Okay I'm going against the norm (or a view held by several) - I liked it. I had some complaints. Like most of the movies, they didn't know how to end it. I mean the actual ending - though here they also changed the final battle in a way that drained all drama out of it. That resulted in the final 20 minutes or so being kind of lame. But on the whole I liked it better than most of these films. Why? Well, it looks great. Really great. There are images in it that are beautiful, and which are excellent at conveying both mood and story. There are some wonderful set pieces. The worst of the childish acting has improved. There was the proper mix of comedy and angst. We were spared some of Potter's usual me-me-me short-sightedness. Young Tom Riddle was very good. The effects and editing worked for me. All in all I thought it achieved what it set out to quite well. Though I will say that I'd probably have been lost if I hadn't read the book.
Posted by armand at July 23, 2009 09:23 AM | TrackBack | Posted to MoviesOh, I should also note the one thing that made me happiest, even happier than the way the film looked. Luna. She could not be more perfect and every moment she was on screen was pure bliss.
Posted by: Armand at July 23, 2009 09:55 AM | PERMALINKTwo words: Lavender Brown. She made the movie for me.
Posted by: kikimonster at July 27, 2009 03:55 PM | PERMALINKI have to agree that Lavender was hilarious. Its very rarely that the movies have actually improved upon my image of the book, but Lavender was sooo much better than I imagined her!
And of course I also loved Luna. And I also found Harry to be very amusing while hopped up on Felix.
Posted by: ryan at July 28, 2009 12:02 PM | PERMALINK