I hate the Harry Potter Movies: Part Troix

Okay we're into Part Three of my 'I hate the Harry Potter movies' posts. Here are more lines.

Harry Potter: [to Dumbledore] LOOK AT ME!... What's happening to me?

Oh boo hoo Harry Potter. Like, grow a pair. *rolls eyes*

Lord Voldemort: [to Dumbledore] You've lost, old man.
Harry Potter: [to Voldemort] You're the weak one. And you'll never know love,or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.
Albus Dumbledore: [looking down at Harry that is being tortured by Voldemort in his mind] Harry... It's not how you are alike. It's how you are not...

*sigh* Let me just ask this. Voldemort is possessing Harry is he not? So why does Harry have to ability to control his speech? Hmm? No, I refuse to accept your answer because it is invalid. Next, Voldemort is in the middle of torturing Harry and suddenly Dumbledore hops in and makes a smart ass comment like that. Where is the damn relevance? Hello ...?

Lucius Malfoy: [walking with Bellatrix slowly up to Harry] Haven't you always wondered what was the reason for the connection between you and the Dark Lord. Why he was unable to kill you when you were just an infant. Don't you want to know the secret, of your scar. All of the answers are there, Potter, in your hand. All you have to do is give it to me, I can show you everything.

Ehem ... Excuse me? The secret of your scar? He knows the secret of his scar thank you very much Mr Malfoy. It was explained by the original Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It's called retrospect. Look into it.

Albus Dumbledore: [after Sirius' death] I know how you feel, Harry.
Harry Potter: No you don't.
[pause]
Harry Potter: It's my fault.
Albus Dumbledore: No, the fault is mine. I knew it was only a matter of time before Voldemort made the connection between you. I thought by distancing myself from you, as I have done all year, he'd be less tempted and therefore you might be more protected.
Harry Potter: The prophecy said neither one can live while the other one survives. It means one of us is going to have to kill the other, in the end.
Albus Dumbledore: Yes.
Harry Potter: Why didn't you tell me?
Albus Dumbledore: For the same reason you tried to save Sirius. For the same reason your friends saved you. After all these years, after all you've suffered, I didn't want to cause you any more pain. I cared too much about you.

I was just so upset with this scene. So bliddy upset! I was expecting some shouting, screaming, crying, or at least some breaking china. This scene was supposed to be the most powerful scene of the movie as the tension between these two characters was so high; anyone who has read the book will know what I mean. *sniffs*

So Dumbledore thought he was "protecting Harry" is it? He thought "distancing" himself from Harry will make Voldemort "less tempted" to use Harry? Exactly how does that logic fit into perspective? Voldemort wants Harry. The "connection" between the both of them allows Voldemort to access Harry's thoughts. This will allow Voldemort to use Harry in any way, which in time can also be the cause for Harry's death by Voldemort. Did you see Dumbledore's name anywhere in the picture? No. Thus Dumbledore is nothing but an obstacle to Voldemort in his efforts to get Harry, and by "distancing" himself from Harry, as he has done "all year", he has actually given Voldemort the green light to do what ever he wanted with Harry. Bad Dumbledore. (just to remind your good self, I am speaking in terms of the movie)

Next, Harry asked Dumbledore why did he not tell him (Harry) about the prophecy. Dumbledore answers that he cared too much about Harry. That had got to be the biggest lie I have ever seen anyone say with a straight face. If he cared about Harry, he would have told Harry about the prophecy, about the "connection" between him (Harry) and Voldemort, about the Order of the Phoenix and their plans, and everything else including the ... er ... secret of his scar. But he did not, did he? He kept Harry in the dark about everything throughout the summer and throughout the year, in fact, unless something were to happen and he was forced to tell Harry about it. ( "Oh Harry, you saw Ron's father being attacked by gigantic serpent? Well now is the time for me to tell you that you and Voldemort have a connection. Mm-hmm *nods* don't look at me that way boy; these things happen" ) PFFT.

Now we know one fact: Dumbledore never cared for Harry in the first place. He treated Harry like dirt throughout the year and I will tell you the reason for this. He was pissed at Harry because when he believed Harry and told the everyone about Voldemort's return, people called him a lunatic and called him a nutter, and he lost all this high positions in the Ministry of Magic. So because of all this, he treated Harry badly and told him lies. The only truth he ever spoke to Harry was when he said "No, the fault is mine." That much I can tell you.

