Eugene Son and the Goblet of Fire

According to boxofficemojo, the new Harry Potter movie has made over $200 million in release. I'm not the biggest math guy (my Korean-ness notwithstanding) - but seeing as matinee movie tickets now cost around $100 a pop, that means around two or three dozen of you out there have seen the film. So here are my spoiler-free observations on the film.

1) Props to Harry Potter for having the hots for an Asian girl and joining the list of famous Rice Kings - which include John Lennon, Woody Allen, and Klinger from MASH.

By the way, I'm not sure who came up with the term "Rice King" and I'm not really sure if it's meant to be a derogative term, but if it is, it's got to be the stupidest derogative term of all time. What do you picture when you hear the term "Rice King"? I picture a billion Asian people holding their swords in the air shouting, "My liege! We will turn back the Bread Armies and burn the Sourdough heretics! May the reign of the Rice King last a thousand years!"

2) Mike Newell and Patrick Doyle rock. You could see the difference in having a British director handling some of the nuances of British boarding school life and that awkward Hugh Grant-like attempts at teenage romance. And the soundtrack to this film is going on the shelf with my other Doyle favorites - Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, and Sense & Sensibility.

3) What's up with Harry Potter's hair? I hope his next Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher helps slay that thing that's attached itself to the top of Harry's head.