1st Impressions

[Kristin]

I actually got to see it last night instead of having to wait until 
Monday, Yay!!!


So overall I liked it. The Quidditch scene was wonderful and just 
about how I pictured the game in my head. I didn't miss any cut or 
truncated scenes from the book too much. I thought it was pretty 
faithful to the book as well. 

I thought everyone did a wonderful job and I just adore Robbie 
Coltrane as Hagrid. I wasn't sure I was going to like Richard Harris 
just from what I had seen in the clips but in the whole context of 
the film I though he made a great Dumbledore. I do hope they keep the 
whole cast together for all the films, at least the kids anyway, they 
can only get better from here.

A few minor things I noticed it did drag a little bit in some spots, 
especially around the Mirror of Erised sequence. But then so did the 
book IMHO. I also didn't like the casting of James Potter. He is 
supposed to be in his early 20's not 30 something. The editing was a 
bit disjointed in places, but I'm not 100% sure this wasn't the 
particular print I saw that had the issue. (While waiting in line to 
be seated the manager was talking about having projector problems.)

I'll be seeing it again on Tuesday afternoon (when it's quieter and 
less zooish at the theater) so maybe after my second viewing I'll 
have a different viewpoint of things. 

Cheers,
Kristin
::who was sad they didn't show the SW trailer in this screening but 
loved the Monsters,Inc. trailer::