Wow...

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Karen " <karen_r_b at h...> wrote:
> All I can say, is wow. Such an amazing movie. Visually 
stunning -  Quidditch and Diagon Alley were sooo well done. 
...The actors were spectacular -  especially Emma Watson, 
Robbie Coltrain and Rick Harris (think I got  that right - 
Hermione, Hagrid and Snape). They had their characters spot 
on. Emma was the perfect little know-it-all at the beginning,  and 
Snape is the guy you love to hate. I personally plan on seeing it 
over and over and over again - and not only for Sean Biggerstaff  
either (I have a new Oliver Wood fetish, but who can blame me?)
> 
... A few bits are left out, or smooshed together, but at 2.5 hours, 
it couldn't have gotten any longer, could  it?
> 
> Go see it! I'm still in shock :-)
> Karen

Karen: I'll second that. I stood in line for nearly an hour - ate 
nearly all my popcorn before I sat down - but it was worth it. The 
actors were just perfect for the characters they were playing (in 
the one scene, as Snape is walking away from the camera with 
his cloak billowing, he really *does* look like an overgrown bat, 
as Quirrell describes him in the book, doesn't he?) Just a note: 
Richard Harris was Dumbledore; Alan Rickman was Snape.

The Quidditch match was enough to make you seasick, as was 
Neville Longbottom's attempt at flying.

I was sorry to lose a few scenes in particular: in the book, after 
they dispatch the troll, when Ron and Harry return to the common 
room, Hermione is waiting by the door. They all mutter 'Thanks,' 
apparently to no one in particular, and go off to eat. It was a 
throwaway scene but it really was the pivotal point at which their 
attitudes towards each other began to change.

And the scene near the end of the book, in which Hagrid visits 
Harry in the hospital, distraught because he realizes what his 
talkativeness (spelling?) could have done. In the movie, Hagrid 
seems totally oblivious to what he nearly did (no fault of Robbie 
Coltrane, who brought Hagrid to life). I really did like the 'I
should *not* have said that' running gag; it did emphasize 
Hagrid's tendency to yak on without thinking.

There's one or two others - can't think; it's 4:21 a.m. here - but 
this is just quibbling. They couldn't possibly have made a movie 
that pleased everyone. Like you, I expect that I'll be seeing it 
repeatedly. I've already got plans to go see it again this Friday 
with a classmate - then there's a few co-workers who want to 
see it.... It really was fantastic.