Movie Weekend: Inception and HP7
Jul. 17th, 2011 03:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aseFriday 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.
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.
