20 nov 05
I saw Harry Potter and the Flaming Goblet of Homosexuality Goblet of Fire and Walk the Line this weekend. Of course.
I can’t deny it: I was disappointed with Harry Potter. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t special. When the credits were rolling on the other three movies, I was already deciding when to go see them again. When John Williams’ score opened the other movies, I had tears in my eyes. GoF? Not so much.
Positive notes? I knew they were going to cut a ton of stuff out, and, as I result, I wasn’t too bothered by what was missing. They did a fairly good job of including as many characters as possible. The story didn’t lag. The PG-13 rating obviously didn’t hurt its ability to make money, and parents can’t very well not take their children, anyway, as they already know what happens.
On the other hand, I loved Walk the Line. I loved the direction and all of the music, and Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix were fantastic. It seems a lot of critics think the director took a chance on Witherspoon, which makes me sad because that means they never got to see Election. Regardless, she steals the show.
Negatives? Umm… Phoenix looks a little uncomfortable singing at the beginning of the movie, but it’s possibly intentional. They play the songs from beginning to end in the musical sequences, and some people may not be into sitting through that much “country” music.
Did you catch either of these? Thoughts?
Lindsay / 21 nov 2005 / 10:04 a.m.
Harry Potter was WAY too rushed. I hated how they jumped from one scene to the next without any regards to plot sequence. It, in my opinion, was poorly done.
james / 22 nov 2005 / 12 a.m.
Walk the Line was great, I though, but I have no aversion to sitting through good country music. And Reese Witherspoon? Wonderful as always, pulls off June Carter better than Joaquin does Johnny Cash, I though.
Of course, I’ve always had a soft spot for Reese Witherspoon… she’s cute and smart and there’s apparently nothing she can’t do.
Shetu / 23 nov 2005 / 1:34 a.m.
I loved Harry Potter. I didn’t really like the first two (no creativity whatsoever, he seemed to fear straying from the books), and I liked the third a lot. However, the plot was confusing in the third one. I don’t know if people who hadn’t read the book would have understood it.
But I was pretty much satisfied on all counts with the fourth, except for the ending (birds disappearing into the sky is a such a lazy way to end a film).
And Cedric is hot.
jason / 06 dec 2005 / 7:44 a.m.
c’mon. I spent this weekend watching every Harry Potter because I’d seen none of them before. I feel I can comment more objectively because I watched them directly in sequence without any anticipation or buildup. I think that all of the Harry Potter movies are well done and the 4th one was not less so. It seems that what has changed (and you’ll notice in each comment posted on here) is that viewers are looking at the cast members as sexual beings and their judgements are based on hotness, gayness, and then plot sequence (?). It’s a movie. Enjoy it. Honestly, none of these movies are ever going to be Oscar worthy, that’s a given. They follow the books really well (sorry that the directors don’t stray so much Shitzu, but isn’t that the point?). Since I don’t consider myself a Harry Potter fan (out buying the books at midnight), I think that I’m a little more objective than you freakshows. They’re great! Stop tearing them down! Then again, I didn’t pick up on any homosexual undertones (overtones to you) between Deadric (cedric) and Harry. It just seemed like he found someone to admire. Boys lacking father figures usually latch on to any male figure with which they have the least in common. Plus, did you not catch Harry and his thing for the asian girl? that was more apparent.
coachpierre / 20 nov 2005 / 11:23 p.m.
walk the line will be a “date movie” for me on Tuesday. the first of hopefully many “dinner and a movie”s