Coming up:
Potter 3, 4, 5: Ruined or destroyed?

I hate the Harry Potter movies: Part Deux

So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Here are more lines from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which i find to be just plain ridiculous.

Hermione Granger: You've done it, Neville! You've found the Room of Requirement!

Ron Weasley: The what?

Hermione Granger: It's also known as the Come and Go Room. The Room of Requirement only appears when a person has real need of it, and is always equipped with the seeker's needs.

Ron Weasley: So, say you really needed a toilet...

Hermione Granger: Charming, Ronald. But yes, that is the general idea.

Harry Potter: It's brilliant! It's like Hogwarts wants us to fight back!

Right. In case you are wondering this excerpt is from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Right, so straight into it. Who can spot the stupidity of one of the lines here? I can. Take a look at the very last line. What does Harry Potter say? "It's like Hogwarts wants us to fight back!" Oh really? Then why did it allow Professor Umbridge to blast a hole through it's door to find you in it? Can't answer? Well then, you suck.

Look, the Room of Requirement is a special room in Hogwarts that changes itself to fit the needs and whims of people who are passing it. So "if you need a toilet" and you are happening to pass this room, then the room will fill itself with chamber pots (something I read from the book) XD. And lil ol' Hermione said that it is known as the "come and go" room. Right. If she knew that, how come she didn't mention it in the first place? They were looking for a secret place were they not? And it is a secret place where they can practice is it not? So why did she not think about it? Hmm? And here she is acting like it doesn't exists when she actually knew about it long ago.

The real story is Harry was informed about the Room of Requirement by Dobby the house elf. Dobby said that the Room of Requirement is known as "The Come and Go" Room among the house elfs. In the movie Hermione knew the Room as the Come and Go room. Hmm ... oh my ... could Hermione be a house elf??

Anyway that is not my point. It's far from my point. I'm not here to condemn the book. I'm here to condemn the movies. Now moving on to Dumbledore.

Originally, Dumbledore was played by the late Richard Harris, who really was as old as he looked.

I must say, Richard Harris played the role of Albus Dumbledore exceptionally well. He acted old, he had long, white hair and had a rough, aged voice. He carried himself nicely and made it believable that Dumbledore was really old and frail.

Sadly, Richard Harris passed away leaving the producers of Harry Potter in a bit of a conundrum as to what to do about the role of Dumbledore. However as big a problem as that is, giving the role of Albus Dumbledore to Michael Gambon was a horrible crime and they should be prosecuted for it. He simply is NOT Dumbledore material. He showed no trace of the Dumbledore that we saw in the two previous movies. He did not even try to be the previous (and not to mention, better) Dumbledore. He just played the part the way he liked. That is so not kool. Seriously. Want to know how the two Dumbledores were different? Well firstly take a look at their pictures.

So the first picture is of Richard Harris as Dumbledore. The second one is of Michael Gambon. My, my Dumbledore has had a hair cut hasn't he? *sighs*

Another difference between the new Dumbledore and the original one is that the Richard Harris was given heavier robes to wear. This made it hard for him to walk and that is why it seemed like he had a difficult time to walk. But the robe was what made it (the character's appearance) more effective! *sighs*

Let me point out his mistakes. Michael Gambon was given light robes to wear. This made him look like an old man wearing ladies' nightgown. Seriously. =.= Secondly, Michael Gambon was far too aggressive for a man his age. (Dumbledore looked like he was in his thirties or forties fifty years ago. You do the math) Want proof? Let me direct your attention to the scene in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire where Dumbledore screams Harry's name out loud when his (Harry's) name came out of the Goblet. Which seventy or eighty year old man screams with that kind of voice, hmm? Then, shortly after that, he storms into the room where Harry and the other champions were waiting, grabbed Harry by the collar and asked him if he put his name into the Goblet or not. Sigh, and here we thought Dumbledore was a calm and collected man. Michael Gambon was simply NOT the right choice LAH. He was absolutely the WRONG choice for the role of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore! You see what U-know-who-i-am put in my cbox on the right? "DO NOT INSULT DUMBLEDORE." And I am just sad that they chose the wrong actor for the part and very sad that the original actor for the part didn't make it (if you get my drift).

