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tellitslantSo after standing in line for a truly hilarious amount of time yesterday (we, um, got in line for the 7pm Imax show and just shuffled up until we were head of the line for our show, at 10, which was delayed but had 3D unlike the previous showing, so I am on very little sleep and lots of leftover jellybeans), guess which movie I REALLY REALLY want to talk about now?
OMG THERE IS A GET SMART TRAILER OUT OMG OMG YAY.
I am sooo excited about the Get Smart movie, seriously, because I LOVE GET SMART and this role has just been waiting for Steve Carell. He looks disturbingly perfect in the trailer, though I think they need to give Anne Hathaway that Agent 99 bob before she's exactly right. ;) Alan Arkin as Chief is great too. YAY GET SMART.
*cough*
So about that other movie... the short version is, I loved it. The slightly longer version is, I loved it, with one major exception. The looong version is slightly more complicated, but I still loved it.
My major problem was the way they dealt with Sirius's death. It's not that they used the killing curse - I still refuse to believe he's dead so there *g* - but that they went all crappy CGI on it. I mean, the Potter films generally have good CGI (Grawp notwithstanding), but Sirius going through the curtain was just... lame. That made me sad, because instead of thinking "ZOMG SIRIUS" I ended up thinking "Why did you have to bust out the crappy CGI on a scene that just needed a greenscreen?"
I also have to say that, cool as Harry writhing around pretending he was a snake was, the whole "You will never know looooove" thing was just a tad too heavy-handed for my liking.
I am of course sad about a lot of the stuff that was cut - I particularly missed Tonks and Ginny getting to kick serious amounts of ass - but there's nothing off the top of my head that I really think was a mistake changing. It's interesting to note that the absence of Molly's Boggart makes for a strong case against any of the Weasleys dying. Also of interest was the lack of Mundungus, which makes me think I need to throw out my pet theory that the Horcrux-locket was hidden in Grimmauld Place by Regulus and then nicked by Mundungus. Hrm. (On the plus side, since we don't have kick-ass Tonks as a starting point, maybe we won't have to watch her wilt over Remus next movie!) There wasn't nearly enough Neville-ness, either, and I am weirded out that there was no real exploration of his part in the prophecy.
I know a few people didn't like it, but I thought Sirius saying "Nice one, James" was actually a lovely, gutwrenching bit of screenwriting shorthand. And oh, I loved everything about the battle at the Ministry, even the swoopy Death Eater smoke. I mean - Bellatrix! Lucius! Neville! Eeeee! It was great in 3D. SIRIUS PUNCHING LUCIUS INNA FACE YAY.
Umbridge was faaabulous. When she slapped Harry, I think the entire theatre jumped in shock. I'm not entirely sure I liked the introduction of sillinesses like "Boys and girls will be eight inches apart at all times," but whatever, she was excellent, watching her face off against McGonagall was just too good, and, yeah.
I would really, really have liked more Ron. And Remus, although there was much excellent R/S subtext.
I found it quite captivating for most of the film, which is a feat considering the suger/caffeine/booze/general squee fuelling me by that time, heh.
Helena Bonham-Carter is like unto a god of creepified sexiness. Ditto Jason Isaacs. As usual, I find myself wanting to close my eyes and listen to Alan Rickman read the phone book.
...I really am about halfway to talking myself into seeing it again here. (In fairness, it's damn hot out. Again. And air-conditioning is good. Quick, convince me otherwise or I may see it again...)
OMG THERE IS A GET SMART TRAILER OUT OMG OMG YAY.
I am sooo excited about the Get Smart movie, seriously, because I LOVE GET SMART and this role has just been waiting for Steve Carell. He looks disturbingly perfect in the trailer, though I think they need to give Anne Hathaway that Agent 99 bob before she's exactly right. ;) Alan Arkin as Chief is great too. YAY GET SMART.
*cough*
So about that other movie... the short version is, I loved it. The slightly longer version is, I loved it, with one major exception. The looong version is slightly more complicated, but I still loved it.
My major problem was the way they dealt with Sirius's death. It's not that they used the killing curse - I still refuse to believe he's dead so there *g* - but that they went all crappy CGI on it. I mean, the Potter films generally have good CGI (Grawp notwithstanding), but Sirius going through the curtain was just... lame. That made me sad, because instead of thinking "ZOMG SIRIUS" I ended up thinking "Why did you have to bust out the crappy CGI on a scene that just needed a greenscreen?"
I also have to say that, cool as Harry writhing around pretending he was a snake was, the whole "You will never know looooove" thing was just a tad too heavy-handed for my liking.
I am of course sad about a lot of the stuff that was cut - I particularly missed Tonks and Ginny getting to kick serious amounts of ass - but there's nothing off the top of my head that I really think was a mistake changing. It's interesting to note that the absence of Molly's Boggart makes for a strong case against any of the Weasleys dying. Also of interest was the lack of Mundungus, which makes me think I need to throw out my pet theory that the Horcrux-locket was hidden in Grimmauld Place by Regulus and then nicked by Mundungus. Hrm. (On the plus side, since we don't have kick-ass Tonks as a starting point, maybe we won't have to watch her wilt over Remus next movie!) There wasn't nearly enough Neville-ness, either, and I am weirded out that there was no real exploration of his part in the prophecy.
I know a few people didn't like it, but I thought Sirius saying "Nice one, James" was actually a lovely, gutwrenching bit of screenwriting shorthand. And oh, I loved everything about the battle at the Ministry, even the swoopy Death Eater smoke. I mean - Bellatrix! Lucius! Neville! Eeeee! It was great in 3D. SIRIUS PUNCHING LUCIUS INNA FACE YAY.
Umbridge was faaabulous. When she slapped Harry, I think the entire theatre jumped in shock. I'm not entirely sure I liked the introduction of sillinesses like "Boys and girls will be eight inches apart at all times," but whatever, she was excellent, watching her face off against McGonagall was just too good, and, yeah.
I would really, really have liked more Ron. And Remus, although there was much excellent R/S subtext.
I found it quite captivating for most of the film, which is a feat considering the suger/caffeine/booze/general squee fuelling me by that time, heh.
Helena Bonham-Carter is like unto a god of creepified sexiness. Ditto Jason Isaacs. As usual, I find myself wanting to close my eyes and listen to Alan Rickman read the phone book.
...I really am about halfway to talking myself into seeing it again here. (In fairness, it's damn hot out. Again. And air-conditioning is good. Quick, convince me otherwise or I may see it again...)
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Date: 2007-07-30 08:33 am (UTC)i found you through the community nor_am_uk (was browsing old archives and tagged posts), and you said that you got into uni of sussex. i live in kingston, on at the moment attending queen's u, and will be applying to grad schools in the fall, and wanted to ask you how your application process went? sorry for a bit of an lj stalking, but i feel a bit overwhelmed and would love some help!