I went to Harry Potter last night. Anyone who doesn’t want to know what I thought of it because you haven’t read the book and still want to be surprised should probably go away right now. I don’t remember the book so well, but I’m pretty sure the fact that nothing surprised me plot-wise is a pretty good indication that there will be few to no spoilers for the ones who have read the thing.
Oh, and comic reviews won’t show up til Wednesday, as I’m away for the weekend without internet. BAHAHAHA!
Okay, is everyone who doesn’t want to hear it gone now? Good.
I loved it. It was really a lot of fun and was a little cleaner than the book had been. Yes, I know, JK Rowling is infallible and utterly incapable of writing bad fiction. I found the fifth only okay and like it had a few superfluous scenes/dialogue/chapters and felt like they had removed a lot of stuff because of appropriateness.
In the movie, however, a lot of those nice little relationship things between characters seem to have returned where I wish they were in the book. Amazing what you can do with altered perspective, neh?
Luna Lovegood was an awesome cast. I loved that kid in that role. Umbridge was so… pink and cats. They got her good. Tonks seemed like a good fit too, but she was barely in the bloody thing, so I have no idea how good she was. Seriously, she spoke in maybe two scenes and nothing about her was explained. Shame, really. And Bellatrix, while I’m at it, was just fun.
Ginny, however, had two lines in total I think and I wish she had a little more development since she’s going to be playing a decent sized part in the next one. Granted, both her lines resulted in things getting blown up. And I like things blowing up.
And the effects over all were nice. Not quite Transformers (I’m still enamoured by that movie), but still very fun. Lots of nice work with particle effects.
There were bits in there, like the book, that didn’t need to be there but it was cleaner, which was nice. And it was still a bit bright. I mean, it could have been darker, but it’s good that they’re actually maturing the movies with the books. Parents who are complaining that the movies are too dark, would you READ THE BOOK with your kid before taking them to the movie?! Or just read the book before giving it to your kid? Come on people, you can spare a little time to actually parent, can’t you?
But yes, stopping now before I launch into that rant. It was a good movie worth seeing in the theatre for some of the effects and if you’re a fan of the books. Because without the books, you aren’t going to know why the hell some of these characters are around. Have a good weekend, people.
Tags: harry potter, movie
