I Liked PS/SS Better

[htrekkie at aol.com]

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I know most people have said they liked COS better ..... and there are things 
in it that I like......L. Malfoy (excellent!!!!!! amazing how fabulous actors 
can narrow their eyes or raise an eyebrow and convey a million thoughts or 
emotions...Rickman does it,and so did Brahgnan) Loved Harry speaking 
Parsaltongue too. and:
Favorite lines: Draco: "You can read?" to Goyle..... and Ron: "Heart of a 
lion, this one." regarding Lockhart.
But, this movie missed so many easy opportunities to show the characters' 
true selves.... I wish they had at least had Harry say something about "Let's 
do this for Hermione" when Ron is afraid to face the spiders. Would have 
shown Ron's chivalry and given a more subtle R/H hint then the scene in the 
Great Hall. In PS/SS I liked that Ron was intellegent (a whiz at chess) and 
noble and brave ( the Chess Scene where he is a knight!), Harry was a little 
doubtful and vunerable, Hermione was a know it all, but in a "I must prove 
myself" sort of way.In COS I hated that Harry had more courage and 
determination and grit than Hercules or Odysseus. Where was his  fear and 
loneliness and concern about being the heir? Seemed way to sure of himself. 
Where was the 13 year old boy?? Hated that Hermione seemed to know WAY more 
about the wizarding world than Ron. She knows facts and details about the 
school and such, but not societal things....Just as if someone came to our 
country and knew the history books but not the "real" world. I felt the 
actors were "real" in the first movie, but this one made them cartoons...2 
dimensional.
But I will say that I never had high expectations....it is a movie, and I 
enjoyed it as such. Simply by being a movie it will never reach the heights 
of the book. At least we know that in the real "Potterverse" JK Rowling will 
keep them true to who they are and they are "alive and well" there. I still 
highly enjoyed the movie, even though I saw 
the first movie a dozen times practically& this one I'll probably only see 4 
or 5!!  :-D


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