gob
14-06-04, 06:42 PM
Well now what to say about this.
They are growing up. The film franchise is growing up. Much darker, some really nice little touches such as the Whomping Willow taking out revenge on passing birds.
This film had a much better feel and flow to it that the last 2, which is to be expected with a proper director in the chair (Alfonso Cuaron).
Some nice little cameos from Dawn French and Emma Thompson. Better acting from the 3 leads. Some hints that Ron and Hermione are gonna get it on at some point.
Not enoughof the brilliant Gary Oldman or Alan Rickman as Sirius Black and Severus Snape and a great performance by David Thewlis as Professor Lupin. Some main characters were almost totally absent (Dumbledore, Hagrid, McGonnegal, Draco Malfoy) which was a shame but to be expected with a (thankfully) reduced running time of 2h 20.
IMHO this was the best of the books and is certainly the best of the films thus far. Hogwarts geography seems to have totally changed and now looks much closer to what I imagined e.g. darker and more gothic.
I am so glad that Chris Columbus didn't direct this one. He was far too cutesy for my liking.
There was a lot of detail left out but that's what DVD's are for :)
Overall a good adaptation and worth a look if you liked the books.
8/10
They are growing up. The film franchise is growing up. Much darker, some really nice little touches such as the Whomping Willow taking out revenge on passing birds.
This film had a much better feel and flow to it that the last 2, which is to be expected with a proper director in the chair (Alfonso Cuaron).
Some nice little cameos from Dawn French and Emma Thompson. Better acting from the 3 leads. Some hints that Ron and Hermione are gonna get it on at some point.
Not enoughof the brilliant Gary Oldman or Alan Rickman as Sirius Black and Severus Snape and a great performance by David Thewlis as Professor Lupin. Some main characters were almost totally absent (Dumbledore, Hagrid, McGonnegal, Draco Malfoy) which was a shame but to be expected with a (thankfully) reduced running time of 2h 20.
IMHO this was the best of the books and is certainly the best of the films thus far. Hogwarts geography seems to have totally changed and now looks much closer to what I imagined e.g. darker and more gothic.
I am so glad that Chris Columbus didn't direct this one. He was far too cutesy for my liking.
There was a lot of detail left out but that's what DVD's are for :)
Overall a good adaptation and worth a look if you liked the books.
8/10