movie opinions

[Tonks]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at e...> 
wrote:
>
 i will be interested to hear opinions from everyone who gets to it 
sooner.  Especially from those who didn't particularly like the POA 
movie because of changes to plot or things left out.  POA was so 
disappointing to me, and so far, all i've read sounds like those who 
liked that one, like this one.  i can't wait to read what you all think!


Tonks here:

I did not like POA all that much, but I liked this one. What I didn't 
like about POA was that they wore Muggle clothes most of the time. I 
didn't pay much attention to clothes this time which I think must mean 
that they were in robes more. 

There were a lot of special effects that were good. The twins were 
great. I never really cared for the twins one way or the other before, 
but I really liked them in this movie. They are cute kids too. And 
Neville can dance! Ron and Harry were sitting like wallflowers and 
Neville was really 'cutting a rug' as they say. Madam Maxima is taller 
than Hagrid, which was a shock. Guess they did that to point up the 
fact that she was half giant.

Snape didn't have much of a part, to my disappointment. And DD was a 
total jerk. That man can not act, if you ask me. He just doesn't "get 
it" when it comes to the person of DD. He grabbed Harry and shook him 
like you would expect from Uncle Vernon, not from our kind, loving, all 
knowing, and therefor forgiving DD. I am really bothered about the 
image that this actor is giving the world. DD is, other than Harry, the 
central character in the series. He represents all that is good, all 
that is holy. I wish JKR had something to say about that, because I am 
sure that she would not like to see DD shown in that way.

Having said all of this, I did like the movie. My favorite is the first 
movie and GOF is my second favorite. POA was my least favorite.

The graveyard scene was well done (not too much blood and gore that 
would have scared younger kids) and Cedric's death was very moving. The 
heartwrenching screams and crying of his father was the most touching 
scene in the movie. It took the place of the scene with Harry in the 
hospital and the hug from Molly. It has a simular impact on the 
audience.

Another problem with the movie is that it did not give any lead-in to 
some of the scenes. Someone who had not read the books (and there are 
many who only see the movies) would be rather lost. There wasn't the 
proper setup for some things and it left folks saying "what was 
that?" "Who is that?" and so on. If you had read the books you would be 
OK, but not everyone has.
 
I am going to see it again tomorrow. I like to look at the costumes the 
second time. Oh, and I went dressed as a death eater (Bella). Felt a 
bit sheepish at the end, fearful that some would hate me, but I got 
back to my car OK. ;-)

Tonks_op