The Prisoner

[susanmcgee48176]

I've now seen it twice.

Was anyone able to read the title of the book that was being read by 
a customer in the Leaky Cauldron at the beginning?

I liked the "casual" use of magic throughout the film..(in the 
Cauldron seeing tea being stirred, Lupin's closing up of his 
luggage)...

I loved Lupin and I thought I would NOT like him at all. I thought 
Alan Rickman DID have a lot of space in this movie and it was 
great..I loved him in Grandma Longbottom's clothes..I loved the way 
he protected the kids from the WereWolf (despite how much he hates 
Harry -- a foreshadowing of how Dumbledore does trust him and how I 
reluctantly must agree he must be on our side..but listening to how 
he was going to let Neville poison his toad with a badly mixed 
potion..it's hard to believe..)

Gary Oldman was superb! He  brought the goodness, the madness and the 
violence of Sirius Black to life..the scene with Lupin turning into 
the werewolf was wonderful (the second time I heard Lupin 
whimpering "Padfoot...."

Timothy Spawl as Peter Pettigrew is absolutely brilliant – his 
demonic laughter as he transforms from Peter back into Scabbers (on 
his way to join Lord Voldemort) was wonderful.

I was terribly pleased to see Hermione (Emma Watson) have more of a 
role. In the movie version of PS her role deciphering the 
potion/poisons is skipped....and in the CoS, she is petrified for a 
good chunk of time...

more soon

Susan McGee, Michigan