[HPFGU-Movie] I LIKED IT (bracing for rotton fruit thrown)

[Jodi Robertson]

Hi B,
My replies in line below
Jodi

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*snip*
> This movie had  DR & EW battered by the
> whomping willow quite well, and the scene where Harry fell from his
broomstick was
> very real to me - I got a bit of vertigo watching him fall. And buckbeak
was
> breathtaking. Fabulous.

I did feel a bit ill watching that on IMAX

*snip*

> (4) I LIKED the stuff that was added purely for the movie. The shrunken
head
> and aunt Marge floating over town in the night were FUN and it kicked off
the
> show with some giggles. I thought the animal candies were FUN! These are
boys,
> for crying out loud, having some laughs together after summer vacation.
> Remember how excited you were to see your friends again when school began?
The
> scene was a good example of what young wizards do to goof off and be
stupid. It's
> better than Tee-Peeing peoples cars, for goodness sake.

When we go see it next (our fourth time, we'll go to the drive-in) I want to
pay particular attention to Seamus (must be my imagination that he sounds
like a monkey but looks more like a chicken - but I loved it anyway!)

> (4) I'm not sure what was up with the car alarm, but I laughed out loud,
> along with the rest of the sold-out theatre.

Two of the 3 shows we were at were sold out!

> (5) I LOVED BUCKBEAK. I loved the bird-of-prey sounds he made, his eyes,
his
> beak. He was very frightening to behold - one bite and he looked like he
could
> have snapped your arm off! The frightened children were hilareous, and
> Hagrid's obliviousness to their fear was even better. And I don't know if
the "King
> of the world" homage was intentional or not, but I don't care, I LOVED IT!
It
> exemplified, as someone on this board wrote, Harry's exhilaration of
flight.
> For just a second, there was no Sirius black, no Draco, no Dursleys. Just
> flight. It was brilliant.

Frightening yes, but beautiful!

> (8) I don't care if they got a new fat lady. She was a riot!

Dawn French - she was on a PBS show...I forget the title, but I think it was
something like The Vicar of something-or-other. A funny lady.