thoughts on the third movie, slightly long

[spinelli372003]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Firedancer" 
<firedancerflash at c...> wrote:
> 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


June,  I very much enjoyed your post.  I am blind in one eye.  Not in 
the same catagory but somewhat the same as I miss a lot of stuff 
going on around me.  I have been to see the new movie.  It is 
spectacular.  Way better for me than the first two.  Have you 
listened to all the books on tape?  It is amazing but I have read 
them all and listened to them all on tape (the version by Jim Dale) 
each and every time I reread or relisten to them I hear something 
new.  Or something jumps out at me that didn't the time before.  I 
think that going back was a wise choice on your part.  Thanks for 
posting.  
sherry