Why couldn't Michael Gambon just copy Richard Harris' style in portraying Dumbledore?? Why?? Why could he have not done so? He wouldn't have lost anything would he? But if he did follow he will be remembered as the man who was able to keep the Harry Potter saga going on perfectly without any flaws (but it wouldn't have made any difference anyway, refer to my next post). Man I hope i don't get sued for this.

Coming up:
Potter 3, 4, and 5: Ruined or Improved?

I hate the Harry Potter movies

Okay I am officially pissed, not that I wasn't before. But I'm just mad that the Harry Potter movies are simply sucky! How can J.K Rowling sit back and watch those imcompetent fools produce a movie that lacks ... er ... the true essence of Harry Potter? I'm sorry Yvonne, but I just have to blog about this. I can't take it, blogging about stuff that I like; I don't really have a reason for liking anything.

It's 2.19am in the morning and I'm too tired to elaborate. But let me give examples of lines from the movies that I can remember which just SUCKED.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Lord Voldemort: (to Harry) You will lose everything ...

Er ... Did I miss something here? He will lose everything? Let's see. Voldemort killed his parents, was the cause of him being tortured by his uncle and aunt, caused him to live 11 years as a sad little boy, caused hell for him at the end of every school year, made him famous (something he hates), and on top of that, wants to kill him. How much more can a person lose? That has got to be the most ridiculous line in the world, not to mention making that line the tagline for the movie. Damn. You will lose everything. "Like I haven't lost enough" should be the proper reply by that teenage delinquent who seems incapable of expressing his feelings in the movie. Which brings me to the next point.

(Repetition of the earlier points) Harry Potter lost his parents. He lives with his horrible aunt and uncle who made the first 11 years of his life horrible and the consequent summers even more so. He has to face shit in school every time the school term starts. Let's review:

First Year:

1. Curious students try to get a good view of his scar all the effin time.
2. School students hate him because he lost 150 points for his house when he tried to help someone. (Oh wait this is not mentioned in the movie is it?)
3. Professor Quirrel tries to kill him because Voldemort (who happens to be possessing Quirrel) wants the Philosopher/Sorcerer's stone.
4. He has to face all sorts of obstacles to get to the Philosopher/Sorcerer's stone so that humanity does not have to suffer the rise of Lord Voldemort.
   
5. Snape (this goes without saying.

Second Year:

1. Snape.
2. He can hear voices which others cannot.
3. He has to cope with a bitch teacher who keeps showing off and making Harry look like an idiot.
4. A stalker. (thats all I'm gonna say)
   
5. He finds out he is a Parselmouth (he can talk to snakes) which means he could be an ancestor of Salazar Slytherin.
6. He was suspected of being the Heir of Slytherin.
7. Woe be him, the students of the school hate him again.
8. He finds a strange diary that shows him that his friend could be a killer.
9. He tries to prove his friend's innocence by finding the truth but instead ends up fighting a huge serpent in a huge drain under the school. (hey, it IS a drain, so to speak)
10. Finds out he somehow has a connection with the man who killed his parents and started this shit in the first place.

Third Year

1. Someone is out to kill him.
2. People are not telling him that someone is out to kill him.
3. Hermione has a new cat. (not relevant, but that cat is a pain in the ass)
4. Dementors. Vicious creatures that love to suck the happiness out of him.
   
5. He has to take new classes, one which includes a teacher who's hell bent on predicting his death, and another which involves a biting book.
6. He has to deal with his Dementor problem.
7. He is humiliated by his Dementor problem because of Malfoy.
8. Malfoy's existence.
9. Snape's existence.
10. Hagrid's lack of confidence in teaching thanks to Malfoy.
11. Buckbeak's trial.
12. The Quidditch Final.
13. He loses a match against *gulp* Hufflepuff.
    
14. His broken broomstick.
15. His new broomstick which was sent by an anonymous person.
16. His new broomstick was confiscated by Professor McGonagal because she thinks she is his momma and can order him around and take whatever that belongs to him.
17. He has to deal with the fact that Sirius Black was the cause of his parents' death.
18. Sirius Black is his godfather.
19. Sirius Black was friends with his father.
20. Peter Pettrigrew actually was the cause of his parents' death.
21. Lupin is a werewolf.
22. Lupin is an ugly werewolf (in the movie).
23. More of Snape.
24. Lupin quits as Defence teacher.

