I was okay with that aspect, actually -- what I hated about Columbus's two movies was that they overlapped each other, revealing more about Hogwarts and Harry's situation that we knew from not having fallen asleep in previous films. (And Dobby. Augh, Dobby.) They were conservative, and maybe that's what the franchise needed to gain a foothold, but in retrospect, neither of his films compel me the way subsequent offerings do. And if you want to get completely pretentious -- maybe this is Yates's way of saying that the truly magical at this point in the trio's lives is that raw human chemistry bubbling...
I think what disappoints me is that the sense of loss isn't as profound as it should be -- this is the Empire Strikes Back moment of the franchise, and we get a bit of that in Radcliffe's lines in pursuit of the Death Eaters (I grouse quite a bit, but a round of applause for the excellent casting of Radcliffe, Watson and Grint -- they've done one hell of a job in some of the most scrutinized roles in modern fandom)...but even when I say that, looking at the earlier scenes, I can't think of any I'd cut (well, maybe some Slughorn schmoozing, but that's probably just taste).
It's good, but not as balanced as some outings -- made more difficult by the text being hard to compartmentalize. It's an interesting dilemma, and I don't have answers, but I like pondering it....
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Date: 2009-08-04 04:13 am (UTC)I think what disappoints me is that the sense of loss isn't as profound as it should be -- this is the Empire Strikes Back moment of the franchise, and we get a bit of that in Radcliffe's lines in pursuit of the Death Eaters (I grouse quite a bit, but a round of applause for the excellent casting of Radcliffe, Watson and Grint -- they've done one hell of a job in some of the most scrutinized roles in modern fandom)...but even when I say that, looking at the earlier scenes, I can't think of any I'd cut (well, maybe some Slughorn schmoozing, but that's probably just taste).
It's good, but not as balanced as some outings -- made more difficult by the text being hard to compartmentalize. It's an interesting dilemma, and I don't have answers, but I like pondering it....