30 Days of HP: Day 4
Jul. 20th, 2010 06:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trinsy[Okay, I’m doing three because I’m afraid if I don’t do several at a time, I won’t get through it. I’m so bad at finishing things. So yeah, three in one day. Deal.]
Day 4: Your favourite movie
Goblet of Fire. No contest. Yes, there was a ton of stuff they cut out, and yes, Gambledore is way too harsh and shouty, and yes, I think it’s really weird that there are only like five Death Eaters in the graveyard scene, and yes, Priori Incantatem makes absolutely no sense if you haven’t read the book, but overall, I think it really captures the spirit of the book. When I’m watching it, I feel the same way I feel when I’m reading the book, and that’s really rare.
Also, I don’t know how, but Mike Newell pulled performances out of the kids that no one’s been able to do before or since. I don’t think Dan has ever been better than he is in the graveyard scene and the scenes that follow. “He’s back. He’s back, Voldemort’s back. Cedric, he asked me to bring his body back,” is just on a totally different level than anything else in any of the other films. It’s so real. GoF is the only HP film where I don’t feel like I’m watching a bunch of people in costumes walking around saying scripted lines. So yeah, definitely my favorite.
Day 4: Your favourite movie
Goblet of Fire. No contest. Yes, there was a ton of stuff they cut out, and yes, Gambledore is way too harsh and shouty, and yes, I think it’s really weird that there are only like five Death Eaters in the graveyard scene, and yes, Priori Incantatem makes absolutely no sense if you haven’t read the book, but overall, I think it really captures the spirit of the book. When I’m watching it, I feel the same way I feel when I’m reading the book, and that’s really rare.
Also, I don’t know how, but Mike Newell pulled performances out of the kids that no one’s been able to do before or since. I don’t think Dan has ever been better than he is in the graveyard scene and the scenes that follow. “He’s back. He’s back, Voldemort’s back. Cedric, he asked me to bring his body back,” is just on a totally different level than anything else in any of the other films. It’s so real. GoF is the only HP film where I don’t feel like I’m watching a bunch of people in costumes walking around saying scripted lines. So yeah, definitely my favorite.