Fourth Year

1. Voldemort's supporters are doing strange shit.
2. Hermione's constant rants about elf rights.
3. His scar is always prickling.
4. His godfather's whereabouts and safety.
   
5. Cedric Diggory.
6. The Triwizard Tournament, which he was chosen for.
7. The poor god-forsaken boy is hated by his schoolmates again.
8. He is hated by Ron.
   
9. Hermione is a boring friend to be with.
10. Rita Skeeter keeps pushing his buttons.
11. He is embarrassed because the newspaper keeps publishing him in good light.
12. Someone at Hogwarts is trying to kill him.
13. He needs to find a date for the ball.
14. Cho is going with Cedric to the ball.
15. The First Task.
16. Solving the riddle of the egg.
17. Being naked in one bathtub with Moaning Myrtle (Oh the horror!).
18. Professor Moody's weirdness is off the scale.
19. Snape and Malfoy's existence. (as usual)
20. The Second Task.
21. Dobby is working at Hogwarts. (just when he thought he was done with that darn elf)
22. Hagrid is half-giant and refuses to come out because he is a sissy and cannot suck it up.
23. Rita Skeeter is getting inside information on his life at Hogwarts.
24. Someone is still trying to kill him.
25. People think he and Hermione are dating.
26. Mr Crouch's sudden appearance in the school grounds.
27. Ludo Bagman's kepoci-ness.
28. The Third Task.
29. Cedric's death.
30. The rebirth of Voldemort.
31. Fighting Voldemort and about a dozen Death Eaters.
32. Running away from the graveyard and back to Hogwarts.
33. He is beat because of the terrible ordeal he had been through that night.
34. One of the teachers turned out to be the one trying to kill him.
35. Hidden secrets which he would have preferred not knowing.
36. Facts he hates to deal with.

Fifth Year

1. Puberty and his short-tempered character.
2. Being expelled.
3. If I continue I will never get some sleep ... let us leave it at that.

So, with all this bottled up inside him, you'd think that he would at least see a shrink every once in a while. But that's not the point. I hope u have not forgotten the point. The point is, he should a sad, sad motherfcuker. But in the movie he has a straight face, no matter where he is. Occasinally he will show an emotion or two by smiling and looking a little worried. Speaking of emotions, his friends (and I quote Hermione from the book, "has the emotional range of a teaspoon," all put together, if I may add. Want an example? Okay. When Harry is possessed by Voldemort in the Ministry of Magic in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, his friends come up and find him there, on the floor, writhing in agony, and they just look upon him, sadly (or was it a concentrating stare?). *rolls eyes*

I have alot more to say about the Harry Potter Movies. However all cannot be expressed in this post. So I'll see you in another post.

Coming up:
Dumbledore: Fake much?

Comics, man's greatest creation.

This is the uber-suck. X(

I am just extremely mad. Okay, lighten up Yvonne, I'm angry at myself, not anyone else. Gahh! The thing is, I really want to tell someone this, but I cannot see... The people I tell either will think I'm too perasan or stupid. The only person I CAN tell aint here. So I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. My next option - I thought - would be to write it in my darling blog. But still.... the idea seems so atrocious. Oh what the hell, I'll do it.

I AM FURIOUS WITH MYSELF. Disappointed, mad, angry, and all the synonymous words. Okay let me tell you why.

You see, I got 8As and 2Bs in my SPM exam. Sure, I should be happy with my achievement. But I'm not. This is particularly because I did not study for this exam. There, you may call me perasan now. Hmph..

Seriously, I did NOT study for this exam. What I mean to say is that I took it lightly and studied only a little bit, if you can call that 'little bit' studying ... God, I'm so furious with myself! If I had just been more serious about my life I would have done better and who knows where I would be now!

Alrighty-witey, I'm pretty sure you readers don't believe me when I say that I didn't study. Ok, let me describe to you my daily activities before the SPM examination. *ehem*

I used to wake up at 5.30am and leave for school by 6.30am. I would be home by 2.00pm in the afternoon. Then I will have my lunch and at 3.00pm I would pick my brother up from school. By the time I reached home, I would be 3.30pm. Obviously I would be tired so I sleep until 5.00pm, wake up and watch my favourite TV shows until 7.00pm. Then I take my bath and have my dinner and watch more television. By then, it would be 9.00pm. Guess what I did then.. Yes I studied. But.................. I would stop when my mom goes to sleep. She sleeps at 11.00pm usually so I used to go downstairs and watch television till late at night. This was how my life was. My parents confiscated my laptop earlier in the year due to my bad results for the first assessment. So yes, reader, there you have it.

