I agree. If you are going to move to another the country, the least you can do is freakin' learn the language that is spoken there and not expect people to cater to you in your language from the other country. That is what I despise about these immigrants.

Anyway, I wrote on the topic a few months ago. Check out my article on Associated Content: "Illegals and Spanish-Speaking Immigrants: U.S. and the Tower of Babel."

English may not be the official language by law, but it is still the de facto language of the land.

Here's the review. Click Here

The Harry Potter Franchise has been strong. A true saga written from the imaginative mind of J.K. Rowling spawning the success of several movies to take on the adaptation of the books.


There's plenty of magic and pop-culture magnetism, where an audience feels attached to Harry James Potter, Ronald Wesley, and Hermione Granger.



The two ending movies has plenty of pressure from movie goers to be epic, grand, and overall satisfying with magical expectations that no wizard can ever conjurer. It is one with incantations of long Latin based words, sighted with wand in hand.



As with any Harry Potter movie, the atmosphere of these last two movies hasn't lost any splendor of the Potter universe, even with the grim and serious tone that of the Deathly Hallows.



The tale of three brothers who sought a means of cheating death, with a delightful ability of creating a bridge, with their imagination to cross the other side, with weaving vine, root, and branching out, hath Death scoff to foil with cunning wit.

"Death be not proud, for some call me mighty and dreadful, art no so."


Death granted the three brothers the gift of riches and choice. One brother sought a powerful deadly wand that is lusted, feared, eventually taken by foe, after the brother murdered, and boasted of how invincible he was. The first brother died as he feel asleep, slain by another. The second brother wanted the gift of necro-observation-- the glancing of loved ones that have past to the neatherealm. Death gave this man the gift of an illusive experience of communicating with the dead through imagination, that the second brother drove himself mad. The final brother sought none of the folly of man. Only the cloak of death himself, to be invisible from death until a lifespan was fullfilled should he give his cloak to his own flesh and blood, and accept gladly his mortal fate the journey with death.


The order of the Phoenix--- the very symbol of an Egyptian bird, is one that dies and blazes away into a perpetual cycle of rebirth only to die and so forth--a path way against the Dark Lord, whence Voldemort and Harry are themselves the Horicrux and not objects alone are to be only considered as such.


Harry doesn't realize it yet, but to kill Voldemort, he must first die himself. It was the love of Harry's mom, that prevented the fatality of Harry, with the sacrifice of parental catering against the darklord, with their effort of protecting their only son. The theme is sacrifice. Power and magic isn't enough. But it is the very nature of sacrifice that is the ending result which is how Dolby met his death with his loving protection whilst saving Harry, Luna, Ron, and Hermione



The movie isn't about special effects. The direction is solidified with great carefulness where Voldemort grasp Professor Dumbledore's wand. A wand so powerful that even Voldemort hasn't a clue of it's potential as he laughs holding the essence of its power in a dark cold night, at the small island of the late Dumbledore.

If not a ether-realm of two universes where magic and reality clash. Where the ministry of magic, at odds with the normality of the muggles- the half breed of wizard and human, against the prejudice of the true-blood, bias of a full wizard of rite.



The locations are dramatic, gleaming the valleys of several highlands, to the icy forest covered with snow. It is nothing more than breathtaking, and it is the prelude to a movement that will intensify with some huge climax.


The movie leaves you wanting more--- making you feel like your interruption from actual reality unfair. This is a good thing. This is truly what I want before the finale.


To resolve the inevitable is to except complete self-destruction and sacrifice.




The actors Daniel, Emma, and Rupert should hail this project as the beginning of their careers by its seriousness.

My opinion of their acting ****is that they really give you that illusion that they are the characters and that they believe in their character. It translates with their puberty and coming of age as they are now adults. The dialog is believable. The music is a fulfillment of the tension and nature of the characters during scenario and location. There is balance. It is like no scale I've seen where a paperweight or feather easily out do each other due to the mass by its pound, ounce, or matter.
It is balance with adult complexity where Harry struggles to find himself has he reminisces about his part experiences.




For the first time, Harry has to make adult decisions with out the guidance of his elders. He finally is truly a wizard, even without his original wand.


Perhaps this story is more about excepting the tact of adapting to a difficult decision as it's theme. The crafting of a man and the understanding behind the things taught at Hogwarts.



The finale is coming soon. 2011 is almost here. July assumed. Probably pushed back to another date. To be announced..

