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In the next coming days, I'll be analyzing Harry Potter cover art. Watch out Harry Potter lovers.

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My favorite moment of the Olympics. I love my Queen Rowling (and a 100 foot Voldemort). I love my Sir Paul McCartney singing one of my favorite songs. 

But this scene takes it for me. The UK has always been known for the Industrial Revolution in every mundane Social Studies book we read as a kid, and did they run with it ... it a bloody amazing way! 

The beginning was pretty boring I'd admit. Pretty much village people doing boring village things. And then it gets interesting. Kenneth Branagh was brilliant as he watches the transition before his eyes. I love how it wasn't a trick of the eye. Those people were literally ripping up fields, grass, farm houses. As you watch so much manual labor, as people pull at the ground and crank levers it is beautiful symbolism for the accurate personal hardship that went into this revolution.  

I got chills when I saw the WWI soldiers. The women suffragettes. beautiful. beautiful. 

The history nerd inside of him swooned inside. Was definitely a memorable opening. Cannot wait for you savvy Tumblrs to make some gifs

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02. To Rome With Love The only description that comes to mind for this movie is cute. It's cute; plain and simple. It isn't very deep and thought provoking, although they are thematic moments on love, family, and identity that you could dwell on a bit. It has its moments when it's too predicable, but I can never get enough of Woody Allen. And the casting, especially Ellen Page was great. There is one thing that this movie makes me what to do: Empty out my bank account and book a flight to Rome. Let me take an extended leave at my job and spend a month in this historical, beautiful, beautiful city. I've been to Rome twice and every time I leave I feel like I'm leaving behind a beautiful lover. I could walk those city street every night, eating gelatos for the rest of my days. 

To Rome With Love is a perfect title. Go see this movie, and then shortly after go to Rome. I guarantee you it will love you back. 

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01. Beasts of the Southern Wild   “Once there was a girl named Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub.”

You can tell when a movie will move you. Inspire you. Captivate you. This is that movie. It reminds me a lot of The Tree of Life but a lot less trippy and more coherent. The quote above says it all. This is a story about Hushpuppy, a six-year old girl, who lives with her Dad in the “bathtub,” a community detached from society by a levee. It’s simple but powerful, leaving you heart wrenched but empowered. You can live a thousands lives and never live with such life that Hushpuppy lived in only six years of her existence. 

Spoilers below.

“Everybody loses the thing that made them. The brave men stay and watch it happen. They don’t run.”

Even with a six-year-old we see such a change in character. Hushpuppy has always been brave, but perhaps we are suppose to see a sign of weakness as she goes to search for her mother. In times of distress, when her father is absent, Hushpuppy speaks to her mother, calls out to her, makes her this larger-than-life character. This is her grandest attempt to reach her. I love the air of mysterious in this scene. Was this really Hushpuppy’s mother? The ambiance in the room made you feel like you could stay there forever — that you can imagine Hushpuppy living there forever. I would love to know what she whispers to the woman before she leaves, before she decides that she must go back to her father. 

Hushpuppy must leave her mother to ultimately watch her father leave her. It’s horribly sad, but in this sadness, I believe Hushpuppy becomes the “man” that her father wants her to become. A strong young girl that has prehistoric beast bowing down to her and giving you chills. 

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the road appears to be paved with glitter, but I learned the hard way that it's only broken glass.

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100 films, 100 books

My goal is to review, analyze and love 100 books and 100 movies. Will start to compile the lists this week. Any suggestions?

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This day will be my inspiration for while. Reading #FiveYearsDeathlyHallows all over Twitter has made me want to revisit Harry Potter all the more so I am very excited to share this new project with you all!!

Better updates and Potter rambling to come soon.

Oh, if only we could go back

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Dear Harry Potter fandom, in five words try to describe your emotions on July 21, 2007

I'm predicting we'll all sound like a bunch of bi-polar, emotional distraught messes ... but brilliant messes of course

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This is where I leave you

Five years ago. Half of a decade. It seems just like yesterday. For so many fans, to think back to that day is the definition of bittersweet. I don’t know if I should smile or cry, but now that I think about it, that was my same reaction on July 21st, 2007 when I waited for Harry’s seventh and final chapter.

“We now present the seventh and final installment in the epic tale of Harry Potter”

I remember reading this then, and the feeling will always be the same. So, here it is; the place where I leave you now … where Jo has left us now. 

This blog is dedicated to all writings Potter and any thought that bubbles to the surface. In honor of Harry and the childhood he’s given me I’m going to give it the attention it deserves, to go back to the beginning and for lack of better words … analyze the shit out of it. 

Hope you’ll come along

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