POA

[percival]

I saw POA while in my pre-exam trance with a bunch of lovely, lovely people: pinkfluffyllama, Darren, slowfox (the author of those nice photographs), joesther (great to know you, girl! sorry we only had so little time), dandelionsummer, her Faithful Slave, Podger fomr the Quill and last, but not least, Darren (next time we meet, we really have to talk more).

slowfox introduced me to the beauty that is York, before we all congregated in Pizza Express, where they'd forgotten our reservation.

And the movie?

Well, unlike COS, I won't be seeing this over and over again. The Potter magic has worn off. It's not a fairy-tale anymore.

Cinematically, I prefer this movie - more inventive, more faithful in tone to the books. I also liked the artistic liberties Cuaron took with the material. He focussed on the main story, and converted the Firebolt into a very potent symbol of freedom - for both Harry and Sirius.

What I did not like:
- Hermione's prominence. She's not the main heroine, she's not that dominant in the trio.
- Ron is not as bumbling as he was portrayed to be.
- R.J. Lupin. To me, Thewlis played him as a slimy git.

I'll go once more with my husband, but when faced with the choice between browsing Borders and going home to watch Kill Bill and another showing of POA, guess what I chose.

(what's more, Kill Bill is back due at Blockbuster at 10pm tomorrow. And we have Belleville Rendezvous to get through, as well. We saw Spirited Away yesterday. All three for the price of POA for two!)

Comments

[swampfaye.livejournal.com]

I eas dispointed that Hermione was so prominent as well. She was supposed to be human in this book... oh well. I didn't like that Ron didn't stand up for Harry - What happened to the brave Ron from book 1? (This is a directors decision, IMO - he probably didn't even read the book)

I really liked Oldman as Sirius (but drop the speech at the end, that was just trite). I didn't like Thewlis as Lupin. I love the new Dumbledore and the moments they show of Gryffindor boys in Harry's dorm.

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

I'm still very gutted I couldn't join you, woe.

And Kloves isn't bad, but he really does need to get over that Hermione obsession. Bah.

[bartsspace.livejournal.com]

Hey, two mentions in the one post, was I there twice? :P

Darren

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Kill Bill is fun if you're a Tarantino fan. I personally liked it very much.

Big sigh over POA. Want to join me in some mockery critiquing over at my LJ?

[perceval.livejournal.com]

definitely. even though we had opposite reactions to the R/S actors ....