Cos Impressions

[ameliagoldfeesh]

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Well I've been to see CoS three times now (though my friends 
think I've only been to it twice with them) and I am one who thinks 
it was better then SS.  

-I didn't miss the Deathday party or even Valentine's Day too 
much, and I certainly didn't miss Peeves at all.

-In some ways I didn't care for the basilisk- the extra teeth for 
one..the basilisk in my mind looked more like a giant snake I 
suppose.

-I also didn't care for the Whomping Willow.  I didn't like how it 
could bend its whole trunk over and how it had the huge club-like 
limbs.  I pictured a more willow-like tree or even one more like 
the evil tree in Poltergeist.    Now in PoA movie- with a tree like 
that- instead of getting hit by a limb and getting blood drawn, I'm 
picturing one of the Trio getting hit by a huge limb and getting 
squished flat. *g*

-I'd have liked to have seen  more of Ginny, the twins and Percy 
and Penelope- but I understand that the filmmakes aren't trying 
to make an epic either- darn it...

-I loved the going into the diary sequence- the black and white

-I loved the Trio for the most part.  I believe Radcliffe did an 
excellent job- much better than some people are giving him 
credit for.   Emma Watson also did a great job.   I really like 
Rupert Grint but I think he was told to ham it up a bit too much. 
He wasn't helped either by getting many of Ron's lines stolen by 
Hermione as many others have pointed out.  The part that 
stuck out the most was in Hagrid's Hut when he didn't get to 
explain *any* of the name calling- grr.

-Dobby was even less annoying than in the book- which I went 
into very  nervous about.  Did anyone else notice Dobby reprised 
Hagrid's "I shouldn't have said that" when he is visiting Harry in 
the infirmary?

-The two boys who played Crabbe and Goyle did a great 
polyjuiced Harry and Ron.  Makes me wish those two would be 
able to get more screen time...  The Crabbe kid was doing little 
quick nods just like Grint  did in another scene.

-Tom Felton/ Draco.  I'd give Felton the most improved actor's 
award for this movie!   I was really impressed by him.    I think he 
got a couple of pretty entertaining bits too- getting bitten by the 
Mandrake,  the "I didn' t know you could read!"- I like the "huh, 
who knew?" expression that ended that statement and his 
Quidditch crash.

I'd also like to say I've always disliked Draco and that he's always 
been nothing more than an annoying creep.  However, I thought 
the moviemakers were trying to play a sympathy card with Draco 
too.  I hope this is what they intended or else I've been unduly, 
unknowingly influenced by the main-lists pro-Draco posts.  
(Repeats to self  *go back and read canon Draco- deprogram 
yourself*)

-Jason Isaacs was the perfect Malfoy, Sr.

-I loved Rickman as Snape...many others (Amandageist, for 
one) have said better than I could why he is so perfect for the 
role.   I do have one question though- did anyone else find his 
dueling club 'twirl and point' hilarious?  My best friend and I, 
when we saw that we similtaneously burst out laughing- then 
tried to stifle it as no one else in the theater seemed to find it 
funny.  I was nearly teary-eyed and totally missed the "Scared 
Potter?"  exchange- tho I wasn't helped at all by my friend 
shaking with silent giggles either...

And finally (thank god everyone says) I don't think Kloves and 
Columbus are too bad.  They deserve more credit than they are 
getting from many on this list.  They have remained quite faithful 
to the books considering they are in an industry that takes a 
good thing and usually blows it by making up stories out of the 
thin air.  For instance, I've nearly been banned from going to 
history related movies (Titanic, The Patriot, Pearl Harbor, 
Gladiator) with my friends because such liberties are taken  or 
asinine storylines are made up it drives me nuts and I complain 
to them.   I don't think most filmmakers would take such care 
with a movie they think of  as a *children's movie.*

However, that said, I am glad there will be a new director in for 
PoA. *g*

The unusually long-winded
A Goldfeesh

This place ain't doing me any good
I'm in the wrong town, I should be in Hollywood
   Dylan's Oscar winning Times Have Changed from Wonder          
   Boys (he now performs with his Oscar behind him on stage        
   *g*)