I LIKED IT (bracing for rotton fruit thrown)

[Liz Martin]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, clshannon at a... wrote:
> Well, you won't have to dodge any fruit thrown by me ;-) 
> I concur with everything you said in the post and thanks for putting
it so 
> concisely - my brain is rather fried lately ;-)
> A few things I want to add - I never laughed so much during a HP
movie - the 
> humor was dry, well timed and perfectly performed. Even some
background sight 
> gag type humor had be laughing and believe me, I don't laugh out
loud easily 
> ;) Example - Hagrid taking the whole carriage door off and then just
standing 
> there wondering what to do with it. I like subtle, dry humor and
this was that 
> - we aren't supposed to focus on him, there is other action going
on, but 
> there he is, off to the side of the frame, quietly pondering the
door. not doing 
> some slapsticky Jim Carrey thing with the door. Loved that sort of
thing all 
> thru-out the movie. 
> Also, I don't think anyone's mentioned the music when Harry first
starts his 
> Buckbeak ride, while they are still on the ground. I must admit that
I am 
> notoriously deaf to music while watching movies. Often I buy the
soundtrack and 
> wonder where the heck all that music was when I had watched the
movie ;-)
> But that rousing drum beat, sounding almost like an angry tribe
getting ready 
> for war, was the perfect way to start the heart pumping. I felt like
I was on 
> the damn hippogriff, my heart pounding along with the music and when he 
> finally takes off and the music changes, well...I was almost
breathless. And of 
> course, as others have said, the cgi work was flawless, incredible.
> 
> Anyway, wanted to chime in and agree with you about all the points you 
> mentioned. I had been anticipating this movie for so long and was
exhilariated when 
> I left the theater - only to come home to wade thru quite a few
negative 
> posts, some bordering on downright nasty. Well, I had to step away
from the 
> messages for awhile. I wasn't going to let it ruin the joy I felt
while watching the 
> movie and afterwards.
> 
> On another note - watched Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper's review
show and 
> they both praised it quite highly - citing things like the improved
look, 
> acting, special effects. Roeper even went so far as to say that even
if one hadn't 
> read any of the books or seen the first two movies, this movie
stands alone as 
> a great movie   by itself. 
> I was glad to hear them both say, chiefly Ebert, that he hopes the
whole cast 
> stays- he said that the kids would only be about 19 when the last
movie was 
> shot. He said he was used to the kids and would be interested to see
how they 
> mature and how they play the characters all the way through. Yea ;-)
> 
> Cindy
> 
I agree I thought the actors were much more at ease with their
character reaction to things. I thought it was interesting how Ron was
acting toward Hermione about his leg, very similar to how Draco was
treating his arm injury fake or not. They were both over dramatizing
about what was or could happend to their injured limb. 

Liz
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