my GOF impressions

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at e...> 
wrote:
> Now for my movie impressions.
> 
> Well, first of all WOW!  I agree with all who said that it is the 
best of
> the four.  It seemed like the perfect blend of making things more
> interesting for a movie, visually, and keeping true to the spirit 
of the
> story.  I was quite blown away and hope to be able to go again.  I 
won't
> need description a second time.


Alla:


Heee! I am glad you did it , Sherry. I went to see it for  the 
second time yesterday.

Sherry: 
> Here are some likes and dislikes in no particular order.
> 
> Dan was wonderful!  Especially in the graveyard and returning with 
Cedric's
> body.  His emotion when he proclaimed that Voldemort is back and 
his sobbing
> was realistic and very moving.  What a difference from that 
horrible crying
> episode in the last movie.  I just loved him all the way through.  
I agree,
> love the, I love magic, line.

Alla:

He was wonderful, wasn't he?


Sherry:
> Emma seemed over the top in everything.  It seemed that every 
single line of
> dialog she had was a pronouncement and melodramatic.  But she 
wasn't super
> girl this time and I'm very grateful for that.  I wish I could 
have seen her
> all dressed up for the ball.

Alla:

I thought Emma was a bit over ther top in some episodes, especially 
when Moody was demonstrating Unforgivables. Her being distressed, 
especially more distressed than Neville did not make much sense to 
me. But I thought she was brilliant in Yule ball scene,especially in 
her argument with Ron. I thought " you ruined everything" was a 
great line and her sitting on the stairs and looking like lost 
Cinderella... Nice. I enjoyed it very much.

As to her gown, I was not very impressed. I wish they would dressed 
her up in more evening look gown, I think black dress would have 
suited her nicely.

I am saying it NOT because I did not like her lilac gown, but 
because I did not get a scence of transformed Hermione, you know 
that shock and awe when narrator looks through Harry eyes and sees 
how plain looking Hermione suddenly changed. Emma is a beatiful 
young woman, no question about it, but that is why I was not 
impressed with her appearance. So she pulled her hair up and put on 
the beatiful dress, I still got  the sense of beatiful young woman 
looking a bit more beatiful, you know.

But this is I think what happens when filmmakers pick beatiful woman 
to play the heroine which is supposed to look plain, initially at 
least.

I am reminded of some adaptations of Jane Eyre, and I had seen 
several ( love this book), where actress who plays Jane is very very 
pretty and when other characters talk about how plain she looks, it 
always makes me laugh.

I have a same feeling about Emma. It is not a major dislike, just 
minor irritation, because Emma is certainly a delight to watch, but 
I just find it funny.


Ooops, I started talking about Emma's acting and spent two 
paragraphs discussing her looks. :)


Sherry;
 Will I get a howler if I say I still wish they'd eliminated the 
Yule ball
> and kept the hospital scene? 

Alla:

LOL! No howler from me, but I would not want Yule Ball 
illumination , because Hermione and Ron's arguing was so great, 
IMO. :-)

I did miss Hospital scene of course, how could I not, but I was more 
Okay with it than I thought I would be.

Sherry;
> Moody was fantastic!  Oh wow, what a great job he did in that 
role.  What
> can I say?  It was just great.

Alla:

He was a scene stealer, I loved him. I wish they would keep him in  
the next movie.



Sherry:
 I can't
> wait to get this one on DVD and expect it to become one of those 
movies I
> watch repeatedly!
> 
> Love, love, love it!


Alla:

Yeah, me too.