Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.
July 31st 2009 07:35
So I watched Harry Potter yesterday. In the theatre. The comfortable theatre chair was probably the best thing about the whole experience.
I'm torn about this movie. For the most part, the story is the same. But there are some differences-of course-and some of them bother me. The biggest difference is the TONE of the movie versus the tone of the book.
In the book there is a long build up to the dark end. You see the effects of the Death Eaters everywhere; the students are worried for their parents and other relatives, the teachers are all tired and wearing out. Curfew is enforced much more in this book. You can feel the tension of the students. They know they are safe at Hogwarts-but they are afraid of what lies outside of it.
In the movie there is too much humour. It ruins that tone. The students don't really act like, you know, there's a WAR going on outside their grounds-though that's pretty much what's happening-you don't see enough of certain characters who have very important scenes (and who are also incredibly important in book seven), and the end doesn't impact as hard. You don't have the buildup, so when the movie ends, you don't have the same reaction.
The movie is a good movie, yes. But it needs to be, for the most part, a fair bit darker. The castle and the set were darker in this one; which I notice in each movie, the camera lights get darker and the setting gets darker. But the students were far too cheerful; you didn't see them acting worried, really.
And at the very end, when Harry calls Snape a coward, and Snape yells 'Don't you call me a coward'... well, SNAPE DOES NOT RESPOND. WHAT? ONE line, ONE line got cut, and it was one hell of an important line too. What the hell is that about? Bad writers. Alan Rickman could have OWNED that line.
I'm disappointed. It wasn't too too bad-Tom Felton (Draco), Helena Bonham Carter (Bella), whoever that girl is that play Ginny-those three definitely did a great job. Luna Lovegood? Priceless. The acting in this movie is, for the most part, amazing. I've never really liked Rupert Grint or Daniel Radcliffe as actors; they're OK but not that great. Emma Watson is spectacular, as are most of the actors and actresses in this movie.
I really must say though, my favourite performance in this movie is NOT Alan Rickman-which is a first-who they really needed to focus more on. I would've liked to have seen at least ONE of the Defense Against The Dark Arts lessons with Snape. Seriously. Anyway, my favourite actor/actress for movie six? Helena Bonham Carter. Wow. The perfect Bella-seriously, she's PERFECT. She's just how I imagined her.
The movie also doesn't really, ahem, do all that well at the beginning... we're supposed to see a snippet of Tom Riddle's past and THEN the scene where Snape makes the Unbreakable Vow and THEN Harry. Jeez.
All in all... it's an OK movie. But it pissed me off. Just a little. Disappointment reigns...
I'm torn about this movie. For the most part, the story is the same. But there are some differences-of course-and some of them bother me. The biggest difference is the TONE of the movie versus the tone of the book.
In the book there is a long build up to the dark end. You see the effects of the Death Eaters everywhere; the students are worried for their parents and other relatives, the teachers are all tired and wearing out. Curfew is enforced much more in this book. You can feel the tension of the students. They know they are safe at Hogwarts-but they are afraid of what lies outside of it.
In the movie there is too much humour. It ruins that tone. The students don't really act like, you know, there's a WAR going on outside their grounds-though that's pretty much what's happening-you don't see enough of certain characters who have very important scenes (and who are also incredibly important in book seven), and the end doesn't impact as hard. You don't have the buildup, so when the movie ends, you don't have the same reaction.
The movie is a good movie, yes. But it needs to be, for the most part, a fair bit darker. The castle and the set were darker in this one; which I notice in each movie, the camera lights get darker and the setting gets darker. But the students were far too cheerful; you didn't see them acting worried, really.
And at the very end, when Harry calls Snape a coward, and Snape yells 'Don't you call me a coward'... well, SNAPE DOES NOT RESPOND. WHAT? ONE line, ONE line got cut, and it was one hell of an important line too. What the hell is that about? Bad writers. Alan Rickman could have OWNED that line.
I'm disappointed. It wasn't too too bad-Tom Felton (Draco), Helena Bonham Carter (Bella), whoever that girl is that play Ginny-those three definitely did a great job. Luna Lovegood? Priceless. The acting in this movie is, for the most part, amazing. I've never really liked Rupert Grint or Daniel Radcliffe as actors; they're OK but not that great. Emma Watson is spectacular, as are most of the actors and actresses in this movie.
I really must say though, my favourite performance in this movie is NOT Alan Rickman-which is a first-who they really needed to focus more on. I would've liked to have seen at least ONE of the Defense Against The Dark Arts lessons with Snape. Seriously. Anyway, my favourite actor/actress for movie six? Helena Bonham Carter. Wow. The perfect Bella-seriously, she's PERFECT. She's just how I imagined her.
The movie also doesn't really, ahem, do all that well at the beginning... we're supposed to see a snippet of Tom Riddle's past and THEN the scene where Snape makes the Unbreakable Vow and THEN Harry. Jeez.
All in all... it's an OK movie. But it pissed me off. Just a little. Disappointment reigns...
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