PoA Review ---> LOVED it !!

[Kimberly]

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I just returned from seeing the movie and my immediate reaction is "I want to see it again !!!!!!!!!!!!".        I've read many reviews of those that didn't care for the way it was done and quite frankly, I just don't have that same feeling.      I absolutely adored the emotion and energy behind many of the scenes and even my children (6, 9, 10), only one of which read the book, had no trouble following the pace.    Yes, there were times it went from one location to the next with little transition but I felt enough information was given to follow along.     

My favorite part/sequence had to be seeing the Time Turner events materialized.     Reading it wasn't as vivid to me as seeing it !!    I LOVED where Time Turner!Hermione threw the pebbles into Hagrid's hut.    Just being able to see all of that played out was worth the price of the ticket.    

The most emotional scene for me was when Harry and Sirius are at the lake and Time Turner!Harry and Time Turner!Hermione show up.    The dementor scene is phenomenal and held my every attention !   I was pulled completely into it and at parts could hardly watch even though I knew the ending already !     The soul sucking, WOW !!     Just as I imagined !!    Yes, I know that it's not mentioned in canon that the dementors fly but in the movie it felt totally right.     All in all, a big moment in the movie.

Fred and George, fantastic bit of acting, really !    As someone else already mentioned, it was quite amusing to witness them "talking in turn".    The Marauder's Map couldn't have been done any better.   Yes, I thought they could have at least mentioned who the Marauder's were but suffice it to say, I was more than pleased at the outcome none the less.     When Snape confiscated the map and Harry did the part about, "....presents his compliments to Professor Snape and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business." I was positively gleeful !    

Buckbeak- Fantastic !!!

Professor Trelawny- Enjoyable, much better than her canon character but still not one of my favorites, I'd just as well to do without her except that she comes into play more so later on.    

The scene at the Dursleys, to me, other than the purpose of the really cool Knight Bus scene... I felt the time spent at the Dursleys was wasted.     What was the point really ?    Harry's bedroom reminded me of the inside of the house on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory.    The interior of his room just didn't coincide with the rest of the dwelling, not even the materials it was made of.    It was more than "we've been burdened with Harry, let's give him much less", it was the feel of his room was different than the rest of the house.   Anyway, I could have done without the whole Dursley scene... Marge blowing up came way too fast and was over in a flash.   

The Knight Bus was such fun !    What a ride !!!!!     

Having viewed the trailers and reading reviews did nothing to prepare me for this movie.... I thought it was very well done and that Cuaron was brilliant at creating a visual for book #3.    The detail was endless... seeing the water droplets on the playground equipment before the Knight Bus comes, the dementors fingers, the scene where the boys are in their dormitory playing around, the Boggart, etc.    All of it seemed so real !!    Oh, I forgot to say that I got quite a chuckle out of Hermione when she said, "Is that really what my hair looks like from the back ?".    I liked how they added in bits of typical teen behaviors.    Great to see our characters growing and changing but also remaining the same.    

Can you tell I loved this movie ???     So glad I get to share it with you all... I came home and tried to explain to my husband (who hasn't read or watched any of the series) which proved pointless.     He just had no idea.    

Kimberly

The circles of women around us weave invisible nets of love 
that carry us when we're weak and sing with us when we're strong. 


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