ok, i'm getting a bit caught by the HP frenzy, since this year's launched Book Six and coming soon, the GoF adaptation (i think this is the first time both an HP book & movie churned out in one year)... anyhoo, since i haven't got hold of the "HBP" yet (aaarrgh, though i still can't believe the spoiler! **frustrated and intrigued**) i'll just blab about the latest movie. i don't exactly call the film adaptations great (i'm only a popcorn moviegoer), but it definitely checks-and-balances your imagination and bookworm skills (is that how i thought certain character acts and looks like? ooohhh..) and as always, gives you fantastic actors & actresses -- people to gush over, simultaneously feeding your frenzied mind.

confessional: believe me, i never really found daniel radcliffe cute. (sorry!) yeah, he was when he was much, much younger, but i got a little appalled by his maturing features in "PoA"... much less the other kiddies (haha... save for emma watson, the boys didn't appeal to me anymore. draco looked horrible, i'm afraid. yeah, but look who's talking! ;p) so it's a true test to present to me cedric diggory, the one that i've read much about in GoF (i'm in the process of rereading before the film, like the former ones) about being "the most handsome guy in Hogwarts". i believe he was described like that in the book quite a number of times, so it sticks in the memory. shame his character died so sudden.

cedric is played by robert pattinson, who is a relative unknown.. i almost came close to watching the only movie i know he's starred -- "The Ring of the Nibelungs" -- but then, never mind. when the casting news broke out, i went searching for pictures and uh, well, he looks fine. (i saw first the picture on the right -- kinda michael buble-ish, don't you think?) he initially didn't strike me as "uber-handsome"... maybe boyband-look kind of handsome. he looked much better in the wizard pic (thick eyebrows, eh? hmm... looks like a younger version of "sex & the city"'s Mr.Big -- since he reminds me of that guy) but still, hmm... he leaves more to be desired in the upcoming November 16th film... if he doesn't live up to the description, i'll bunch myself with the oldies (ha!)

(Steph inspired this post. cannot absolutely wait to watch it!)

happy weekend! :D

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