And now for the movie! First, let me say this: I loved it. I thought it was a fantastic film that was full of charm and wit and humor. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the film that I went in expecting to see. What strikes me the most odd about this is that I thoroughly enjoyed it,… Continue reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Review Part 2 – Movie Impressions
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Review Part 1 – Expectations
I had planned on writing this prior to seeing the film, but I got sidetracked with other things and couldn’t find the time. Instead, I will do my best to write my most unbiased opinions of what I expected from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince based solely on the novel, which I haven’t read… Continue reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Review Part 1 – Expectations
Whoops…
So in my nervous scatterbrainedness of the past few days, I forgot to upload a draft of today’s post before going out of town. I have it written and ready to be edited, but it sits in my “Ideas and Drafts” folder on my computer at home, and I’m out of town until late this… Continue reading Whoops…
The Death of the Author in the Information Age
The idea of “death of the author” primarily means that once a work is created that the author’s influence on it is non-existent, that it is solely in the reader’s hands to place meaning in a text. This is to say that whatever intentions a writer has for a book (or a director for a… Continue reading The Death of the Author in the Information Age
SPOILER ALERT: Does a Statute of Limitations Exist on Spoilers?
I got to thinking about spoilers the other day.You know, someone telling you what happens at the end of a movie or book you really want to read or watch, but you just haven’t gotten around to it yet.I got to thinking whether there is a limit to when a spoiler warning has to be… Continue reading SPOILER ALERT: Does a Statute of Limitations Exist on Spoilers?