POA Reaction In Brief....

[daughterofthedust]

If it were me, I would just avoid all reviews until seeing the film 
but....for some of y'all who'll refuse to do that...

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LIKED:
The New Dumbledore...I've noticed most of you have the opposite 
opinion, but I always imagined him as sarcastic and a little crazy, 
like Gambon's Dumbldore...Never feeble and simply wise, like Harris 
(RIP) played him.

The look (more darkly gothic), pacing (great transitions), and 
details (magic in the back)....A+++ in my book. :-D As a huge critic 
of the first two, for those very reasons, I am more than pleased 
with this. :-D

The Time-Turner...The first cool object from the story realized as 
such in the film.

The Weasley Twins 

Trelawny...airly sarcastic...Loved her. :-)

The whomping willow...Kill those birds!!

The slash scar detail on Lupin's face...

Harry's mussed hair

The sexual metaphors...Seemed like Cuaron was flipping off those who 
assumed he'd put some Y Tu Mama in it...so he did. ("You've got to 
stroke it!!") :-)

Buckbeak...He's the antithesis of Stone's Firenze.


DISLIKED
Lupin's werewolf...A skinny mutant??? Huh?

A line Harry gave about living in a cottage in the country with 
Sirius...He sounded just a little too much like Lego...umm...Orlando 
Bloom's Paris telling his stolen woman he'd hunt rabbit for 
her...bleeeh.

Harry's lip over-trembling in a poignant scene in the snow...Maybe 
he was cold??

The Shrieking shack scene. It was a bit clunky. Although seriously 
(no pun intended) I don't know how he could have possibly pulled 
that off seemlessly...

Okay these three are really nit-picky, because I honestly believe if 
he'd included everything, it would have been too long and would have 
ultimately hindered the film. And of course, EVERYTHING from the 
books can't be in the movies. However, for me, these were missed 
most...

No, flashback of what happened that fateful night when Pettigrew cut 
off his finger...

No, picture of Harry's parents with Sirius

No, explanation of the meaning of Padfoot, Moony, Wormtail, and 
Prongs...(though, I do believe Cuaron's inclusion of it was treat 
for the fans, only :-)


Overall it was faaar anad away superior to the the first two, which 
got a mediocre ** stars a piece, from me. 

This one gets ***1/2 out of 5. 

I'm seeing it again this weekend.  :-D