Five more things I loved and didn't love about PoA

[joj]

I just watched the movie again today (for the second time) and I have some more thoughts.  :-)

5 more things I loved about PoA.

1.  How Sirius attacked Ron and pulled him into the Whomping Willow.  I also like how Harry attacked Sirius by grabbing him by the throat and throwing him to the floor.  Go Harry!

2.  How Mrs. Weasley was with Harry in the Leaky Cauldron.  She touched his face and looked him in the eyes, and gave him her full attention, even though it was only for about 20 seconds.  

3.  When Hermione hugged Ron and then Harry leaned in and hugged Hermione.  I thought it was a very touching moment between the three.  We haven't seen that kind of closeness before between them in the movies.

4.  That Harry got some of the funniest lines.  I particularly like when he insults Snape and his sarcasm with the Dursley's.

5.  I loved the patronus at the end.  It wasn't just like in the book, but I think visually it would have looked stupid to have the stag running around in a circle, butting the demetors away.  I thought it was very well done and powerful in the movie.  

5 more things I didn't love about PoA.

1.  Professor Trelwney's prophesy.  It was just like Cate Blanchett's character in The Lord of the Rings.  The deep voice mixed with their own.  I couldn't understand either one of them.  I did like how she coughed up the fake fur ball at the end of it though.

2.  Hagrid crying over Buckbeak at the lake.  A couple people even snickered at this part in the theater I was in.  It was just dreadful.

3.  Mrs. Weasley running after Ron on the train with Scabbers, and making a point to tell him not to lose him.  Why would she say that?  Really dumb.

4.  Outside of the Whomping Willow, when Ron tells Hermione his leg might have to be chopped off.  It seemed a real awkward scene to me, and he repeated it twice.  For some reason, that scene just didn't work for me.  

5.  My number 5 for love was the patronus.  What I didn't love was that we didn't see Hermione's reaction to it.  Then they cut right to them flying on Buckbeak and Harry explaining to Hermione that it was him, not his father who did it.  It made sense in the book because Hermione wasn't there, but in the movie, she watched him do it.  It was a "duh" moment for me.  

Joj

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