It's finally over. I'm not a Harry Potter hater, because I only saw the first movie, and while I won't go so far to say that it sucked, it was pretty stupid. The film contained at least two elements that almost ruined it and one which actually did ruin it at the end.
1) Magic wands. They are essentially small sticks or twigs - hardly something to be feared. I've seen cigars that were bigger. Why not a baseball bat? I'd run like hell if somebody pointed a baseball bat (especially aluminum) at me. A chick must have written this book.
2) That stupid game. The game towards the beginning of the flick. It was basically airborne polo with brooms instead of horses. Okay, it was stupid enough but it didn't leave me in a rage until they introduced the dumb fucking ball. Catch the DFB and your team wins no matter what. The rest of the game is henceforth pointless. Why not send the entire team out for the DFB? A chick must have written this book.
3) Politics. Slytherin clearly was best-in-breed (in addition to having the best characters) and racked up an impressive points lead by the end of the film. Then, in a blatant display of cronyism, Dumblecock, Dumbledouche, Dickensdorf, or whatever the fuck his name was, starts handing out points willy-nilly, in flagrant disregard of the rules and the points system. The reason everybody was gathered in the big hall in the first place was a ceremonial presentation of the trophy. All of us knew who won.
It's as though the Yankees outscored the Cubs 5-2 in the final game of the World Series, and major league commissioner Jeff Gordon, unilaterally decides that it's "about time" Chicago won one and gives them a free grand slam for, "courage and perseverance," or some abstract thing.
Why there weren't riots in movie theaters across the globe is beyond my ability to understand.
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