Thoughts on my first viewing

[Nicky]

I am one of those people who saw the movie before Id touched the
books, so please allow me to share my thoughts with you from that time.

Re. Radliffes acting: I thought some of his lines were clunky and in
the beginning he was wooden, especially Im a what? But having the
read the book, on hindsight I realise thats a line which would be near
impossible to make smooth and, well.

Re. the passage of time: I got straight away that Harry had been going
to the Mirror of Erised a lot, and not just in one night. Dumbledores
Back again? just clinched it.

Re. The Put-Outer scene: I thought it was a great way of introducing
the whole magical aspect of the scene. It wasnt over-the-top sparks,
or something so subtle you couldnt see it.

Re. Stereotypical Jewish goblins, or something to that effect: maybe
its my nave, ignorant youth, but I didnt pick up on any stereotyping
so.

Re. Seamus and Neville: Truth be told, I didnt notice Seamus during my
first viewing (but I paid special attention second time round). I liked
how he kept blowing things up and having read the books admit that he
did steal Nevilles limelight. I thought the boy who played Neville did
him brilliantly. He looked so troubled when standing up to Harry and
co., and completely bewildered when he won the extra 10 points. You
could tell he wasnt used to such praise and attention.

Re. the loud soundtrack: I reckon it depends whos manning the display
camera thingie. First time I went, it was fine; second time, I came out
with a headache.

Re. Dumbledore: I thought he was a very convincing, kind Headmaster,
but the one in the book is much friendlier. 

Question: what are these circumstances that Richard Harris had to act
through which made his depiction of the character only just acceptable?

Re. Hermione: I thought Watson was extremely nervous on screen, so her
accent was really posh, but she was in all respects the bossy
know-it-all with no friends.

I definitely prefer the onscreen Hagrid to the book Hagrid, because he
was kinder and dumber on screen, but I prefer the book Dumbledore to
the onscreen Dumbledore. But the movie cant be as bad as some of you
make out, because it got me reading the series and I havent willingly
picked up a book in 6 months!

Nicky


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