just saw the movie

[susanmcgee48176]

Well, we were lucky enough to go and see it in a practically empty 
theatre..tomorrow we go again with my five year old....

*Well, I have to say that it was disappointing. It lacked heart, or 
spirit, or much excitement, actually...I agree that it seemed like 
intact sequences spliced together. Once again, they left out humorous 
lines from the film, and put in lines that were not so humorous. Poor 
Rupert was used very badly....since some of these actors are 
wonderful, I have to blame the script writer, and director...They 
seemed to have excised strong emotion from the film.
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JKR has Mrs. Weasley acting like a small sabre toothed tiger when she 
confronts the boys about taking the Anglia...she was barely an 
annoyed cat in the movie....the Howler was so so....why not let 
Arthur sock Lucius? Or at least say SOMEthing....The end WAS 
dreadful...Ron was made to seem semi-hysterical throughout..

I mostly enjoyed "seeing how things look". Dobby was well done; 
Lucius' cloak was lovely -- I liked his hair tied back. I loved the 
Burrow, and would have liked to have seen more. Tom Riddle was well 
done, but Harry's acting really limped in that scene. I didn't notice 
Harry's voice change that much, but those with me did. The one who 
grew the most was Tom Felton.....quite a good looking young man.
It was fun watching Ron turn Scabbers into a goblet with a rat's tail.

I agree (with someone) that Lockhart painting Lockhart in the 
painting was great, but why not pictures of him with his hair in 
curlers (did I miss it?). Percy and Penelope ARE seen twice. I 
thought Alan Rickman did get more air time. I don't think Richard 
Harris was much improved from PS/SS, but I was very sad to see him on 
screen. 

MANY thanks to those who gave me the hint to stay until the very end, 
although I think that it was not that funny...

Oh well, back to waiting for the book. Let's see what my five year 
old thinks.

Susan McGee