[the_old_crowd] Never again

[Monika Huebner]

Hi all,

"pennylin" <pennylin at ...> wrote:

>Yep ----- me too to what Steve said.  I saw it in the theater oh .......only 4 times I think (which is a low for me, despite liking this film the best of all), but I've already watched the DVD 4 times too.  <g>  I *love* it.  Love it.  'tis the best so far by about 100%, but I'm not a huge fan of Columbus.  I do like the filmic versions, though obviously the books are paramount to me.  Yes, it's definitely a matter of opinion.

I don't want to clutter up the list with a "me too" post, but I have
to chime in here, too. Penny just summed it up for me as well. I like
the first two movies and I do own them on DVD, but I'm not a Columbus
fan either. Some things just look too much like "Home Alone [at
Hogwarts]" to me. But I simply love PoA, and being a huge Sirius fan,
I had my reservations about Gary Oldman when I first heard he would
get the part. I think his performance is outstanding, just the right
mix between Sirius's "unbalanced" side (which I always knew was there)
and his caring, emotional side. It is not really important that he
doesn't match my mental image of book Sirius. I have watched a couple
of his other movies since and can only say he is a truly great actor.
IMHO of course.

Monika
who has watched PoA only once on DVD but who will watch it again
tomorrow.