[HPFGU-Movie] 3rd viewing, some observations, likes & dislikes

[clshannon at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/17/04 3:37:56 AM, patientx3 at aol.com writes:


> -Sirius the dog. For one thing, did *every* shot of him have to be CGI? Its 
> a
> *dog* for goodness sakes, dogs are one of the easiest animals to train. And
> if it was already CGI, couldn't they have made him to the description in the
> book, rather than the drawing in the US editions. Sirius in dog-form is 
> supposed
> to be "bear-like", that dog wasn't bearlike at all.
> 

You know, I looked thru the book and Padfoot is never described as more than 
enormous or black dog. Personally, I didn't get the impression of him being 
bear-like while I was reading it, so I guess that just goes to show how everyone 
sees something different while reading. He seemed fine to me in the movie ;-)

***
-I really don't like the freezeframe at the end. 
**
Sigh, well, I guess I'm one of the few people who really liked that. I 
thought it was a much snappier way to end the film than a long pulling shot from the 
Great Hall to the outside. Different, visually appealing and it actually made 
my heart feel full with some of the joy that Harry must have been feeling. I 
think it's great that they focused on him at the end - they are 'his' stories, 
after all ;-)

Cindy


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]