Movie Weekend: Inception and HP7

Friday movie night with HP7.1 and Roommate Number Three, Inception Saturday night, HP7.2 Sunday morning matinee. (All the movie, half the cost, most of the early adopter thrill.) I guessed the twist in Inception, which disappointed me, but improved the really boring A-plot. Also suffered because I didn't care about the DiCaprio character's manpain.

HP 7.1 and 7.2 were okay, but choppy. I would have enjoyed less "wands as guns" and smoother transitions between scenes. I really loved McGonagall and Neville Longbottom getting to step up and shine. I'm torn between enjoying the big Snape/Lily flashback, and wondering why this huge glut of characterization was infodumped so much. But that is a source material problem, not a movie problem. The epilogue suffers from the same problem. The series could have ended with Harry saying, "I've had enough trouble for a lifetime" and left me satisfied. The hundreds of fat children (thank you, Joss Whedon) are implicit in the story and world Rowling's constructed.

Anyway. I have a very few movies I like uncritically and an awful lot I enjoy by destructive analysis. This weekend featured a lot of critique plus a few moments of pure glee.