Happy Birthday Kitsune

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:54 am

Happy Birthday, Kitsune. Hope you have a lovely day.

And Happy Winter Solstice too!

Jilly · Post by **Jilly** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:31 am

Have a lovely Day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

mags · Post by **mags** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:08 am

Happy Birthday Kitsune

Hope you have a wonderful day

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:47 am

Happy Birthday, and many happy returns of the day.

Enjoy the Solstice, too!

Stitchindude · Post by **Stitchindude** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:01 am

Happy Birthday Kitsune!!

May your day be full of wonderful surprises!!

coffee_freak · Post by **coffee_freak** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:41 pm

happy birthday!

Rachael · Post by **Rachael** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:08 pm

Happy birthday!!!

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:21 pm

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Dear Kitsune
Happy Birthday to you

sammy_v · Post by **sammy_v** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:23 pm

Happy birthday

hope u have/had a wonderful day

mauveme · Post by **mauveme** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:28 am

happy Birthday and have a great Christmas

Ernie2jess · Post by **Ernie2jess** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:04 pm

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:31 am

Thank you everybody! This is the first time I've been on since the 21rst, I believe. I get so busy around the holidays.

I had a great birthday. We went to see the Golden Compass (an excellent movie) and had a great dinner with all my friends. I got ton's of great gifts, although no stitching...

That doesn't surprise me though. My family fuels my other additions, reading and anime, so I can't growl about having to support my other addiction.

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:19 am

Pleased you had a good birthday, Kitsune. I thought 'The Golden Compass' was good too - although it didn't follow the book faithfully, particularly at the end. Have you read the books?

mauveme · Post by **mauveme** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:18 pm

Happy Birthday, glad you had a great day.

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:37 pm

Actually I have read the books.

I found that it was close enough that I didn't mind most of the changes... And I didn't really mind it ending two chapters early.

What irritated me the most was moving Iorek's battle up and putting it before the "great escape", and (of much more importance to me) the comment "Iorek was banished because he didn't kill the ursurper" or whatever reason they gave... He was banished because he killed another bear!

What's so hard about saying that!

Otherwise, it was cool. My Dad didn't want to see it, but I convinced him to go... Before he saw it, his comment was "It has talking bears, therefore it's fantasy" and afterwards it was "You know... Those bears made that movie, they were great!"

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:39 am

I agree, Kitsune. I thought it was pretty close to the book and really enjoyed it, although the ending took me by surprise. I also thought it was rather sanitised - maybe because here in the UK it had a '12' Certificate. For instance, Billy, who had been separated from his daemon, was returned to his parents and it gave the impression that, with good nursing, he would be all right.

And yes, I thought the bears were good too - the battle was amazing.

I read the three books very quickly, as I couldn't put them down, so it's made me want to read them again - more slowly this time!

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:01 am

I seem to remember that Billy died in the movie.

Although they did try to downplay the situation.

I also appriciated changing the simple guilottine to the electricity powered machine for the cut... Reading the book, I just couldn't understand how a bit of metal racing past them could "cut" that sort of connection.

So I did approve of that difference!