a Muggle's thoughts..

- Do the Hogwarts toilet really empty to the lake? Don’t the merpeople object?
- Why did everyone turned up to watch the 2nd and 3rd task when no one could see a thing?

I pondered these questions while reading the book a long time ago & the movie reminded me about it all over again.. i surfed online to check out Rowling’s interviews..and still didn’t get any answers. Maybe it’s up to our imagination and patience in hoping to get the answers in the upcoming books... all these loopholes and questions, even Jo Rowling herself admits tht they are there, and tht she does make mistakes. I guess it’s inevitable.. esp when u have to do series after series.. however, I’m still giving her credit for her high efforts in consistency.. incantations, spells, plots..

Some of u might have noticed tht in the book, when Harry and Voldermort’s wands met(during the reverse spell effect thingy) at the graveyard, Lily Potter's image was the last to appear. We all know the souls tht came out of the wands appeared in backward order of when they got killed by Voldermort.. this shows tht there was a slight mistake in showing that Lily died before James. For we all know Lily died protecting Harry from Voldermort.. I’m glad tht in the movie, this confusion was cleared when Lily appeared before James instead…

Overall, the movie was a blast! The effects were breathtakingly real.. and I could almost swear I felt the hot breath of the Horntail Dragon.. and when there was snow, I shivered.. (must bring jacket to GSC One Utama, people).. nothing to complain really.. like I said in my pervious post, I can’t expect every bit of the book to be slotted in a 2 ½ hr movie.. I suppose the time factor made them not introduce Barty Crouch’s elf, Winky (who, in the book, helped Harry realize tht Bart Crouch Senior been hiding his son the whole time).. the episode at the Quiditch match was clearly cut short.. and the horrifying time when the death eaters attacked, didn’t really seem tht horrifying on screen.

However, Cedric is just too cute for words! I think he’s a lookalike of JuliaRoberts hunky co-star in My Best Friends Wedding.. perfect for the role! Cho Chang was as sweet looking as I imagined her to be.. her accent disturbed me tho.. anyways, JK rowling actually cried while writing the ending of Book 4.. when asked about the sad ending she quoted tht if she has to write about evil, she should have enough respect for children to show them wat it means.. “readers must take note tht this powerful ending brings about a VERY important event…”.. no exaggeration there..

When Dumbledore exhorts the students to remember Cedric in the book… I cried while reading it. in the movie, it didn't fail to touch me once again.. yeah.. soppy soppy me..

In short, yesterday’s trip to the movies to celebrate Mun Mun’s birthday was a well spent one.. hope u enjoyed the movie, mun.. I for one, clearly obviously, naturally, really really did.. and u don’t need any veritaserum to make me say that..