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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. ;)
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. ;)
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Date: 2005-11-20 07:00 pm (UTC)When I remember moments in PoA when the Knight Bus bumped a Muggle car and set off the car alarm (and then the wizard shut it off with a silencing charm), and I compare that to GoF where Maggie Smith says the equivalent of "bibbity-bobbity boo," I have to say that the British director created a rather dull-witted film lacking in magical fun. Here, all the magic was "impressive" and "cool special effects." This director just doesn't understand the HP universe, and no, I don't think being British automatically gives one a sense for HP, or else we'd ask Prince Charles to direct.
Icarus
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Date: 2005-11-25 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-26 03:20 am (UTC)As soon as I heard people were picking the next director based on nationality rather than qualifications (Four Wedding and a Funeral, yeah sure, that has a lot to do with the HP genre) I knew it was gonna go downhill.
Icarus