Saw it a second time tonight

[Diana]

I saw GoF a second time tonight (with Sherry from this list) and 
liked it even more the second time!  I'd already gotten over 
my "but, where's the scene where...." moments and I'd put the 
mangling of the Barty Jr./Barty Sr. subplot behind me so I could 
enjoy the movie for what it it did contain.

The dragon scene was just terrific, again.  Ralph Fiennes' Voldemort 
was a much better fit on this viewing, especially since I wasn't 
sitting only three rows from the screen like during the first 
viewing.  

Voldemort telling Harry that he was 'merciful' because he was going 
to make Harry beg for death and then he'd grant his wish was 
chilling.  Harry, flat on his back on the ground at Voldie's feet 
during this scene, barely whispering 'no, no' while shaking his head 
was horrifying.  Seeing these scenes struck me again how absolutely 
awful Harry's ordeal was at the end of GoF.  No wonder the poor 
kid's still having frequent nightmares about it as OotP starts. 
<shudder>  Powerful scenes.  Voldemort didn't seem as jumpy this 
time, which helped the scenes as well. 

After posting my confusion with Hermione's line reading 
of "Everything's going to change now, isn't it?" earlier on the 
list, and then reading all the replies about it, I paid close 
attention to her face this time when she said it and to Harry's 
reaction to her.  This time I saw the sort-of wince on her face and 
her serious demeanor when she said it.  Harry's reaction was 
just...perfect.  It was so matter-of-fact and showed great strength 
of will and acceptance that are hints of the Harry to come in HBP.  

My favorite movie so far, though I still love CoS as a very close 
second.  I'll be seeing it a third time this Sunday and a fourth 
time in IMAX sometime the following weekend.  I hope I'll be able to 
see this in IMAX at least twice before it leaves theaters.  

Diana L.