theSurlyMermaid
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I saw it last night and just loved it. I've posted a review at Leaky Cauldron and Oscarwatch and here it is.
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS!!! Do NOT READ if you HATE SPOILERS!!!
This movie is utterly different than the first two and that's a Good Thing. The minute it started, our theatre was captivated...laughing, clapping...there was no unintentional laughter. People clapped after many scenes...the Aunt Marge one, the Hermione punch, the Weasley Twins and the Maurauder's Map (it's excellent) and there was audible murmurings of sympathy for Harry during a FANTASTIC scene when he is speaking with Harry about his parents on a covered bridge and another scene when he finds out the true story of Sirius Black.
The first two thirds of this movie were perfect, IMO. Really. Did anyone else feel in the first two films that the characters were polished and unaccessible? They act like teens here. Trust me. There is humor between teenage boys here and interactions that feel so real, I now like Seamus Finnegan...and ask my husband, I LOATHED him before.
Performances? Are astonishing. Ignore anyone who says Radcliffe is still boring...he's not. He's a perfect Harry and he's better here than ever. I was expecting to mourn Ron's character assassination, but I actually didn't mind it too much. And Watson was no longer completely irritating and she NO LONGER does magic in public places under the nose of teachers when we all know she shouldn't be.
I said the first two thirds were perfect....yeah, I was disappointed by some things. One was the utterly incomprehensible absence of who the Marauders are and who Harry's stag is. Of course, I cried like a baby when I read this in the books...and I spent months imagining Harry whispering "Prongs" in this movie and how eerie that scene would be. Well, it ain't there. I almost burst into tears when they cut away from the sequence...no doubt it's a disappointment. It also seems like it would have made more sense to explain the Maurauders...I understand fully why they made changes and I support it, but in this case, it would have helped the movie and I don't agree with it's not being there. ALso, the freeze frame ending isn't the greatest...the SCENE is fine, but why couldn't they have let him fly offscreen instead of freezing on his face? It was unnecessarily silly.
But that's for my disappointments...overall, I feel this film is so fantastic...it's moot to declare it's better than the first two...of COURSE it is. That's like saying the sky is blue. THere were little preteens grumbling about how it had been "hacked" in the audience, but these were the same two girls who were moaning about how Colin Farrell should have been Sirius. Perspective, anyone?
Special mention has to be made of a scene in the Quidditch match, which is incredible...Harry sees the Grim against the sky and the shot is so cinematic, so beautiful, it took my breath away. So much of this movie is so beautifully shot, it's unbelievable. I knew Cuaron was an artist, but put this up against Columbus' bland saccharine vision and the differences are obvious.
PLease come back, Mr. Cuaron. I easily forgive you for the whole patronus thing, though if I'm ever lucky enough to meet you, I WILL ask you WHY
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS!!! Do NOT READ if you HATE SPOILERS!!!
This movie is utterly different than the first two and that's a Good Thing. The minute it started, our theatre was captivated...laughing, clapping...there was no unintentional laughter. People clapped after many scenes...the Aunt Marge one, the Hermione punch, the Weasley Twins and the Maurauder's Map (it's excellent) and there was audible murmurings of sympathy for Harry during a FANTASTIC scene when he is speaking with Harry about his parents on a covered bridge and another scene when he finds out the true story of Sirius Black.
The first two thirds of this movie were perfect, IMO. Really. Did anyone else feel in the first two films that the characters were polished and unaccessible? They act like teens here. Trust me. There is humor between teenage boys here and interactions that feel so real, I now like Seamus Finnegan...and ask my husband, I LOATHED him before.
Performances? Are astonishing. Ignore anyone who says Radcliffe is still boring...he's not. He's a perfect Harry and he's better here than ever. I was expecting to mourn Ron's character assassination, but I actually didn't mind it too much. And Watson was no longer completely irritating and she NO LONGER does magic in public places under the nose of teachers when we all know she shouldn't be.
I said the first two thirds were perfect....yeah, I was disappointed by some things. One was the utterly incomprehensible absence of who the Marauders are and who Harry's stag is. Of course, I cried like a baby when I read this in the books...and I spent months imagining Harry whispering "Prongs" in this movie and how eerie that scene would be. Well, it ain't there. I almost burst into tears when they cut away from the sequence...no doubt it's a disappointment. It also seems like it would have made more sense to explain the Maurauders...I understand fully why they made changes and I support it, but in this case, it would have helped the movie and I don't agree with it's not being there. ALso, the freeze frame ending isn't the greatest...the SCENE is fine, but why couldn't they have let him fly offscreen instead of freezing on his face? It was unnecessarily silly.
But that's for my disappointments...overall, I feel this film is so fantastic...it's moot to declare it's better than the first two...of COURSE it is. That's like saying the sky is blue. THere were little preteens grumbling about how it had been "hacked" in the audience, but these were the same two girls who were moaning about how Colin Farrell should have been Sirius. Perspective, anyone?
Special mention has to be made of a scene in the Quidditch match, which is incredible...Harry sees the Grim against the sky and the shot is so cinematic, so beautiful, it took my breath away. So much of this movie is so beautifully shot, it's unbelievable. I knew Cuaron was an artist, but put this up against Columbus' bland saccharine vision and the differences are obvious.
PLease come back, Mr. Cuaron. I easily forgive you for the whole patronus thing, though if I'm ever lucky enough to meet you, I WILL ask you WHY
