The good, the bad and the just plain ugly CoS

[Andrea]

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HUGE SPOILERS CONTAINED BELOW!!

So this is going to be disjoined, but so was the movie. On with MNSHO:

Bad screen play, horrible director. If it wasn't for having such a huge fan base already and having such magnificent actors and actresses in it, this movie would flop- as in 1/2 a star flop. 
IT'S NOT WORTH STAYING THROUGH THE CREDITS FOR THE EXTRA!! 
Wait for the DVD so you can fast forward.

-General comments:
< Percy's prefect badge=RED, Tom's prefect badge=GREEN (can only tell in the chamber (flashback is Black and White)
< Lucius's cane: Wonderful!! Snake head on the end with green eyes, but wait! The cane is a sheath for his wand! Beautiful!!
<Ron wearing his red sweater from PS/SS at Diagon Alley

Scene problems:
-In Snape's office: The lighting and filters on the camera were different when close-up with Snape vs. any other shot. EDITING!!!
Snape stalking Harry and Ron around the table was beautiful!

-Womping willow: well done with special effects, but shouldn't it have looked like a willow tree not a tall living stump with boxing gloves on?

-Myrtle flooding the bathroom: ALL the sinks were turned on.

-"study session" scene WITH GINNY THERE is followed by Harry finding Justin. How is our little Ginny supposed to be behind all of this?

-Hagrid coming into D'dore's office: *holding a dead chicken*

-2nd Quidditch match: Hufflepuff is on the pitch? I would think someone (probably McGonagall since she arrived from that direction) would have called them down. 

-Chamber: Can this basilisk not smell? I clearly see nostrils. For a snake it looks a lot like a dinosaur, with all those teeth...

-After chamber in Dumbledore's office: Talking about Harry being in the wrong house: D'dore states that Harry has qualities which *Voldemort* himself looks for. Shouldn't that be *Slytherin? *
Lucius talking: AHHHH! The nasty *wooo look at my eyes* lighting. Horrible!
(well done acting, BAD lighting)

-AK: I'm not going to say that he was or was not saying it, as we have not heard the correct pronunciation for it. Snape's Expelliarmus was pronounced as two words...

Acting:
-Ginny's acting: Ug. they would have been better off finding someone who can ACT and change their hair color (if indeed that is her natural color).
-Lucius, Lockhart and Snape: wonderfully acted. 
-Ron: well, they didn't give him a lot of room here, so no comment.
-Harry: better than PS/SS, some parts done perfectly
-Hermione: Mudblood bit in Hagrid's hut: is she going for an Oscar? <Cue loud music> <Stand up, walk away from group, turn, look all misty-eyed><speak lines>. BLECH!

I think that was a whole dollar worth of two cents, and it took me a while to try and spell everything correctly and type all this, so I hope no one has beat me to the important points of my rant.
:)
Andrea/Kattrap