PoA - my thoughts (long; spoilers)

[Annalisa Moretti]

Great review, and I especially enjoyed what you had to say about 
Hermione and Dumbledore. I too felt that, as much as I loved Richard 
Harris, he was just too reticent to be Dumbledore. The guy's 
supposed to be whacky. He's supposed to be the type of person who 
loves getting weird socks for Christmas. Can you imagine Richard 
Harris belting away the Hogwarts School Song? No, you can't!

I am immensely frustrated by the elimination of important back story 
in the Shrieking Shack. My disappointment is simply increased 
because the rest of the movie is SO good. If Columbus had done the 
movie and left out the same amount of info, I would have been sad 
but at the same time though - "What did I expect?" But Cuaron's PoA 
deserved a much better Shrieking Shack scene at the heart of the 
movie, and I hope he realizes it.

-- Annalisa