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Harry Potter Again
Border Reiver:
Saw the film on the weekend - definitely stronger than the goblet of Fire, not as strong as the others -
a. The film needed to focus a wee bit more on Malfoy, who went from simple bully to realizing that he'd gotten in way over his head in the book; and
b. They needed the fight scene at the end - otherwise why bring the Deatheaters in? Just so Draco could have a cheering section?;
What did they do right? Well -
a. The teenage romance bits worked surprising well;
b. The finding of the horcux scene was well shot and carried out;
c. The scene where Harry gets the real memory from Slughorn was nicely done, and reasonably true to the book.
Generally, I enjoyed the movie - it did what I expected it to do (which was entertain me) and didn't make me go WTF? or why is this in this movie?
nurgles_herald:
If anyone has seen Galaxy Quest, I really feel like Alan Rickman delivered the "I am the Half-blood Prince" with scorn equal to when he has to say "By Grapthar's Hammer, what a savings." It's a horrible line, and it demeans Alan as an actor and Snape as a character, especially after the movie cut out like 75% of the Half-blood Prince stuff. I watched that scene going "the Half-blood... who?" The kids, especially Daniel Radcliffe, aren't getting any better at dramatic scenes. Harry looks like he's savagely constipated when he's standing over Dumbledore's corpse.
THAT SAID, I still enjoyed the movie. The retarded teenaged angst stuff that clogged the book was mostly cut out, with most of the remains being more funny than tiresome. I literally lol'ed a few times. The comedic sections were good enough to inspire me to find any other comedy involving the kids, leading me to Extras, and the conclusion that Daniel Radcliffe is, in fact, a great actor- he's just awful at doing dark scenes.
I guess what this review is trying to say is- the most recent Harry Potter movie is definitely worth your time and money- it may be horribly flawed, but it is still quite entertaining- but if both are in limited supply, watch Extras instead, because it rules.
0bsessions:
I will definitely agree that the HBP thing was terribly handled. You'd think they'd handle the titular plot line with some care, but it was really just boiled down to a couple brief mentions and the sectum sempra thing. On the other hand, when you get down to it, the whole Half-Blood Prince thing really wasn't all that important to the book's plotline anyway and it really wouldn't be considered an issue if the book were titled something else. The line was very shoe-horned, though.
Orbert:
I'd actually forgotten what the title of the movie was by that point (since it doesn't matter that much), so when Snape turned around and said "I am the Half-Blood Prince" I thought:
1 Was that supposed to be the big dramatic reveal? Because it was kinda lame.
2 How did Snape even know that Harry was wondering who the Half-Blood Prince is in the first place?
3 Were we supposed to be wondering? Because it really didn't seem that important. A curiosity at best.
nurgles_herald:
Exactly. Movie producers should've just realized that they had cut out the whole HBP storyline all ready and just renamed the movie. But for the love of god, I feel bad for Alan Rickman. I want to send him a Wallgreens card or something. "Sorry WB ruined your artistic integrity! Please don't kill yourself. Love, fans."
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