thoughts on the third movie, slightly long

[Firedancer]

Okay.  This is going to be a bit long, because I need to give you some background.  First, as you may know, I'm totally blind, and I'd be interested to see what some of the other blind folk on the list have to say.
Now, I need to tell you that I've seen P.O.A. three times as of this writing.  The first time, my life partner, and a mutual friend went with me to see the show.  All three of us are totally blind, and we went to a local theater and saw the thing without video description of any kind.  Well, what with all the audience noise, and a lack of description, I came away dissapointed because of the lack of dialog.
Yesterday, my life partner and I went to another theater that provided headphones so as to listen to the pre-recorded video description.  The descriptive track was done by a British company that had previously done the description for films one and two.  The description helped considerably, but I still wished for more dialog.  But there was something more that niggled me.
Today, we went back to the original theatre to see it without the description.  We went at a time when there would probably be less audience noise.
I still carried in my mind the description from yesterday.  As I listened to the clear audio, holding the description in my mind, I suddenly became aware of why J.K. seems to like this one above the others.  This movie deals with powerful themes--very powerful ones indeed.  If you can take all you knew and expected, set it aside, and meet the work on its terms, then you can receive all it has to give, and that is much.  The new Dumbledore may not come off as majestic as Richard Harris, but the warmth and humanity is definitely there.  The younger actors achieve a refreshing maturity and realness, no I don't mean reality, that almost shocks you.  I don't think it's fair to compare it with the first two films, really.  To me, it's like comparing Mozart's later works to his first.  All are beautiful, but the latter pieces are going to be deeper just because he had more to say in those.
I hope what I've told you will ring a bell with someone, and I'd like to see where this post leads.  June
None but the piper keeps up with the dancer!
   Siempre revelde!!
June

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