Went to see the new Harry potter film over the weekend. Enjoyed it despite the normal loss of story from book to film. It was quite long and the cinema was packed with little kids, however they were all very quiet so it kept their attention.
It was a little jumpy at times and so probably deserves the 12a rating. Anyway all in all a good film, enjoyable and gripping. Good way o showing the stresses and strains that friendships go through as young people age - hey the same issues adults face ;-)
Thumbs up to cineworld aswell for a lovely tray of nachos and chillies.
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Wasn't the dragon scene great? I just loved it... except they skipped the other three dragons. But you can only fit so much material in a movie.
What just bothered me was how Fleur was such a baby in the maze. She acted like she was about to pee her pants.
LOL, yeah the dragon was great. I was alittle disappointed with both Victor and Flur in the maze, but as you say - only so much in a movie
First film, I thought, that was better than the source material. If only someone had bothered telling dear old J.K that she overwrote the book by 300 pages. The Quidditch world cup was dull as a conversation with Chris Russell, and the Hermione fighting for the rights of House Elves was painfully stretched out filler. Hurrah for brevity. Hurrah for the fact the Dursleys weren't in there (can't remember if they're in the book or not). Hurrah for the fact that the lessons were barely in there (once you've seen one history of magic lesson, you've seen them all. Ditto with Nearly Headless Nick. Ditto with Quidditch games (almost as exciting as watching Man utd play)).
The only omission I regretted was the 'blink and you miss it' appearance by Sirius. His relationship with Harry is such a big thing in the 5th book that it didn't set that up at all.
But seeing as the 5th book has all the interesting plot developments and brevity as a 14 hour documentary on a year in the life of a Venezuelan potato farmer (in Venezuelan. With Welsh subtitles) whichever unlucky sod gets the job of adapting it is going to need a minor miracle to end up with an interesting film. Oooh. Controversial.
LOL, book 5. How to beat writer's blog by just typing any old rubbish. The point is you use that as a tool to overcome the blockage not to actually post the drivel.
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