Sweet Catastrophe

I now own the 7th and final Harry Potter book. It’s likely you will not hear from me for the next few days as I will be working, and reading. See you soon.

After his young daughter’s death, Mike Enslin (John Cusack) doesn’t believe in the paranormal. He’ll only believe what he can see for himself. For his latest novel discrediting the paranormal, “Ten Nights in Haunted Hotel Rooms,” Enslin checks into Suite 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel. In the 95 years of the hotel’s existence, there have been 56 occupants of Suite 1408–none of them have survived over an hour. Will Enslin survive and become a believer?

Based on a Stephen King story, the 1408 Movie promises to be a real treat. I myself have been a fan of Stephen King movies since my childhood, and later a fan of his novels. Who could ever hope to forget Pennywise the clown from Stephen King’s “IT”? If Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper” comes on my ipod, my thoughts immediately go to the 6 hour “The Stand.” I even loved the somewhat bizarre “Dreamcatcher”– SSDD!! I’m quite curious to see if King will make a cameo appearance in the 1408 Movie, as he quite often does in movies based on his works. Maybe he’ll show up as a bellhop or something like that, eh?Check out this trailer:

This won’t be one I’ll be able to miss in theaters. King definitely has it covered when it comes to giving me the creeps, and I absolutely love it. Now I’m thinking when I finish Harry Potter I may immerse myself in some Stephen King until I get to see this movie.

Um….I’m pretty sure I’m officially Harry Potter obsessed now. I always knew I would be when I finally read them. I just finished the fifth book. I’m almost sad to start the 6th as it’ll be a while before the 7th comes, and then after that, it’s over. Hm…anyone have any book series suggestions for me to immerse myself in next?

I’m basically in awe, and like, no one else I know went to see Pirates tonight and I can’t bring myself to do a spoilers cut ’cause I know how tempting that’d be for people to read. So I’ll just say a few vague things. My peanut. Multiple personalities. And holy hell how did they manage to make Will Turner EVEN HOTTER. By the end of the move he was totally channeling Cary Elwes ala Dread Pirate Roberts (Princess Bride) and doing it much better. Damn.

And OMG! I had to contain myself during the previews because I was alone and had no one to exclaim my deep dorky happiness! They’re making one of my favorite book series into a movie!!! The ‘His Dark Materials’ series by Phillip Pullman consisting of The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass….well, I can only hope they’ll all be done as they’re doing the Golden Compass. I’m ridiculously excited and a bit apprehensive all at once because well, they’re very fantasy-intensive and it’s hard to top what one’s imagination can come up with in reading under the constraints of just what you can manage in 2 hours of film. I want to look into it a little more and check out some of the other things the directors and such have done. Of course this also gives me an excuse to make myself read the books a third time (note, I very rarely read books more than once….) Do yourself a favor and look them up!