Some Isaacs thoughts

[David]

Hi, a rare appearance here.

I was a bit dissatisfied with Isaacs' Malfoy.  He comes across to me 
as very much a pantomime villain.

Isaacs has said (can't remember where - CBBC?) that he and Branagh 
had a friendly competition to see who could ham up their part more: 
from seeing the film, I believe it.  But I think that was a mistake 
on Isaacs' part for the purposes of characterisation.  Canon Malfoy 
is a genuinely sinister figure, whereas Lockhart is an over-the-top 
one, so it was OK for Branagh to do it.

Movie Malfoy was very entertaining in the style of Captain Hook, but 
he didn't frighten me as a repository of real evil.  Tom Riddle's 
actor did much better with his cool understatement: 'You won't be 
needing your wand' etc.

David, who also thought the Basilisk's teeth showed that its usual 
diet is fish: what was a plesiosaur doing in Hogwarts?