No, I’d say it’s just as it’s always been, but more so.
Anyway, it’s been another few weeks, so time for another update I suppose. Watched Die Hard. It was pretty good, even if it hardly made any sense (see here). Watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It was decent but not spectacular, just like all the previous Harry Potter movies. Watched Transformers (again, at Luke’s insistence). It was still good, and Megan Fox managed to look sexier this time around (she looks better in the movie than in most press photographs, actually). :-D
Bought Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Also ended up buying a Wii (finally), Twilight Princess, Wii Play and a set of component cables… yay for unexpected expenditures.
Anyway, the book, like the movie, pretty much follows in the vein of all the previous installments – those who enjoyed the last 6 books (of whom there are millions) will enjoy this one. I will say, though, that I’m a bit unsure as to the ending. As the end to both a book and a series (presumably), it’s not much of a surprise – after all, 6 books over 10 years has created too much attachment to, and fondness of, the main characters by the readers for J.K. Rowling to do anything drastic with them – though there are some interesting small surprises here and there. The story takes its sweet time to reach the interesting revelations that all have been waiting for, but it’s hard to fault the pacing too much – it is, after all, much the same as it always has been, and I wonder if it’s the fact that this is the one that must provide for all the answers which makes one look at it in a different manner. All in all, a good read and a mostly satisfying end to an interesting saga. Now to wait until Sept., when my box set of all 7 books arrive, to re-read the entire story again.
And finally… Zelda. I can’t believe that I’ve actually been able to wait over 8 (!) months after release to play what many are calling the best Zelda game ever, but I did (one major reason I suppose was the lack of available Wii systems and my not-completely-sure-why refusal to play it on Gamecube). But finally that’s over, and time to start digging in!
Might take me a while though, what with work, raiding, and the desire to still have a sliver of a social life on weekends. We’ll see. The fact that Wii Sports is also pretty damned fun probably won’t help.
Oh, and managed to find and get 老爸向前冲, a Chinese TV series that I had seen a few episodes of when I was last in China. It’s… corny. But somewhat amusing. I’ll see if I get around to finishing.