band that are alive in the world today (in my humble opinion) have pulled out of appearing in Harry Potter... Instead Mr Cocker and Johnny something from Radiohead will be the Weird Sisters (the nme article spelt Weird Sisters as Wyrd Sisters gah.)

They've still written some music though... Still not good enough. I love them.

It hasnt been confirmed by Warner Bros.

I wrote a load of Harry Potter/Franz Ferdinand parady songs... All For You Death Eaters... Mr Filch... Remus... And so on :)
xxxxx if anyone is interested!

[Little Miss]

JOHNNY GREENWOOD?!?!?!?!?!

SEX ON BASS!!!

oh my god i'm so so happy now.

[Fleurdelacour]

Yes Johnny Greenwood... Its not exactly Nick McCarthy Sex on Guitar though... He is like number four in nme's cool list. I dont care about the list. But Nick is in it... *sigh*

Maybe Franz were just too pretty to be Weird Sisters :p

[Pilgrim Grey]

Iche Heisse Supermagic
Iche trincke potion mit giant squid...

Or something. I'm sure yours are better than that Fleur :D
And I don't even know German, so I've probably spelled those wrong too (I still think those lines are the funniest thing I've ever heard, especially in the context of the song)

[Bellatrix_Lestrange]

FWIW, I personally thought that Miranda Richardson was a little too classy to play Rita Skeeter, but I've just seen the photo of her in Premiere magazine (via the Net) and the hair really does it - she does indeed look like a tabloid-trash journalist. Throw in the right accent and she'll be just perfect.

[Colli]

I thought so, too, Bellatrix. At first I was drawn back by the blonde hair, but I think she'll grow on me! : :raspberry