Updated on July 22nd, 2011, after I saw the movie a second time, which I felt the need to do, because I missed so much the first time. A few points about the music were added, plus more about Dumbledore’s “turning a line” in King’s Cross Station, as well as a paragraph (the second) about…
The shortest film made from the longest book. For months prior to the film, perhaps even years, people asked, how are they going to do this film? Its novel counterpart is the size of a small refrigerator! I mean, honestly! And then David Yates goes and achieves the impossible: makes the shortest film. Goodness gracious.…
I will never forget the weekend when I first saw Goblet of Fire in theaters. It was the first time I had ever seen one of the movies on the night after its opening, and not only that, I had good friends as well as my sister with me, who had seen Prisoner of Azkaban…
The first movie is very simple, very straightforward, a great start. The second movie built upon the first in all aspects including the music score. More musical themes were added, and the movie itself was much darker and much more humorous in its funnier moments. The third movie, however, is completely different than the first…
First of all, the acting skills of our three heroes have greatly improved for this film (although it wasn’t terrible in the first movie by any means). Like Richard Griffiths commented in the Special Features of this film, the way Harry has “blossomed” is “really quite beautiful”, or something to that affect. I, personally, found…
I’m sure every Harry Potter fan was really excited for the original release of this movie, and I’m sure most of them were completely satisfied when leaving the theater. It was really awesome for me to see the book come to life with this film, but I had nothing to compare the movie with back…