I really actually loved the movie. I think three's still my fave, but I think this was the first time an HP movie managed to have fucking good pace, and didn't feel front-loaded or woefully anticlimactic.
I thought the director really nailed the mood, and I thought it was the funniest, well-balanced Potter film so far.
I looooved the youngest Voldemort, who, if I'm not mistaken, has the distinction of being named Hero, and of being Ralph Fienne's nephew. The acting is in the genes, baby!
I also thought the middle Tom Riddle was good. I thought he was perfectly malevolent, and the baby-facedness of him just made him all the more creepy.
I agree about Narcissa's casting. It just didn't work.
Did you love the visual of the Unbreakable Vow? I thought that was really cool. I loved the scars it left behind. And you're right. Seeing three veteran, *adult* actors working and playing off each other is a nice break from the raw, untested acting you get from the kids. It's nice to see them really biting into the roles and stuff.
Cormac is a babe! If I was Hermione I'd throw Ron over in a heartbeat for Cormac.
I also agree with you that Bonnie doesn't have nearly enough pluck or moxie to fully inhabit Ginny's character. I've never ever been a Ginny/Harry fan, and I'm way more into the idea of Harry/Hermione.
I too think it's kind of weird that the kids run around and ostensibly don't know each other. Even if you argue that there's a lot of freedom in the classes they take. ALl Gryffindor first years presumably take like, Potions and DADA together. Oh well.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, Katie Bell was recast for this one? She used to be played by a different actor.
I think this film also just *looked* really cool. I loved the beginning, and I had chills when Bella and Fenrir were flying around wreaking havoc on the Muggle bridge and stuff.
I also loved the Fire in the cornfield or whatever the hell, as an alternative to what we had in the books as the penultimate scene happening at Hogwarts and Bill getting savaged by Greyback. I thought it was cool that they didn't gyp us entirely out of an emotionally scary scene just because they'd never really introudced us to BIll or really played up the Order involvement.
This way, we got a scene of Bella being genuinely scary, and I thought it was played really well. It was really tense.
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I thought the director really nailed the mood, and I thought it was the funniest, well-balanced Potter film so far.
I looooved the youngest Voldemort, who, if I'm not mistaken, has the distinction of being named Hero, and of being Ralph Fienne's nephew. The acting is in the genes, baby!
I also thought the middle Tom Riddle was good. I thought he was perfectly malevolent, and the baby-facedness of him just made him all the more creepy.
I agree about Narcissa's casting. It just didn't work.
Did you love the visual of the Unbreakable Vow? I thought that was really cool. I loved the scars it left behind. And you're right. Seeing three veteran, *adult* actors working and playing off each other is a nice break from the raw, untested acting you get from the kids. It's nice to see them really biting into the roles and stuff.
Cormac is a babe! If I was Hermione I'd throw Ron over in a heartbeat for Cormac.
I also agree with you that Bonnie doesn't have nearly enough pluck or moxie to fully inhabit Ginny's character. I've never ever been a Ginny/Harry fan, and I'm way more into the idea of Harry/Hermione.
I too think it's kind of weird that the kids run around and ostensibly don't know each other. Even if you argue that there's a lot of freedom in the classes they take. ALl Gryffindor first years presumably take like, Potions and DADA together. Oh well.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, Katie Bell was recast for this one? She used to be played by a different actor.
I think this film also just *looked* really cool. I loved the beginning, and I had chills when Bella and Fenrir were flying around wreaking havoc on the Muggle bridge and stuff.
I also loved the Fire in the cornfield or whatever the hell, as an alternative to what we had in the books as the penultimate scene happening at Hogwarts and Bill getting savaged by Greyback. I thought it was cool that they didn't gyp us entirely out of an emotionally scary scene just because they'd never really introudced us to BIll or really played up the Order involvement.
This way, we got a scene of Bella being genuinely scary, and I thought it was played really well. It was really tense.