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[icarus]

Happy birthday, cursive! (There's one I'll never forget.) ;)

Hooray, you get to see GoF after all!

WG took me to see GoF. Well, I paid for the tickets and the candy. And the parking, come to think of it. But he drove.

Our verdict?

Forgetable.

We were talking about dinner and what videos we should pick up on the way home. I was looking forward to creating a spreadsheet for my winter classes.

Yeeah. Not exactly earth-shaking.

I think when you cut all the low points out of the story and string together all the tense moments, it falls a little flat. WG called it "an action movie" and I agree that the story was reactive, driven by the plot rather than the characters. It wasn't funny or playful like PoA (or the books).

But I did like the new Hogwarts, the Scottish hills, and this is Daniel Radcliff's best performance yet. For the first time I believed him as Harry Potter. Also, Rupert Grint stopped mugging for the camera, and Emma Watson is playing a character instead of just herself (thank goodness).

So, I'd dump the director (he's known for light comedy, Four Weddings and a Funeral, what?) and look forward to Order of the Phoenix. With the improvement in the acting all bodes well for the next part.

Oh, and I'm so slashing Harry/Cedric. ;)

Comments

[bluemoon02.livejournal.com]

There's a new (still British) director for OotP....And, gasp shock, a new screenwriter....Same guy doing HBP, though (Yup, they've decided who's doing that ALREADY!)

Had never heard of the new director, but when I imdb'd him I saw he'd done a couple of TV shows I'd seen and liked....One of them was a kind of se7en-esque thriller, so hopefully should be good

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm worried about having these British directors do the films. Part of what's wrong with GoF is that it takes itself too seriously. I'm worried that the Brits are so proud of "their" Harry Potter they're gonna ruin it.

Thank god for the new screenwriter. The screenplay was almost as bad as some of the cheesy special effects.

Icarus

[bluemoon02.livejournal.com]

*Shrugs* the reason I had no appreciation for the American director, Chris Columbus, is because he kept putting such cheesey nonsense in there...The end of CoS still makes me want to wretch! Just a person opinion, but I think that European directors would have - have had - more respect for the feel of the books and for being true to the books, rather than just making something that will earn them a quick buck.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh GoF was much more in the direction of Chris Columbus. The best so far was Cuaron.

You'd think that the British director would have done a film with wit. Alas, not so. GoF had all the subtlety of Benny Hill.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is interesting:

Cuaron was asked to direct GoF, but he turned it down because he'd still be working PoA at the time (the result of the production schedule being bumped several months due to the death of Richard Harris).

Icarus