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.

Comments

[bigfootcub.livejournal.com]

Daddy,
unfortunatly you would have to watch the otehr films or read the books. if i have read your entrys on books right, i really think you might like them. One of the reasons is that the interconnectiveness of the books. For example in the begining of book one, Hagrid is driving a bike to deliver Harry to the Muggles, but it is not untill book three when you find out who's it is and why it is important. Book 2 does not make sence untill book 6.

just to give you a hint about the 7th book, it is VERY important that the movie showed Draco sending Dumbeldors wand out of his hand and not kill him.

i hope this helps...and hope you might think of reading the books

[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

Some day I'll watch the movies and read the books -- I already own them all. But because I don't have 100 hours to dedicate to studying backstory, I feel like the filmmakers were dishonest. HP VI isn't a complete movie -- its a bit in the middle of a long long story. And they made no attempt to make it accessible to a moviegoer who just wants to spend a couple hours at the cinema. In my opinion, that makes it a bad movie.

And I get to piss & moan about that if I want to.

;-)