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HappyHippo · 6th August 2007, 12:21 AM

I saw this yesterday, and my initial reaction ("What a pile of tosh! Unutterable rubbish! Sack the director!") has mellowed slightly, and I am therefore able to post a little more rationally that I would've done 24 hours ago. Here goes:

Plus points: Daniel Radcliffe is coming on as an actor, I think. This was my least favourite of the books, becasue Harry is so well written as a kid his age - he strops, he sulks, he snogs - but there's also issues going on, such as grief, alienation and maturing rapidly. I thought there was quite a lot of the torment going on in his protrayal.
Going back to Upright Man's point way back, I though Sirius' death DID impact Harry, but he was sort of fighting for his life at the point, and pausing to show shock-horror-disbelief-anger would have been clunky and really jarred with the tenor of the film, which after the first half hour was quite mtv-fast.
THERE WAS MORE NEVILLE! (Sorry to shout) I love Neville in the books, he's my favourite character, and I love the way he's played. He's really coming into his own, and I like it!

Negatives: Too much pointing to the next film. I'm all for hints, but this was a brick in the face in some places!
The whole film seemed to have been shot in the dark.
There were big jumps in plot. I know it's a big book, and it couldn't all be included, but for example: they put in Seamus and Harry's argument, which for the purposes of the film wasn't really necessary, as we knew no-one believed him. BUT, they left most of the occlumency out, which I felt would have gelled the 'mind-reading' into the storyline better. Just an example.
Luna's weirdness wasn't put in context.
The music was wrong... I actually found it distracting NOT to hear the Harry Potter theme...I'm a sad old bat...
The whooshing-going-all-sandy-thing made my head ache, and I found it diffcult to follow.

I'll probably get it when it comes out on DVD and watch it again. Of all the films so far, I think GoF's my fave by a mile, although the last trial was all wrong, it did at least seem to have been adapted and directed by people who'd read the books! Sorry, rambling again!

Shutting up now.

6th August 2007, 12:21 AM	#80 (permalink)
HappyHippo I'm so dizzy... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 426	Re: OOTP movie (maybe spoilers) I saw this yesterday, and my initial reaction ("What a pile of tosh! Unutterable rubbish! Sack the director!") has mellowed slightly, and I am therefore able to post a little more rationally that I would've done 24 hours ago. Here goes: Plus points: Daniel Radcliffe is coming on as an actor, I think. This was my least favourite of the books, becasue Harry is so well written as a kid his age - he strops, he sulks, he snogs - but there's also issues going on, such as grief, alienation and maturing rapidly. I thought there was quite a lot of the torment going on in his protrayal. Going back to Upright Man's point way back, I though Sirius' death DID impact Harry, but he was sort of fighting for his life at the point, and pausing to show shock-horror-disbelief-anger would have been clunky and really jarred with the tenor of the film, which after the first half hour was quite mtv-fast. THERE WAS MORE NEVILLE! (Sorry to shout) I love Neville in the books, he's my favourite character, and I love the way he's played. He's really coming into his own, and I like it! Negatives: Too much pointing to the next film. I'm all for hints, but this was a brick in the face in some places! The whole film seemed to have been shot in the dark. There were big jumps in plot. I know it's a big book, and it couldn't all be included, but for example: they put in Seamus and Harry's argument, which for the purposes of the film wasn't really necessary, as we knew no-one believed him. BUT, they left most of the occlumency out, which I felt would have gelled the 'mind-reading' into the storyline better. Just an example. Luna's weirdness wasn't put in context. The music was wrong... I actually found it distracting NOT to hear the Harry Potter theme...I'm a sad old bat... The whooshing-going-all-sandy-thing made my head ache, and I found it diffcult to follow. I'll probably get it when it comes out on DVD and watch it again. Of all the films so far, I think GoF's my fave by a mile, although the last trial was all wrong, it did at least seem to have been adapted and directed by people who'd read the books! Sorry, rambling again! Shutting up now.