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The Obligatory Harry Potter Posting
It's the movie of the year [1] so of course I'm obliged to write about it.
Heck, I've even read the book (in fact, all four and waiting for the next
three). No spoilers here (Harry saves the world from Ultimate Evil); just
some comments on the film.
Daniel Radcliffe [2] wasn't a horrible Harry. Neither was he a great Harry.
He was just there. Rupert Grint [3] (Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson [4]
(Hermione Granger and that's “her‧my‧oh‧knee” not “her‧me‧own”) were much
better. I'm not sure if it's because of the direction by Chris “Home Alone”
Columbus [5]; it's a very difficult role to pull off or he just isn't all
that great. I don't know but I felt he was a bit wooden. Everybody else was
wonderful (especially Alan Rickman [6] as Severus Snape).
The special effects. Very uneven. They did a wonder job with Hagrid—I'm sure
the technology developed for use in The Lord of the Rings [7] was used here
to make Robbie Coltrane [8] into a nine foot tall giant (instead of a three
foot Hobbit). Very effective. But for me, most of the computer generated
effects distracted me. They looked like computer generated effects. The
dinosaurs from Jurassic Park [9] were much better done and that was eight
years ago! The Quidditch match would have looked great for Final Fantasy: The
Spirits Within [10] but here they were out of place.
Overall the movie is worth seeing (I wouldn't mind seeing it again) but they
could have done a better job overall.
[1]
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0241527
[2]
http://www.imdb.com/Name?Radcliffe,+Daniel
[3]
http://www.imdb.com/Name?Grint,+Rupert
[4]
http://www.imdb.com/Name?Watson,+Emma+(II)
[5]
http://www.imdb.com/Name?Columbus,+Chris
[6]
http://www.imdb.com/Name?Rickman,+Alan
[7]
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120737
[8]
http://www.imdb.com/Name?Coltrane,+Robbie
[9]
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0107290
[10]
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0173840
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