And here I thought the "Empire Strikes Back" moment was Cedric not getting his taco in #4. (And everything since then has just been more piling on of misery. Despite being good stories, books/movies 5 & 6 could be largely removed if the plot seeds of #7 were sprinkled throughout #1-4 rather than leaving half of them for the infodump that was #6 and not revealing the other half until #7 itself.)
I don't think either of Columbus' films are the best in the series, but I also think that, with five films establishing certain standard elements of the basic setting--such as even animating the cat plates in Umbridge's office--that, even though the movie was shot in such a way that such scenes were largely not needed (and I say that in admiration of the craft of the cinematographer who pulled off that trick), the points where they were needed--such as the pan shots across Dumbledore's wall o' headmasters paintings--seemed, well, threadbare for the lack.
Whosshisname as Malfoy is also looking to have a decent acting career ahead of him. He had what-- four lines in the whole film? And yet still made me start to care for the traitorous, ungrateful little git much more than Rowling's prose ever did.
And the less said about Dobby, the better; though unless they make some pretty significant story changes, he'll unfortunately have to appear in at least one of the next two films.
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I don't think either of Columbus' films are the best in the series, but I also think that, with five films establishing certain standard elements of the basic setting--such as even animating the cat plates in Umbridge's office--that, even though the movie was shot in such a way that such scenes were largely not needed (and I say that in admiration of the craft of the cinematographer who pulled off that trick), the points where they were needed--such as the pan shots across Dumbledore's wall o' headmasters paintings--seemed, well, threadbare for the lack.
Whosshisname as Malfoy is also looking to have a decent acting career ahead of him. He had what-- four lines in the whole film? And yet still made me start to care for the traitorous, ungrateful little git much more than Rowling's prose ever did.
And the less said about Dobby, the better; though unless they make some pretty significant story changes, he'll unfortunately have to appear in at least one of the next two films.