And because I'm so cool that my comment was too long for one post...
THOUGHTS ON THE FILMS I saw Philospher's Stone on the first day of general release, for my sister's birthday and I loved it, because it was basically the book on screen, which was exactly what I wanted to see. As I got older, the dodgy effects, Chris Columbus' hammy direction and the slightly dodgy child acting (Emma Watson's tendency to EMPHASISE lots of WORDS in a SENTENCE with her EYEBROWS) became more obvious, but, inexplicably, I still love it. It was on the telly this afternoon and I was smiling like a goon all the way though.
Really, they would have to butcher the books pretty badly for me *not* to love the films. The one thing that's pissed me off about the adaptations is the fact that Lupin never explained to Harry about the Marauders and the Map in PoA! It would not have taken long! It would have been awesome! Anyway, I'm looking forward to OotP more than any of the others, mainly because David Yates is directing. Now, he's a previously untested film director, but his television stiff includes The Way We Live Now and State Of Play, so AWESOME. And from the trailers and clips that I've seen, not only is Dan Radcliffe's acting *significantly* better, there seems to be a rather excellent 1984 totalitarian tonal thing going on, with wartime haircuts and cardigans and so on. Anyway, EXCITED.
RECS -Videos templa_otmena sent me these truly awesome Marauders videos. This (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CfNUT1qKKiM) and this (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xYN_cHIQIOs) both use footage of Sean Penn to represent James, and it's pretty effective. Plus, the second one is from Remus' point of view, set to "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables" from Les Miserables.
This (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvS290TYRw) is a Ron/Hermione video set to "Wonderwall", which is always good. This (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDLjGcImEo) is Harry-centric, to "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, and it works surprisingly well.
And everybody knows this (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4), but it's still classic.
I don't have very many fic recs (anyone?) but this (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4) made me laugh like a drain.
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Date: 2007-07-07 08:34 pm (UTC)THOUGHTS ON THE FILMS
I saw Philospher's Stone on the first day of general release, for my sister's birthday and I loved it, because it was basically the book on screen, which was exactly what I wanted to see. As I got older, the dodgy effects, Chris Columbus' hammy direction and the slightly dodgy child acting (Emma Watson's tendency to EMPHASISE lots of WORDS in a SENTENCE with her EYEBROWS) became more obvious, but, inexplicably, I still love it. It was on the telly this afternoon and I was smiling like a goon all the way though.
Really, they would have to butcher the books pretty badly for me *not* to love the films. The one thing that's pissed me off about the adaptations is the fact that Lupin never explained to Harry about the Marauders and the Map in PoA! It would not have taken long! It would have been awesome! Anyway, I'm looking forward to OotP more than any of the others, mainly because David Yates is directing. Now, he's a previously untested film director, but his television stiff includes The Way We Live Now and State Of Play, so AWESOME. And from the trailers and clips that I've seen, not only is Dan Radcliffe's acting *significantly* better, there seems to be a rather excellent 1984 totalitarian tonal thing going on, with wartime haircuts and cardigans and so on. Anyway, EXCITED.
RECS
-Videos
This (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvS290TYRw) is a Ron/Hermione video set to "Wonderwall", which is always good. This (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDLjGcImEo) is Harry-centric, to "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, and it works surprisingly well.
And everybody knows this (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4), but it's still classic.
I don't have very many fic recs (anyone?) but this (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4) made me laugh like a drain.
Wow, that was a really long comment.