Harry Potter and the Whatever of the Whatever

[daddytodd]

Just got back from seeing the new Harry Potter movie.

I'm a total Potter virgin -- never seen any of the previous films, never read any of the books.

I do NOT recommend this movie to anyone not well-versed in the lore. It seemed to mostly consist of unconnected vignettes that bore next to no relationship to anything remotely resembling a "plot."

And maybe it's just because I'm a middle-aged gay man, but honest to god, every female in the movie looked exactly the same, with the exceptions of Helena Bonham Carter and Maggie Smith.  Sorry, but all those tweenie girls were completely interchangeable. For all I could tell, Ron Weasely was snogging his own sister...

It wasn't a bad movie, and I thought Daniel Radcliffe showed some promise as an actor (despite a script that didn't make many demands on his acting talents.) But it's NOT the place for a Potter neophyte to start.

II wish I'd followed my gut and gone to see Moon instead.

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[pink-halen.livejournal.com]

Yes. They count on the fact that you have seen the other 5 movies. There are a lot of things established as fact that you didn't know when this movie started. The book is somewhat better because they have the time and space to reiterate what some things mean. The Unabridged Audio book is 17 cds. To make all the points in just 2 hours means something has to be left out. Since we have read the books, we notice the cuts.