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American cinemas, I found, are much like Norwegian ones. the only difference is that American cinemas haven't got reserved seats so when John and I went to see HP 5, we entered the cinema a full half hour before the movie started. This gave us time to see quite a bit of commercials, but on the other hand we got excellent seats.
I'm torn about the last movie. I believe it has both good and bad sides. The beginning of it was dreadful. It didn't look like the playground was in a populated area at all to me, and the conversation between Harry and Dudley was so rehearsed and so unnatural that it seemed almost like a dream sequence. The curious lack of background music at the beginning of the movie, though a great tool at times, did not work out for me this time.
The conversations in the movie seemed, at times, less like natural conversations, and more like rehearsed lines taken directly from the book. It must be said however, that when the director dared vary from the set-up of the book, for instance in the first scene where Harry talks with Luna Lovegood, it gets a lot better.
Harry's attempts at rousting speeches were along the lines of Kyra Knightly's speech in Pirates 3, only without the background music. And the last sentence in the film was absolutely dreadful. "At least we have something worth fighting for" I would have you all know that the Dark Lord is not only fighting for immortality (a noble goal in itself) but also for world domination. How is this not goals worth fighting for? Silly, silly Potter...
And that leads us to Gary Oldman. I, personally, love Gary Oldman, and noone could have been more thrilled when he got the part of Sirius Black. I'm not saying I'm regretting that now, but I will say that his interpretation of Sirius Black in this movie was more along the lines of the Oscar Wilde style older "uncle" who anticipates the time when he and Harry can be joined and become a real "family". I'm willing to admit that my slashy mind might have something to do with this, but since I've never ever considered that pairing before, I will lay some of the blame on Oldmans velvet jackets, halfway open shirts seductively showing off his tattoos and his constant winks and half smiles at Harry.
There were some actors who greatly improved the movie though. Luna Lovegood was excellent. Not exactly the way I'd expected her to look, but the way she acted was perfect. And Under secretary Umbridge was unbelievably amazing. Again I'd expected her to look more like Erna Solberg, but her interpretation of Umbridge was so excellent that I bow in awe to her. And, of course, Bellatrix Lestrange. You should all know that I fell madly in love with Helena Bonham Carter when I first saw Frankenstein in the middle of the nineties, and she has yet to disappoint in any character since. I love her, and think she should have had more screen time. Of course Malfoy senior and professor Snape were excellent as well, and Voldemort, well, was Voldemort but in a good way.
There is also a lot to be said for the fighting. The fighting was superb, impeccable, excellent. The entire scene in the Ministry of Magic from the moment Harry realizes that Sirius isn't there to the end of the perfectly spaced, excellently directed and awesomely played out fight, could not have been better. Cudos. That, and the excellent acting from the previously mentioned people, saved the movie for me.
In general I would have to say that the movie in a greater sense than the previous ones seemed to be more a quick summary of the book, and less a good movie. I hope there will be more emphasis on the fighting in the next movie if they choose to go with the same style of directing.
Oh, and just so I've actually said it: there should have been more of Draco Malfoy (but I almost always say that).
I will of course see it again, in the slight hope that my initial review of the film will be brought to shame and that it turns out that it is the best movie yet. But I doubt it.
This icon (awesomely enough) is called Harry Hair. And though I didn't mention this in the review, I have to say that his hair was awful. And the way they dressed the Weasley twins *shakes head* I will say no more...
I'm torn about the last movie. I believe it has both good and bad sides. The beginning of it was dreadful. It didn't look like the playground was in a populated area at all to me, and the conversation between Harry and Dudley was so rehearsed and so unnatural that it seemed almost like a dream sequence. The curious lack of background music at the beginning of the movie, though a great tool at times, did not work out for me this time.
The conversations in the movie seemed, at times, less like natural conversations, and more like rehearsed lines taken directly from the book. It must be said however, that when the director dared vary from the set-up of the book, for instance in the first scene where Harry talks with Luna Lovegood, it gets a lot better.
Harry's attempts at rousting speeches were along the lines of Kyra Knightly's speech in Pirates 3, only without the background music. And the last sentence in the film was absolutely dreadful. "At least we have something worth fighting for" I would have you all know that the Dark Lord is not only fighting for immortality (a noble goal in itself) but also for world domination. How is this not goals worth fighting for? Silly, silly Potter...
And that leads us to Gary Oldman. I, personally, love Gary Oldman, and noone could have been more thrilled when he got the part of Sirius Black. I'm not saying I'm regretting that now, but I will say that his interpretation of Sirius Black in this movie was more along the lines of the Oscar Wilde style older "uncle" who anticipates the time when he and Harry can be joined and become a real "family". I'm willing to admit that my slashy mind might have something to do with this, but since I've never ever considered that pairing before, I will lay some of the blame on Oldmans velvet jackets, halfway open shirts seductively showing off his tattoos and his constant winks and half smiles at Harry.
There were some actors who greatly improved the movie though. Luna Lovegood was excellent. Not exactly the way I'd expected her to look, but the way she acted was perfect. And Under secretary Umbridge was unbelievably amazing. Again I'd expected her to look more like Erna Solberg, but her interpretation of Umbridge was so excellent that I bow in awe to her. And, of course, Bellatrix Lestrange. You should all know that I fell madly in love with Helena Bonham Carter when I first saw Frankenstein in the middle of the nineties, and she has yet to disappoint in any character since. I love her, and think she should have had more screen time. Of course Malfoy senior and professor Snape were excellent as well, and Voldemort, well, was Voldemort but in a good way.
There is also a lot to be said for the fighting. The fighting was superb, impeccable, excellent. The entire scene in the Ministry of Magic from the moment Harry realizes that Sirius isn't there to the end of the perfectly spaced, excellently directed and awesomely played out fight, could not have been better. Cudos. That, and the excellent acting from the previously mentioned people, saved the movie for me.
In general I would have to say that the movie in a greater sense than the previous ones seemed to be more a quick summary of the book, and less a good movie. I hope there will be more emphasis on the fighting in the next movie if they choose to go with the same style of directing.
Oh, and just so I've actually said it: there should have been more of Draco Malfoy (but I almost always say that).
I will of course see it again, in the slight hope that my initial review of the film will be brought to shame and that it turns out that it is the best movie yet. But I doubt it.
This icon (awesomely enough) is called Harry Hair. And though I didn't mention this in the review, I have to say that his hair was awful. And the way they dressed the Weasley twins *shakes head* I will say no more...
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