Movie Fanatic Gone Wild

I don't know how many movies I've watched in my relatively short lifetime, but I know that it's a lot. I'm crazy about em, what can I say? The unusual part about this characteristic in me, (I don't think that it's very unusual in girls my age) is that most of the movies I've seen have been British. Well, maybe not most, but I bet I can boast (rhyme not intended) that I've been through a lot more BBC produtions that most 14 year olds. Speaking of which, my all time favorite Pride and Prejudice was the BBC version with Colin Firth. Ahh *sigh*. He's the best Darcy the world will ever see.


The reason I started thinking about movies this morning, was because several nights ago I got the 1999 movie version of the Scarlet Pimpernel from the library. I found it rather a let down after the book. (No, I did not need to read the book for school. It's totally normal for books that were writted a hundred years ago or more.) My favorite character in the movie was Sir Percy, as I'm sure you're supposed to like him best. But the movie didn't even have the same plot as the book! I was so confused in the beginning. There were all these characters that didn't exist in the book, and Margaurite was arrested. I was going "wha??" half the time. Oh well. Not all movies are as good as their book parents.

The exception to that rule, I believe, is the 5th Harry Potter movie that just came out. I detest the book, but loved the movie. I always (and I do mean always, so anyone who knows me will have heard this story about ten times) say that all that happens in the 5th book is Harry is walking down a hallway and going through puberty. I mean, come on! We don't need to hear about the hallway more than a million times... But anyway, when the movie came out, my dear Mikayla, who is a much bigger Potter fan than myself, you could even call her a fanatic, saw the movie twice in one day, then called me and told me all about it. I didn't mind, as I didn't plan to see the movie for quite a while due to my loathing of the book. Anyhoo, she told me about this line where Harry says, "I'm just so angry all the time!" and I burst out with a knee slap, "Yep! Adolescence!" So of course, when I go to see the movie with another friend of mine, I hear this line in the middle of an intense scene with Harry and Sirius, and burst out laughing in a completely silent theatre. The people sitting in front of us actually turned and looked at me, which just made me laugh harder. My friend, who I'm sure was extremely embarrassed at this point and wishing that she hadn't invited me, leans over to me and whispers, "Hannah! SHHHHH!" My, my. It was altogether a very amusing evening.

The long and the short of it is, I simply adore movies.