I couldn’t help myself. I was avoiding work by skimming the NY Times online and there was a review for the new Harry Potter by the venerable Michiko Kakutani.
I almost didn’t read it, but I got sucked in. I didn’t think she would detail important twists and turns- she is too good of a reviewer for that. Also I trusted her because I remember her review two years ago of the last HP and it is obvious that she loves the books so I knew she wouldn’t be evil. (I must say however. . . Pulitzer or not, I think she was a bit lazy for using the same line in this review as she did in the last: “. . .he is clearly more Henry V than Prince Hal, more King Arthur than young Wart.” Although it is a good line. I guess who can blame her for recycling it.)
I think people who derive joy by reveling plot points of stories are missing something in their soul.
Extreme? Maybe. I don’t care -bite me.
Funny true story. Couple of friends of mine were going to see a screening of Citizen Kane. One friend said to the other, “I’ve never seen this.” The other said, “Really? So you don’t know that Rosebud is —–”
The first friend nearly punched the 2nd friend in the teeth.
I was in a writers group of AFI alumnus right after graduation. The Sixth Sense had just come out and I had managed to squirrel myself away without hearing the big secret. The other members of the group were talking about it and I said, “I haven’t seen it. Going tomorrow, please don’t say what the secret is.”
They kept talking.
“Seriously guys. Could you just stop until I go? Please?”
And then one of the dip-shits in the group said what the secret was.
I still enjoyed the film, but it was a different experience for me.
I will never forgive that asswipe. I dropped out of the group I was so pissed.
Back to Harry. Thank you Michiko Kakutani for not ruining the story. I am terribly jealous that you have already know how it all ends.
I can’t wait to hide myself away Saturday.
July 19th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
i’ve avoided reading anything about HP thus far (though am a bit concerned i’ll find out before i finish, since i’ll be reading it as slowly as possible).
i accidentally found out the end of the “sopranos” the other day. man, was I pissed off.