The Harry Potter Movies have been “growing up” along with my own Daughter, so as they get more complex and dark it’s fine.
Hmmm, what to say? There were a couple moments that made me go “Ugh” especially when the a little girl is violently assaulted by an invisible “curse” then silently screamed in pain, obvious terrifying pain. Serious gut pummeling pain.
The Soap Opera parts were fine, kind of silly.
I have only two gripes.
1. For a good guy, Harry Potter is a dick. Serious Dick. His “enemy” is crying and sobbing in the bathroom and Harry busts out the “You’re a dick and deserve your pain” rather than even attempting to rise above the level, not really a “good guy” move. That’s really how Harry is always written, fairly nice to his friends and a complete dick to anyone he perceives as bad, without any consideration for looking deeper than his own notions.
2. The ending was abrupt, there was no lead up and no lead in, just boom boom dead.
I know it’s leading to the next story, but with no on-screen examples of how Voldemort is bad (beyond one bridge and one kidnapping and a bit of Children of The Corn tomfoolery) we don’t get the sense that Voldemort is anything more than a really murderous Elvis.
I’d have to say that I enjoyed the flick; but I’d recommend the book as a companion. Not having read it myself, I am writing this recommendation on faith from the actual fans I work with.
Wot I Think of ‘Harry
Published by NiteMayr on July 23, 2009Number one Son. Number one! Not Really, the post isn’t linked only my blog itself, too bad.
I really don’t have the Google Juice for anything beyond the most trenchant of topics (*cough* Drinking Games *cough*) but while I’ve been testing out Piwik as an open-source replacement for google analytics (that we can more tightly control and use for free internally) I’ve been amused by what search terms constantly show up (horsecock being number one for AGES)
So; thank-you to everyone who saw “Harry Potter is a Dick” on my blog and clicked on it, knowing that indeed Harry IS a dick and why do we keep paying for Harry Potter stuff anyway? Oh yeah, because it is entertaining.