Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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ravenYes, I missed the Doctor Who teaser and am very annoyed about it. I'm just hoping that some nice person in the DocSoc taped it.
But, I went to see GoF tonight, and life is good because of that fact! We got tickets earlier in the week for the eight o'clock showing, and by twenty past seven there were queues down Magdalen Street and stretching towards Cornmarket. It was amazing. But we got in without too much hassle in the end, and the place was packed, sold out, and with a palpably fannish atmosphere. I wished I was seeing it with fannish people, a little bit, rather than quasi-fannish... but I shouldn't complain. People apart from me were enthusiastic enough to go and see the first showing, and I'm grateful.
And it was good. I think the first few scenes were much too rushed, and the Quidditch World Cup was incredibly cursory - I mean, it was hardly worth the the gorgeous effects for just a few seconds. No Dursleys at all was a good touch, though, and the scene in the old Riddle house was spooky and moody and all the rest of it.
Even so, I don't think it really picked up until the Goblet itself made an appearance, because that's when the story slows down and we even got the time to see the Weasley twins' beards. (Awwww.)
And once it got going, it was good - moody, and beautiful, and with just the right tone to the story, and I loved every minute from that point. I'm always a fan of the music and the scenery, and, just, eeee. Bits I liked particularly:
-the Weasleys and their beards, as said before.
-the scene with Moody and the spiders. Morbid and creepifying.
-the lead-up to the dragons, and Harry and Ron's lovely, ridiclously teenage-boy fight.
-a small detail - McGonagall giving Harry's shoulder a squeeze as he walks away from the Goblet. I love her in the books and the films, she is amazing.
-the entire sequence where Harry and Ron bewail the lack of girls for the Yule Ball. Fred asks out Angelina with the greatest of ease, they despair, Hermione walks out, Snape smacks them all on the head - it was sheer perfection and the audience were convulsing in the aisles.
-McGongall dancing with Ron! A lovely sequence, made better by the fact it happened in the Bod. I could hear people all around spouting various versions of, "Ohmygod it's the Bodleian." Actually, there was a lot of that, as so much of it is recognisably Oxford.
-the beautiful effects in the lake, and in the maze, which terrifed me. The whites of Krum's eyes.... urgh.
And, to finish, I think they did a good job of cutting out bits to get the film to a manageable length. Getting rid of Rita Skeeter, Ludo Bagman and the Dursleys were all good choices, though I would have liked to see Harry give the twins his gold. Also, the scenes at the end were shortened, but nicely down; they got the sheer darkness of it really well. The certificate was upped to 12 this time; I guess it's really not being aimed at kids any more.
And, and, and - David Tennant omg. That's the Doctor! That's the Doctor being evil and growly and evil!
But it was good. And now I must go and write a 2500-word essay on devolution before tomorrow morning.
But, I went to see GoF tonight, and life is good because of that fact! We got tickets earlier in the week for the eight o'clock showing, and by twenty past seven there were queues down Magdalen Street and stretching towards Cornmarket. It was amazing. But we got in without too much hassle in the end, and the place was packed, sold out, and with a palpably fannish atmosphere. I wished I was seeing it with fannish people, a little bit, rather than quasi-fannish... but I shouldn't complain. People apart from me were enthusiastic enough to go and see the first showing, and I'm grateful.
And it was good. I think the first few scenes were much too rushed, and the Quidditch World Cup was incredibly cursory - I mean, it was hardly worth the the gorgeous effects for just a few seconds. No Dursleys at all was a good touch, though, and the scene in the old Riddle house was spooky and moody and all the rest of it.
Even so, I don't think it really picked up until the Goblet itself made an appearance, because that's when the story slows down and we even got the time to see the Weasley twins' beards. (Awwww.)
And once it got going, it was good - moody, and beautiful, and with just the right tone to the story, and I loved every minute from that point. I'm always a fan of the music and the scenery, and, just, eeee. Bits I liked particularly:
-the Weasleys and their beards, as said before.
-the scene with Moody and the spiders. Morbid and creepifying.
-the lead-up to the dragons, and Harry and Ron's lovely, ridiclously teenage-boy fight.
-a small detail - McGonagall giving Harry's shoulder a squeeze as he walks away from the Goblet. I love her in the books and the films, she is amazing.
-the entire sequence where Harry and Ron bewail the lack of girls for the Yule Ball. Fred asks out Angelina with the greatest of ease, they despair, Hermione walks out, Snape smacks them all on the head - it was sheer perfection and the audience were convulsing in the aisles.
-McGongall dancing with Ron! A lovely sequence, made better by the fact it happened in the Bod. I could hear people all around spouting various versions of, "Ohmygod it's the Bodleian." Actually, there was a lot of that, as so much of it is recognisably Oxford.
-the beautiful effects in the lake, and in the maze, which terrifed me. The whites of Krum's eyes.... urgh.
And, to finish, I think they did a good job of cutting out bits to get the film to a manageable length. Getting rid of Rita Skeeter, Ludo Bagman and the Dursleys were all good choices, though I would have liked to see Harry give the twins his gold. Also, the scenes at the end were shortened, but nicely down; they got the sheer darkness of it really well. The certificate was upped to 12 this time; I guess it's really not being aimed at kids any more.
And, and, and - David Tennant omg. That's the Doctor! That's the Doctor being evil and growly and evil!
But it was good. And now I must go and write a 2500-word essay on devolution before tomorrow morning.
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on 2005-11-18 11:25 pm (UTC)I'm having trouble trying to write down my opinions but OMG at Snape with his pulling up his sleeves. It was so perfect & funny & I could imagine Alan Rickman fanatics squeeing!
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on 2005-11-19 07:53 am (UTC)http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/appealnight/doctor_who_special.shtml
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