Despite the fact that the 5th Harry Potter movie was advertised for release on Friday, it opened early (midnite last night) and we saw it this afternoon. Wow. Good stuff.
It's hard for me to completely collect my thoughts on this one, I'm actually hoping to go back and read the book again and think about a few of the issues that are raised. It's certainly darker and less whimsical than the first two, and the director does a fine job of building Harry's anger and frustration to the boiling point. The ending was full of gee-whiz special effects and again it came down to a battle between Harry and his nemesis. Definitely worth watching on the big screen. Especially sitting with kids who can point out any deviations from the original text and whose resemblance to the main characters is more than just superficial. :)
Oh, and Helena Bonham Carter really stole the show as Bellatrix. The actress playing the Luna character also did well. It's fun to see this batch of kids grow up and mature in the span of the films. Neville is hardly recognizable, looking more like a young John Cleese than his child-self in film #1. Harry's hair is shorter and his jaw is squarer, perhaps fitting given the adult responsibilities that he now carries. Hermione seems the one character who has changed the least physically, though she's certainly no longer the rule-abiding priss of the first film.
Can't wait for the final book to be released. And at the same time, I'm a bit sad given that my kids have grown up alongside Harry & Hermione and I hate to see that end! :)
The trailer for those who haven't seen it yet:
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I was raised Mormon, but now I'm a hippie Quaker living in the OC with my two teenage kids: CatGirl & GameBoy.
Twenty-six years ago I lost my right leg to bone cancer. Awhile ago I had an antibiotic-resistant infection in my lower left leg, and now I'm healing from surgery and feeling better every day.
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Twenty-six years ago I lost my right leg to bone cancer. Awhile ago I had an antibiotic-resistant infection in my lower left leg, and now I'm healing from surgery and feeling better every day.
I like gardening, making history, outrigger canoeing, trying new things, and my afternoon cup of tea.
"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
~Christopher Robin, Pooh's Grand Adventure
Contact: remyjATucidotedu
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Hello. I've been lurking around here for awhile now and seeing as I've also seen the new movie, I thought it was high time to actually leave a comment. I have to agree that the actresses playing Bellatrix and Luna were both amazing, as were the special effects at the end of the movie. Muy gusta.
My oldest son was ten, Harry's age in the first book, when it came out. We were lucky enough to find out about them early on, so he read it that year. Now he's 21, so he's grown up faster than Harry. But he's looking forward to the last book, and is planning to get it at midnight and read it over night, as he did the last three or four. The odd thing for him is that he looks a lot like Daniel Radcliff, only a bit thinner in the face, so he's already started to hear people whisper in stores, etc, about him now that the new movies out. Last time, he figured that it was about 2 or 3 strangers a day came up to him in the grocery store where he worked, and said, "Has anyone ever told you you look like Harry Potter?"
I reread all the books this spring so I'd be ready for the last one when it comes out. I read the fourth one for the first time when I was in England, traveling alone a lot, so had time for it on the buses and trains. It was a nice way to do it.
Sorry if this posts twice. It's acting up for some reason.
Paula: My son gets the same comments about looking like Harry and he relishes the attention (even deliberately choosing glasses similar to Harry's). He's like the young pre-pubescent Harry still, and has been a fervent reader since kindergarten (back then he wore a fake scar tattoo on his forehead to school everyday--no joke!).
We are already planning costumes and such for the release of book #7--we'll attend an all-nite party and then take 3 or 4 hour reading shifts amongst ourselves (of course we could buy more than one copy of the book, but that would deflate some of the fun and competition!)
We're seeing it for a second time tonight. This is helping my husband heal from the wounds inflicted by George Lucas' disastrous second trilogy. God bless Harry Potter.
Your son does look a lot like Harry. My son doesn't mind at all being told he looks like Harry, particularly when it's a cute girl his age, but that summer it was almost ridiculous. When book 4 came out, my husband and I were in England, and we had amazon.com ship two copies to my parents' house in Utah, but the delivery didn't make it out to the boondocks where my parents live till pretty late. I can' t believe my mother fell for it, but that night both kids pretended to be too tired and announced they needed to go to bed early after reading for little awhile. My parents were delighted, since they go to bed about 9:30 themselves, and so they thought the kids were really asleep. But as soon as my parents fell asleep, the boys turned the lights back on in their bedroom, and Ian read the whole book that night. Isaac was only about 10 at the time, and he fell asleep sometime about two.
In 2000, when I was in England with my husband, we went and found where Platform 9 and 3/4s would be in Kings Cross. At the time, people seemd to think we were a bit weird, taking our pictures there, but I imagine everyone would know exactly what we were doing. (I saw Tony Blair on the trip too-- and when I came back, everyone said, "Who?" when I told them that-- how the world has changed. )
Hmm, that last anonymous would be me. I seem to be having all kinds of random computer problems today.
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