Hairy Potter - 6
Needless to say that this blog is on the movie HP&HBP and you can guage from the title of the blog that it ain't gonna be spewed with praises for the people who made the movie.
Now having read the books as well as seen (re-seen every scene) all the movies so far, I represent the part of the junta which really looks forwards to the movie as something which provides a good cinematic experience as well as does fair justice to the books. Unfortunately i found the movie lacking on both counts. And i would say the issues are slightly inter-related...
Firstly I was greatly bugged by the patchy and burst-drag-burst-draaaaag screenplay of the movie. There were times when the movie just didn't move ahead. It seem to be wasting time doing nothing and it wasn't even funny or entertaining. At the same time you had parts of the movie where the pace was so fast, patchy that the viewer really had to think 'whoa, what just happened'. And mind you, this was at the same time not the exhilirating stuff which has its own utility in a fast thriller. It was just faulty 'storytelling'. And important events and scenes were just given too less time while movie dragged on in the first half, doing pretty much nothing.
Secondly, to me the book HP6 was all about setting up the stage for HP7(2). It was all about discovery of a few very important aspects abt the Dark Lord. One obviously the horcruxes and the other the role of Snape and his supposed betrayal (after all the movie is named after him). But the treatment of the movie was unfortunately dull and didn't have the 'build-up/momentum' that was required. One moment they find about horcux and the the second HP is holding the hand and vanishing somewhere to find it. It like 'oh... daaku.... chalo daaku ke thikane pe hamla karne chale'.
The director should appreciate one thing which is different in a movie as against a book is that even if the book doesn't have a pause, the reader takes it just to chew over the narrative, understand the context, and anticipate what's ahead. Sometimes the author of the books allows the reader to do this whilst reading. Unfrotunately the movie doesn't. It just doesn't let the viewer 'enjoy' the tense moments (maybe the lake scene was ok, but even this one lacked details and was so poorly paced at times). The entire death scene of AD and Snape being with Potter once and then killing AD the next second, without much context and thrill was almost boring. Unfortuntely, it wasn't even like the death of Sirius Black, which was really out of the blue and infact it was so well done that i almost jumped out of my seat when watching the first time and actually exclaimed loudly in the movie hall when i heard the words 'Avada kedavra'. Here it was like lets do it Snape, people need to go home...
'Book' fans are disappointed to see lack of details on many important ascpects which are really important from HP7 point of view. I mean the 'defeating' of AD by Malfoy. It meant to be underplayed in the book cause it is used as a surprise in HP7, but just that the entire scene looked so funny with AD and Malfoy and the entire DE team. The drinking of the 'liquid' and the effect on AD, it was meant to be really horrible with AD cursing and losing his senses. Here it was done like he was drinking 'kerele ka raas' (bitter gourd's juice), infact the entire asking for water after it looked out of context the way it was shwon there.
I could go on, but then the entry is already becoming a lil long and boring like the movie. But the movie has some positives, Slughorn has been played well and so isTom Riddle by the respective characters.
Favourite Scene (s) -
Endnote - Once again I must ask too much of you. But this time you don't create magic!
Now having read the books as well as seen (re-seen every scene) all the movies so far, I represent the part of the junta which really looks forwards to the movie as something which provides a good cinematic experience as well as does fair justice to the books. Unfortunately i found the movie lacking on both counts. And i would say the issues are slightly inter-related...
Firstly I was greatly bugged by the patchy and burst-drag-burst-draaaaag screenplay of the movie. There were times when the movie just didn't move ahead. It seem to be wasting time doing nothing and it wasn't even funny or entertaining. At the same time you had parts of the movie where the pace was so fast, patchy that the viewer really had to think 'whoa, what just happened'. And mind you, this was at the same time not the exhilirating stuff which has its own utility in a fast thriller. It was just faulty 'storytelling'. And important events and scenes were just given too less time while movie dragged on in the first half, doing pretty much nothing.
Secondly, to me the book HP6 was all about setting up the stage for HP7(2). It was all about discovery of a few very important aspects abt the Dark Lord. One obviously the horcruxes and the other the role of Snape and his supposed betrayal (after all the movie is named after him). But the treatment of the movie was unfortunately dull and didn't have the 'build-up/momentum' that was required. One moment they find about horcux and the the second HP is holding the hand and vanishing somewhere to find it. It like 'oh... daaku.... chalo daaku ke thikane pe hamla karne chale'.
The director should appreciate one thing which is different in a movie as against a book is that even if the book doesn't have a pause, the reader takes it just to chew over the narrative, understand the context, and anticipate what's ahead. Sometimes the author of the books allows the reader to do this whilst reading. Unfrotunately the movie doesn't. It just doesn't let the viewer 'enjoy' the tense moments (maybe the lake scene was ok, but even this one lacked details and was so poorly paced at times). The entire death scene of AD and Snape being with Potter once and then killing AD the next second, without much context and thrill was almost boring. Unfortuntely, it wasn't even like the death of Sirius Black, which was really out of the blue and infact it was so well done that i almost jumped out of my seat when watching the first time and actually exclaimed loudly in the movie hall when i heard the words 'Avada kedavra'. Here it was like lets do it Snape, people need to go home...
'Book' fans are disappointed to see lack of details on many important ascpects which are really important from HP7 point of view. I mean the 'defeating' of AD by Malfoy. It meant to be underplayed in the book cause it is used as a surprise in HP7, but just that the entire scene looked so funny with AD and Malfoy and the entire DE team. The drinking of the 'liquid' and the effect on AD, it was meant to be really horrible with AD cursing and losing his senses. Here it was done like he was drinking 'kerele ka raas' (bitter gourd's juice), infact the entire asking for water after it looked out of context the way it was shwon there.
I could go on, but then the entry is already becoming a lil long and boring like the movie. But the movie has some positives, Slughorn has been played well and so isTom Riddle by the respective characters.
Favourite Scene (s) -
- Securing of Hogwarts by spell and the way its shown impregnable (i liked this one for some reason).
- AD 'buring' the inferi
Endnote - Once again I must ask too much of you. But this time you don't create magic!