[HPFGU-Movie] Short review/Barb's version question

[Sheryll Townsend]

--- Barb <blpurdom at yahoo.com> wrote:
Are Canadians seeing an American or UK version?  

We're seeing the UK version. And some of us are, of
course, seeing it many times. :D

Quick review:

I did see the movie twice on Friday, at noon (courtesy
of Nyssa who was off school because of the G20 summit)
and at 9:45 with Andy.

Seeing it with Andy drove home the notion the this is
not meant as a stand alone film. He hasn't read the
book and was pretty clueless about what was happening
in parts of the movie. I did catch him smiling and
giggling, though, so there's hope that I can now get
him to read the book.

Overall I thought the acting was well done. Rupert
stole the show, of course and Alan Rickman was
brilliant (not that I ever disagreed with Amanda!). I
think Richard Harris did what he could with what they
gave him as a script, but it will be interesting to
see how it plays out in future films. The young man
who played Neville was great. Okay, I liked pretty
much everyone :)

Like most of you, I have some nitpicks. I did find the
movie rather choppy and can see how someone who hasn't
read the book would have difficulty following the
story. The forest scene was awful (and what's with the
'Dark Forest'), as was the way the made the troll
look. On the other hand, the winged keys scene was
wonderful and I thoroughly enjoyed the Quidditch
match, though I could have done without Harry standing
on the broom.

I could make this long and drawn out, but I must
finish packing (waves at Amanda, Penny and Ebony!!)

Sheryll

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"We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times."
 blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26

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