Friday, July 13, 2007

Analysis

**If you haven’t watched the 5th Harry Potter Movie, DO NOT read this!**

Brilliant casting – Imelda Staunton was the Umbridge of my imagination come to life! Kudos to the art/ costume team for nailing the details in her office and her wardrobe was perfection itself! As well, Evanna Lynch made a terrific Luna Lovegood with just the right mix of batty and endearing.

Excellent set design – as always, the sets were spectacular making our journey further into the world of Witchcraft and Wizardry even more exciting than before. New sets include The Ministry of Magic, The Hogwats train station and of course Number 12, Grimmauld Place.

Shakey Extras – The marginal characters and extras were mediocre actors – at best. Quite a number of scenes were consequently spoiled (for me at least) as I was paying more attention to the hamming than to the entire situation. I wonder if this has to do with originally casting kids who are charming and lovely at 11, but by 16 have the emotional range of teaspoon and are unable to act out the emotion that the line calls for. Which brings me to…….

GREAT British one liners – mostly delivered by a member of the Weasley family. For the love of Mike, I cannot remember a single one right now, but I know I laughed out loud during the movie!

More of Snape – if you ask me, it’s about bloody time! He’s an integral part of the overall story line and so far his appearances in the movie have been scant and random. I LOVE Allan Rickman and once again I think that whoever cast him as Severus Snape deserves a life-time supply of Chocolate Frogs!

Missed wishes – I wish there had been more emphasis on the mystery surrounding the Prophecy and Neville’s role in the equation. Folks who have not read the books (inconceivable, but true) will not get the full implication of why Harry has connection he has with Voldermort.
Also, all references to Quidditch are sadly missing. I understand that it’s impossible to get the entire book into the movie, but I DO think that shutting out all references altogether makes it seem like something huge is missing from the story.

In conclusion, an altogether enjoyable experience and a great set up for book 7.





5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad there's another Allan Rickman fan out there...he is fantastic...almost makes me want to see the movies...

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Unknown said...

I agree about the Weasleys - love 'em!
It was a good movie though there were a few disappointments for me.

1. the fight scene at the end did not include the fountain statues coming to life

2. the whole issue of a Secret Keeper was avoided, as well as what happened with Kreature

3. no Quidditch

4. no letter from Dumbledore to Aunt Petunia or any indication that she knew anything (dementors, etc.)


I was really looking forward to it and I really wanted it to be spectacular, but really, it was just ok. I actually liked Transformers better... (eep!)

CurlyGirlie said...

I agree with you about the whole Neville thingy - felt the same but have understood that book needs to be changed to make movie tauter! all in all a good watch and not so deviant from our imaginations!

Unknown said...

Hey nix... get ready for the book! It's unbelievably awesome.

The Pixy Princess said...

THERE's my Potter Possee!

And welcome to Blogger Curly!

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