I've just seen GOF

[rj_anderson]

I finally worked up the courage to a) ask my parents to babysit both boys and the baby for more than two hours and b) be away from the baby for a feeding. Apparently little Paul took the bottle of expressed milk I'd left for him just fine, and went off to sleep with very little fuss. *is hugely relieved*

So... now I've seen The Movie at last! But really, what can be said about it that hasn't been said already?

I think the adaptation was about as good as it could be, considering the length of the source material. I mourned the loss of Krum's hooked nose, but on the other hand, I cried when Harry came back with Cedric's body. Alas, Michael Gambon still has zero understanding of Dumbledore, and appears to be playing a completely different and much less likeable character who wouldn't know how to twinkle if you set him on fire. Brendan Gleeson was brilliant as Mad-Eye (and very much as I'd imagined him, except for the weird patch-arrangement with the eye and the big metal boot on his peg-leg), David Tennant chomped large splintery pieces out of the scenery (now that I think of it, perhaps that's what he was doing with his tongue -- trying to spit them out), Ralph Fiennes should perhaps be notified that nobody wins an Oscar for playing a bald guy with a snake nose but full marks to him for trying, Myrtle in the bath was really creepy in a way that reminded me of the whole HP fandom, the Twins are madly fanciable more amusing with each movie, and Daniel Radcliffe is all kinds of buff, if a bit short SIXTEEN YEARS OLD FULL STOP.

Oh, and Emma Watson is shrill and annoying, but I think we knew that.

Off to pump (meh, but this is what happens when you miss a feeding) and then to bed.

Comments

[sannalim.livejournal.com]

Myrtle in the bath was really creepy in a way that reminded me of the whole HP fandom

You've hit it on the nose!

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That's quotable!

[snapes-witch.livejournal.com]

Apparently I enjoyed it more than you did although your points *are* well taken. I've seen it twice and will see it a couple of more times when it hits the second run cinema. It takes at least twice to see everything especially those scenes when Snape says nothing so well! The more I think about Gambon's AD the less I like him. Asserting that the script is sufficient for his purposes, he hasn't read the books, or seen the other movies, or talked to Jo.

I prefer the atmosphere of the last two movies to the first two, but Cuaron has a lot to answer for -- Gambon's AD for one thing and poor Flitwick for another. Much as I like music (even high school band music) reducing Filius to a band/chorus leader is a crime IMO. And the makeup? Eegads!

Hah! You had to express and I had to make double time to the restroom at the end of both viewings. Movie too long and me too old I guess!

[(Anonymous)]

Baseless speculation, related to absolutely nothing:
D'you think one of the house elves, Dobby perhaps, might be a Horcrux?

Naomi

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I cried when Harry came back with Cedric's body

There was sniffling in the audience at the 2 showings I went to I may have sniffled a bit myself.

And there were also some eeee'ing during the bathtub scene of which I may have contributed to.

The Twins were great and Snape ruled without saying a word.

[profshallowness.livejournal.com]

I went to see it again last night, and the film I saw previously was The Constant Gardner so much love for Fiennes.

Although I spent a lot of time laughing, this time, Harry returning Cedric did bring a lump to my throat.

Myrtle in the bath was really creepy in a way that reminded me of the whole HP fandom
HA!
The twins were much funnier, for me, this time around, and EW is, well, unfortunate.