Harry Potter
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Originally posted by Aeryn Crichton:
I went to see the movie, and I loved it! I haven’t read the books, but I’m going to read them now. It’s hard for me to tell others that I like Harry Potter here, though. I live in such a religious area. There are so many fanatics here. I was telling one of my friends what a good flick it was, and some guy started yelling at me. I was working at the time, and I just told the guy that my opinion was mine, and I needed to get back to work. It’s just crazy here!
I went to see the movie twice. Once with some friends of mine who run a small-time publishing company for local poets and authors. And then a second time with my niece and nephew.
I’ve read the first two books and I want to read the rest. But I don’t hold a movie company to be responsible for directly translating a book into a movie. They did a [i]very, very[/i] good job with [i]Harry Potter[/i]. I look forward to all the future movies.
Aeryn, you live in the “Bible Belt” too? You have my sympathies. Growing up in the southern United States has made me hate fundamentalist Christians. If you live in this region, you’re either stupid and buy into the misery of self-righteous bible-thumpers or you grow a brain instead. Being an intelligent free-thinker, I have to continually watch myself around strangers. One false move and I’ll find myself on the wrong end of a paranoid rant by some religeous nut!
I was hoping that when I went to see [i]Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone[/i] there would be fundamentalist Christians protesting outside the theaters. I was actually disappointed that they were not there. I thought for sure that they would be screaming and crying and preaching about the evils of black magic! The movie is clearly about magic and witchcraft presented in a good light! They hate that kind of open-minded non-Christian viewpoint! I was looking forward to getting into an arguement with any one of those @ssholes. I would have pointed to them and shouted to all the children going into the theater, “Look, kids! Behold the [i]worst[/i] type of muggle there ever can be! These people want you to always feel sad! They will try to hurt you if you don’t like what they like! [i]These are exactly the same kind of people who blew up the World Trade Center![/i]”
I hate fundamentalists with an intense passion. [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]