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almaviva90Hurrah, I have finally watched HP7 Part 1 (just over a month after it was released everywhere else but never mind...) and yes, it was worth the wait. Also, it's clear that though there's yet another wait for the next and final part, the producers have done well to decide to split the film into two since this means that I think 95 percent of the book is going to be included in the films. Kudos to them.
It's strange but since we had to have dinner before watching the film at 9.45pm, a group of four (all in their late 20s and apparently American educated) at the table next to us was coincidentally talking about the latest HP film. They obviously hadn't seen the film as we had but neither did it appear that they had read the books either. Then they were going on about how they heard that the film was apparently slow, etc (apparently because J.K. Rowling had made too much money by the time she wrote the last book) and that the gang should make out with each other already, that the actors were getting much too old...I was soon wondering why the bloody hell they decided to watch it then. And hey, yes...the film I admit is much slower than the others but the BOOK was slow as well. Read the damn books for the God's sake! And it has to be slow otherwise you wouldn't understand a thing. *rolls eyes*
Anyways back to the film. Yes, first thing's first...the pace is slow but if you think the pace is slow here, you obviously haven't watched a Merchant Ivory film which can be unbearably slow at times. Which is a good thing since slow-paced films are usually like works of art and I quickly got the impression that the filmmakers were really focused on telling a good story (courtesy of J.K. Rowling, of course) rather than attempt to be all flashy and say how bloody fantastic they are with CGI and special effects. What really got my attention was also the music composed by Alexandre Desplat whose music is usually heard in very cinematic films like Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Painted Veil; another indication that the filmmakers want to make a big final effort to make the last two films not merely the finale of the series but pieces of cinematic art which stand apart from the other six films.
Ron as usual got the audience laughing while I couldn't help grinning to myself when I saw the Patronus in the Forest of Dean. Snape! Yes, definitely not enough Snape/Rickman in this film but that's understandable. I loved the bit where the camera focused on his face for so long when Charity Burbage begs him to help her; you can see the inner turmoil working away in his mind. We'll definitely see more of him in the next one (inevitable really seeing how central he will be in the plot). And I have to admit I nearly cried when Dobby died...and I usually found him annoying in the second film. Now that's quite something. Goodness knows how I'll react when Snape gets killed...*shudders to think of herself sobbing in the cinema with everyone staring at her in disbelief* Ooh, and it was nice seeing Jason Issac's Lucius Malfoy back again though he looked unkempt and rather pathetic (poor fellow). Oh, and yes...the old Gellert Grindelwald. I can't believe I didn't recognise him in the trailer. It was only when I saw him onscreen in the cinema that I said: 'Now, wait a minute. I know that face!' and sure enough, he was Michael Byrne (Major Nairn) from the Sharpe series with Sean Bean and Hugh Fraser. What a coincidence...media crossovers everywhere.
Ah, I can't wait for the second part! *hopes very much that July 2011 will come ASAP*
It's strange but since we had to have dinner before watching the film at 9.45pm, a group of four (all in their late 20s and apparently American educated) at the table next to us was coincidentally talking about the latest HP film. They obviously hadn't seen the film as we had but neither did it appear that they had read the books either. Then they were going on about how they heard that the film was apparently slow, etc (apparently because J.K. Rowling had made too much money by the time she wrote the last book) and that the gang should make out with each other already, that the actors were getting much too old...I was soon wondering why the bloody hell they decided to watch it then. And hey, yes...the film I admit is much slower than the others but the BOOK was slow as well. Read the damn books for the God's sake! And it has to be slow otherwise you wouldn't understand a thing. *rolls eyes*
Anyways back to the film. Yes, first thing's first...the pace is slow but if you think the pace is slow here, you obviously haven't watched a Merchant Ivory film which can be unbearably slow at times. Which is a good thing since slow-paced films are usually like works of art and I quickly got the impression that the filmmakers were really focused on telling a good story (courtesy of J.K. Rowling, of course) rather than attempt to be all flashy and say how bloody fantastic they are with CGI and special effects. What really got my attention was also the music composed by Alexandre Desplat whose music is usually heard in very cinematic films like Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Painted Veil; another indication that the filmmakers want to make a big final effort to make the last two films not merely the finale of the series but pieces of cinematic art which stand apart from the other six films.
Ron as usual got the audience laughing while I couldn't help grinning to myself when I saw the Patronus in the Forest of Dean. Snape! Yes, definitely not enough Snape/Rickman in this film but that's understandable. I loved the bit where the camera focused on his face for so long when Charity Burbage begs him to help her; you can see the inner turmoil working away in his mind. We'll definitely see more of him in the next one (inevitable really seeing how central he will be in the plot). And I have to admit I nearly cried when Dobby died...and I usually found him annoying in the second film. Now that's quite something. Goodness knows how I'll react when Snape gets killed...*shudders to think of herself sobbing in the cinema with everyone staring at her in disbelief* Ooh, and it was nice seeing Jason Issac's Lucius Malfoy back again though he looked unkempt and rather pathetic (poor fellow). Oh, and yes...the old Gellert Grindelwald. I can't believe I didn't recognise him in the trailer. It was only when I saw him onscreen in the cinema that I said: 'Now, wait a minute. I know that face!' and sure enough, he was Michael Byrne (Major Nairn) from the Sharpe series with Sean Bean and Hugh Fraser. What a coincidence...media crossovers everywhere.
Ah, I can't wait for the second part! *hopes very much that July 2011 will come ASAP*
