[HPFGU-Movie] GoF movie

[Beth MotherBear]

I too am anxiously awaiting seeing GOF on the big screen (and hopefully on the realllllly big screen at IMAX).  I was seriously disappointed with movie 3, but had read and reread book 3 several times just before the movie.  But I added the DVD to my collection anyway and have come to enjoy it as it is.  This time I've wised up.  I haven't reread book 4 in over a year.  Hopefully, that will help.  My biggest disappointment is in what they have done to Dumbledore's character.  Instead of the most powerful wizard ever, however eccentric, they have turned him into a buffoon who is just plain weird, and certainly doesn't inspire confidence (IMO).  The review seems that this characterization is continued.  Knowing that in advance, I will be expecting it, and hopefully it won't ruin the movie for me this time.

artsylynda at aol.com wrote: Yeah, they're leaving a lot out, and yeah, I'm bummed that Sirius  is 
relegated to being a glowing pile of embers (that's just a waste of good CGI  budget, 
IMO -- the head floating in the fire would have been just fine and they  
could have used that money elsewhere!).  BUT. . .I've viewed a lot of the  clips 
and trailers and I am blown away by how truly scary this film is (and I'm  
mid-50's, no kid here!).  Last night I saw the one from the DE attack on  the tent 
city -- I was SHOCKED at how it turned out!  (I won't spoil it for  you if 
you haven't seen it.)  It had me with my nose nearly on the puter  screen, I was 
so tense and worried about what was going to happen!!  This  is an 
action-packed, Harry-based film, which is how it should be, since all the  books are 
"Harry Potter and. . ." -- the fact that Winky and Dobby and SPEW and  Ludo 
Bagman are left out -- I can live with that.  I also saw the clip  where they pull 
their dragons out of the bag -- OH MY!  That's  AWESOME!  And now I understand 
why there are pictures of Hermione in the  tent when she wasn't supposed to 
be there -- that's a really touching  scene.  So while it's not the book, it 
was never INTENDED to be the  book.  The acting I've seen so far is incredibly 
good.  Harry trying  to ask Cho to the ball had ME cringing, remembering how 
horribly uncomfortable  it was to be a teenager trying to start dating (I got up 
the nerve to ask a boy  to the Sadie Hawkins Dance -- where girls ask the 
boys, in case you've never  heard of it -- and I waited too late and had exactly 
the same experience as  Harry did when he asked Cho, argh.)  Dan Radcliffe's 
acting, in every scene  I've watched so far, is INCREDIBLY good, as is Emma's 
-- I haven't seen enough  of Rupert's to tell, but his scene when he looks in 
the mirror at himself in  those horrible dress robes and he says, "Murder me, 
Harry" -- that's  wonderful!  :-)  I just wish they weren't so into "Super 
Hermione" and  "Lamebrain Sidekick Ron" -- but as long as they keep Harry as the 
hero he's  supposed to be, I'll keep going to the films.

Can't WAIT to see this one!

Lynda

"The cat's among the pixies now." Mrs. Figg,  OoP





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