Saw it for the second time...

[Wanda Sherratt]

It really is better on the second viewing.  The weirdness of just 
seeing it onscreen, and knowing that some things will be different, 
is over, and I can just pay attention to it as a movie and enjoy 
it.  I saw a few details this time that I missed the first time:
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(Well, these aren't really big spoilers, but the were new things to 
me).  
- While still at the Dursleys, you can see the book that Harry's 
reading beside his bed:  "Which Owl?"  I guess they can't suppress 
ALL of his wizarding interests.
- During the pixie scene, when they knock down the dragon skeleton, 
you can see one pixie sitting on its neck, waving his arm like he's 
riding a bronco, and shouting "Yeee-hawwww!" as it goes down.
- I'd seen the Lockhart in the big portrait running away from the 
pixies, but I hadn't noticed before that even in the black and white 
pictures at the top of the stairs, he's running away too.
- Draco's funny little kung-fu like stance during the duelling 
scene, with his wand held above his head and the other hand 
stretched out, is quite different from Harry's.  Then I noticed that 
it's identical to Snape's stance when he's duelling Lockhart.

I noticed a lot more things I enjoyed this time around, but I must 
regretfully agree with the bad reviews of the final scene.  It 
didn't bother me so much the first time around, but now I find that 
it really slows down the end of the movie, and it doesn't fit with 
what's just come before.  Why on earth didn't they just film the 
pyjama party that was in the book, and have Hagrid come charging in 
to be mobbed by his friends? There was no need for all that 
formality at the end.

Wanda