Does that sound like someone who studied to you? Hmm??? Now I hope you understand why I am so furious with myself. If only I had just studied harder, just a little harder, I would have done very well. But I didn't. I did not. Because my stupid think headed self was just too stupid to understand the fact that the SPM was a major examination. God, I'm so furious with myself !!!

So just recently I had a talking-to with myself. This is what I have decided:

"I promise to never never never never ever take anything lightly and always always always take my studies seriously"

So there it is. I have repented. Never again will I be apathetic towards my studies. I will always study hard and achieve good results. Ah, I feel better. And for those out there who think I am a perasan, well, I don't give a fuck. :D

Rebuttals. Wakakakaka!

I refer to Yvonne's post titled Nothing Else But a Mixture of Disappointment and Anger.

Yvonnuna ... Why la so upset? :D Look. I agree with your premises pertaining to your conclusion that scholarships should be for the needy only. So let me tell you in what way I agree with you and rebut the points by the girl who wrote that article.

Ms/Mrs Sarojini of Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan said in the article she wrote (Unfair to discriminate against the rich in scholarships) for The Star on the 25th of March 2008:

Here, I would like to voice my opinion on the criteria used for awarding scholarships. According to the Webster's Dictionary, scholarship is defined as “the position of a student, who because of merit, needs, etcetra is granted money or other aid to pursue his studies. “

This means that if a student has worked hard and excelled in his studies, he deserves to be given a scholarship despite his financial background. This scholarship should be awarded to him as he has worked hard to earn it.

Thus, I feel that it is unfair to penalise a student and deprive him of a scholarship because he comes from a wealthy family.

Well, let me direct your attention to the part of the definition that states the word, "needs." Missed that didn't you? Now, what - may I ask - is the meaning of the word "need"? According to MSN Encarta's Dictionary, need is defined as:

Definition:

transitive and intransitive verb require something: require something in order to have success or achieve a goal Do you need any money? He told me that I didn't need to know. This shirt needs ironing. Definition: requirement: something that is a requirement or is wanted an economic system that recognizes the need for financial security His needs are few. in need 1. not having enough of things essential for an adequate standard of living children in need 2. needing something

Now I am just going to stop beating around the bush and get straight to my point. The word "needs" indicated financial support. Duh. Short of writing to The Star and pointing out her mistake, I'll just do it here, where she can't read it. :D

So now that we've established that a scholarship requires a student to be in need of financial support, now let us take a broader view of the definition: "The position of a student, who because of merit, needs, etcetra is granted money or other aid to pursue his studies." I believe the comma ( , ) is used a few times to separate the words merit, needs and etcetera. Now as I believe it, unless the words are separated by an "or", the words are mutually exclusive. Meaning you cannot have either one of them, that is to say (in this context), the student receives or is "granted money or other aid to pursue his studies" due to his "merit, needs and etcetera". Since we know and have accepted that the students has to be in need of financial support, this also proves that a scholarship is only granted to them, and them alone. This is all according to the definition of the word "scholarship" from Webster's Dictionary of course. *smiles*

Panic! at the Disco : Pretty.Odd

My all-time-favourite band, Panic! at the Disco has now released their new album Pretty.Odd. Oh this is just awesome! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

When i found out about this I immediately started downloading the songs. BUT my stupid Ares only found .wma formatted songs. Damn the bloody programme.

So then I turned to the next thing that could help me. I visited Mininova, my ultimate .torrent download website. God, I love it so much. :X:X:X:X:X:X There I downloaded the Pretty.Odd album. In it, all 15 songs, one bonus video, and pictures of the front and back cover of the CD, and the CD itself. How kool is that???

Man, I effin love .torrent files!!!!

That aside, I now have to express my disappointment in P!ATD. This album is not all I thought it was. The few songs that actually rock are Nine in The Afternoon, Behind the Sea, and ... er ... that's all I think. Damn.