My own review

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imamommy:



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I saw the movie last night, and I have mostly praise, but mixed 
reviews.  (Can you handle reading yet another review?)

I liked the overall effect.  I felt very much like Harry was feeling 
more and more alienated.  I loved the parts that showed them being 
teens; the candy in the dorm room, Hermione's comment about her 
hair.  

What I liked, and some others apparently didn't, was that the film 
had more of an artsy feel to it.  It was Hogwarts, but Hogwarts was 
different because of Harry's point of view.  I thought it a more 
visually stimulating and symbol- rich interpretaion.

Somebody thought the Great Hall got smaller; perhaps Cuaron did this 
to acheive the effect of Harry getting bigger???

I thought the boggart!dementor in DADA could have come off if 
Lupin's (later) line was that he didn't think Harry could drive it 
off or make it funny, but alas... that was a weak spot.  

I also think SOMEWHERE could have been two lines of dialogue about 
who wrote the map. 

Fred and George?  in a word, brilliant.

Buck beak was very well realized, and almost made up for
Werewolf!Lupin.

Van Helsing has much better CGI werewolves. 

Somebody commented that Harry produces a corporeal patronus on his 
second try, but he doesn't.  He simply achieves enough of one to 
keep his boggart off, and Prongs does not ride until the lake scene.

A much more sensual, touchy-feely movie overall.  I particularly 
noticed the moment where Hermione grabs onto Ron, and Harry grabs 
onto Hermione.  I think we shippers may go on debating a little 
while longer.  

I did miss Snape coming unglued at the end.  But I loved the hallway 
scene. 

The pace was definitely faster, but that was not necessarily a bad 
thing.  I tried to watch CoS today, and I've always thought it 
dragged, but after PoA it was insufferable.  I don't think it has to 
do so much with the length of the movie as the pacing.

Thanks for reading my review, I've enjoyed yours.

imamommy

PS--Did anyone notice that a Tess Cuaron was the baby in the 
painting?  and a certain Nigel Grint was credited with being a 
chaperone.