The Dark Lord Returns

So despite starting out badly, Sunday turned out to be a pretty good day. By the light of day my dream (while still disturbing on so many levels) seemed much more irrational. It's amazing what those night terrors will do to you when they get a hold of you. Brunch with S-boy went well. He really is a good guy. I know he's just looking out for me and trying to protect me. It's all very chivalrous of him. In this case we just sorta agreed to disagree and left it at that... After brunch was "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." Great film. Absolutely a great film. I figured there was no way I'd like it better than the last film. "Azkaban" remains my favorite book so far, but I have to say that while I loved the 3rd film, "Goblet of Fire" was even better. It's also much, much darker. The PG-13 rating is well deserved and for a "kid's movie" it was really long. It clocked in at a solid 2 1/2 hours and the kids in the audience barely moved the whole time. They were totally enthralled. The movie stayed true to its source material. There were some minor changes and a few things left out, but otherwise it really followed the book. I have to say that I'm impressed with the way the producers are handling this franchise. Chris Columbus did a great job with the first 2 films, but they were right in replacing him after that. Nothing against Chris, I think he's a good director, but as the stories got darker, he was no longer the right man for the job. It will be interesting to see if Mike Newell gets the job for "Order of the Phoenix." I hope he does. I think he really proved he knows the way these films are supposed to look and feel... So after the movie I came home and got on EQ. I put together a really rockin' group and we did some major damage in Chazic-Thule. I dinged 39 and 40 and am almost halfway to 41. That's pretty impressive for an afternoon. I picked up some decent loot too... So yeah, Sunday turned out much better than I thought it would... Let's hope it's the start of a trend for the rest of the week... My happy thing for today is blue corn muffins. They are yummy...

"Oh well. What's life without a few dragons?" -- Rupert Grint - "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"