Mike Newell, You Just Don't Get It!

Jess and I just finished watching Goblet. I haven't seen it since theatres, and this was Jess' first time through and boy are we heated. This movie is like, the angry HP. Everyone is so damn angry and reactionary! Both Dumbledore and Voldemort are supposed to be calm and calculated. Dumbledore is supposed to be serene, comforting, and authoritative which makes him loveable and important. Voldemort is supposed to be calm and intelligent and psychologically cruel. He's not frightening because he yells and is violent, his frightening because he toys with you.

I also had some ponderous moments while watching this a second time in terms of the outcome of the series. I haven't looked these up yet but... I wonder who gets Dumbledore's pensieve and whether that still has a role to play in book seven. Also, in book five when they're talking about how Voldemort's thoughts are accessible for Harry (and vice versa) they say it's because there was a transfer of sorts when Voldermort tried to kill him the first time and people are connecting that to the theory about Harry being a horcrux. But, in book four Voldemort uses Harry's blood to bring himself back to full strength, so Harry's blood is flowing through his veins. Maybe that's why old Voldy starts to be able to conciously wriggle into Harry's thoughts in book five. Plus it then makes sense for him to want to keep Harry alive for a while because they share the blood. The point is, I'm not sure I buy the whole horcrux idea of why they're so connected.