TheStatusQuo

To be honest, I only went to see it to sneak hugs and kisses from my hubby in the dark, in an unfamiliar territory, while getting lost in the fantasy of a wizard's tale on the screen. ;)

Yes, this is the new kitten! We decided to name him Derby!

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Or it may be the opposite that is true... perhaps it works for you, and not for most people, in which case you cannot assume that it works for most only because you are easy prey to the most obvious tactics.

thegerg

If it works for some people it is not pointless. You have yet to support your opinions that sign spinning is useless and wrong with anything other than your own opinion.

According your previous statements, you seem to think that billboards are good advertising. Even if only a minority of people pay attention to simple-minded blabbar on a billboard that billboard is not useless.

Signs work for some people, so it's fine and dandy then. But why pay a person to do the work that a wooden stand can do? It seems superfluous and unnecessary in an age where machines are now handling the duties of a cashier, and doing so even more efficiently. I speak only for myself, of course, but I prefer the straightforwardness and efficiency of the self-checkout at Ralphs than having to go through the pre-rehearsed meaningless small talk that cashiers are trained to initiate, and be the target of hypocritical compliments and fake smiles.

[QUOTE="darkfantasy999"]That's an interesting way of putting, worthy of speculation. However, subjective opinions are fun to take, and they get the most views. :) Nobody wants to hear a PC robot regurgitating the same intellectual dogma memorized from a sociology or philosophy textbook.

thegerg

You continue to bring up political correctness, yet is has nothing at all to do with this discussion.

This point is simply this: Just because you aren't compelled to buy something by an advertisement doesn't mean that it is pointless.

Or it may be the opposite that is true... perhaps it works for you, and not for most people, in which case you cannot assume that it works for most only because you are easy prey to the most obvious tactics.

[QUOTE="redstorm72"]If a method of advertisement does not grab my attention, then I do not take in it's message and gain no knowledge of the product. This makes the advertisement pointless. I believe that it is ineffective because I do not notice or gain any knowledge on the product from the advertisement. I am only speaking for myself. I cannot speak for the rest of the planet, and neither can you. Just because you find my opinion incorrect does not make it so (you're not the only one on this planet and your personal opinion matters very little).thegerg

That's an interesting way of putting, worthy of speculation. However, subjective opinions are fun to take, and they get the most views. :) Nobody wants to hear a PC robot regurgitating the same intellectual dogma memorized from a sociology or philosophy textbook.

Well, here is something I wrote on the subject of marketing a few months ago.

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You say that flipping signs hurt businesses? I find it on the contrary. It brings much more attention to me than a standard advertisement posted in the ground. The sign shows action and gives the company a friendly face. I am much more likely to go in the store/restraunt/shake-junt 8) that has those ppl waving the signs than just a ****ing bull **** sign posted in the ground.

thegerg

Actually, when a company pays a person to flip an ad sign, it only shows its desperation and lack of intelligent business thinking. Why not invest that money on a billboard or a more sophisticated advertisement technique? Those people are pretty much getting paid to be a wooden stand holding a sign. Acting like clowns doesn't attract me, it only scares me away. It's tacky, desperate, ineffective. They get attention, sure, but not the right kind of attention.

Oh, heavens! Then let us all be PC and pretend everything is okay.

I have not asserted that it is wrong, only that it is ineffective. I speak only for myself, of course. I get scared away. Of course, in a world that is still deceived by ornament, maybe a fake smile can fool most people. Clowns and silly humor does get the attention these days.

You say that flipping signs hurt businesses? I find it on the contrary. It brings much more attention to me than a standard advertisement posted in the ground. The sign shows action and gives the company a friendly face. I am much more likely to go in the store/restraunt/shake-junt 8) that has those ppl waving the signs than just a ****ing bull **** sign posted in the ground.

Hemmaroids

Actually, when a company pays a person to flip an ad sign, it only shows its desperation and lack of intelligent business thinking. Why not invest that money on a billboard or a more sophisticated advertisement technique? Those people are pretty much getting paid to be a wooden stand holding a sign. Acting like clowns doesn't attract me, it only scares me away. It's tacky, desperate, ineffective. They get attention, sure, but not the right kind of attention.

[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]What a silly thing to be upset with. Did your significant other cheat on you with a sign flipper?TheStatusQuo

My wife?

Nope. She's here with me right now. And we both agree.