Good people vs. death eaters
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jmc_bksMy thoughts, in no particular order:
Best line of the movie: Sirius's "The world isn't divided into good people and Death Eaters."
Sirius? Totally slashy and more than a little cracked by his imprisonment in Azkaban.
Helena Bonham-Carter? Creepily insane as Bellatrix Lestrage.
I'm not a Lucius Malfoy fan in the books, but Jason Isaacs in a bad blond wig and a mask? MROW. Add the cape and the serpent cane and I feel all swoony.
Dan Radcliffe's acting has improved immensely. Emma Watson needs to learn to convey emotion in more ways -- the deep/heavy breathing gets old. Would've liked to see more of Rupert Grint. Evanna Lynch was ethereal as Luna; she wasn't the Luna of my imagination but she was very good. And now I could totally 'ship Luna/Neville.
Snape is much more likeable in the films. Part of this is because he's played by Alan Rickman, but the other part is that the film isn't told merely from Harry's perspective, which skews the reader's view of Snape since they have such an awful relationship. Wish he'd had more screen time in OotP. Really, this holds true for all of the returning characters -- Hagrid, McGonagall, the Weasleys, the Order.
Imelda Staunton absolutely stole the movie as Umbridge. I hope she gets BAFTA and Oscar nominations for her role.
Michael Gambon, however great an actor he is, is not working for me as Dumbledore. During the film Q&A last week online at the Post, part of the discussion centered on how he was supposed to be colder toward Harry in this book. But that's not my problem; my problem is that his interpretation of Dumbledore generally is much colder and grouchier than Richard Harris's was. And he plays Dumbledore as a wizard with a lot more fear and uncertainty, too, than JKR wrote him, IMO.
Loved the Extendable Ears. And the Weasley twins with their new haircuts.
Was seriously disturbed by those meowing kittens on the plates.
And the battle at the Ministry? Rocked.
As did the night flying along the Thames, which I don't believe actually occured in the book.
Best line of the movie: Sirius's "The world isn't divided into good people and Death Eaters."
Sirius? Totally slashy and more than a little cracked by his imprisonment in Azkaban.
Helena Bonham-Carter? Creepily insane as Bellatrix Lestrage.
I'm not a Lucius Malfoy fan in the books, but Jason Isaacs in a bad blond wig and a mask? MROW. Add the cape and the serpent cane and I feel all swoony.
Dan Radcliffe's acting has improved immensely. Emma Watson needs to learn to convey emotion in more ways -- the deep/heavy breathing gets old. Would've liked to see more of Rupert Grint. Evanna Lynch was ethereal as Luna; she wasn't the Luna of my imagination but she was very good. And now I could totally 'ship Luna/Neville.
Snape is much more likeable in the films. Part of this is because he's played by Alan Rickman, but the other part is that the film isn't told merely from Harry's perspective, which skews the reader's view of Snape since they have such an awful relationship. Wish he'd had more screen time in OotP. Really, this holds true for all of the returning characters -- Hagrid, McGonagall, the Weasleys, the Order.
Imelda Staunton absolutely stole the movie as Umbridge. I hope she gets BAFTA and Oscar nominations for her role.
Michael Gambon, however great an actor he is, is not working for me as Dumbledore. During the film Q&A last week online at the Post, part of the discussion centered on how he was supposed to be colder toward Harry in this book. But that's not my problem; my problem is that his interpretation of Dumbledore generally is much colder and grouchier than Richard Harris's was. And he plays Dumbledore as a wizard with a lot more fear and uncertainty, too, than JKR wrote him, IMO.
Loved the Extendable Ears. And the Weasley twins with their new haircuts.
Was seriously disturbed by those meowing kittens on the plates.
And the battle at the Ministry? Rocked.
As did the night flying along the Thames, which I don't believe actually occured in the book.
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Date: 2007-07-24 12:53 am (UTC)I wish they had a better Dumbledore too. I like Marianne's idea of Stephen Fry (I love him!) but he's definitely not old enough.
Jennie
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Date: 2007-07-24 11:47 am (UTC)I like Gary Oldman a great deal. My favorite of his movies is The Professional (Leon), with Jean Reno and Natalie Portman. He also had a smallish role in the last Batman movie. And he was Dracula in the 1992 Winona Ryder version. Oldman seems to end up cast as the bad guy often though.
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Date: 2007-07-24 02:16 pm (UTC)And I'm totally going to rent The Professional because I also love Jean Reno and Natalie Portman. I was just trying to think of something for my Netflix queue. ;)
-Jennie