To all of those on my flist who have seen The Movie...

[gehayi]

Glad you liked it.

However, I already know that the

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[ariastar]

The dropping of the MWPP plot was, probably, the most annoying thing. Considering that, with a few extra minutes, they could have had it in there nicely.

There is a mention of the Wolfsbane Potion, actually, but it goes into the WTF category too -- just before Remus transforms, Sirius, out of the blue, says something along the lines of "Remus, have you taken your potion tonight?" Considering the potion was developed, I believe, while Sirius was in Azkaban, he would know nothing of it; further, than line was totally unnecessary considering that the potion had not been previously mentioned.

I don't know if you had this feeling with Return of the King, this feeling of "I'm watching most of this movie, but there's much more" -- I really got that feeling from PoA. As though there's about half an hour's worth of extra material that the director didn't consider worth making the final cut, for some inexplicable reason.

Draco and origami is absolutely nothing to worry about, really; it's a silly moment that leads very well into the following Quidditch scene, and I'd already done my "WTF? Draco? Origami?" while watching the trailer.

I totally understand why you would not want to see it simply for the Hairless Jackal thing, though. It's slightly better than it could have been -- at least it runs on all fours -- but it's the only really good thing I can think of to say about it. As to Sirius telling Remus to follow his heart or somesuch while he's transforming, I really wouldn't know; I'm fairly sure Sirius was saying something at that point, but I was too busy cringing inwardly at the transformation itself, firstly because, after writing Remus a lot, I didn't particularly want anyone to have to see that, which is better left private, and secondly because, um, he was turning into the Hairless Jackal thing and that is just not on.

I suppose you'll probably be happier if you don't see it, then, if those things are going to bother you, though the movie does have some truly gorgeous things about it.

[thistlerose]

I actually like the Draco-Origami bit. I liked the way it was filmed. The paper bird, and Draco sort of breathing it at Harry were rather graceful and mystical...and then it turns out to be this crude, funny, stupid thing. Not unlike Draco himself...

The transformation was all right, I thought. I mean, it looked frickin' painful. I had to cover my eyes after Remus' back hunched -- ack. But the werewolf looked totally stupid. Not scary at all. An actual wolf -- albeit a big one, and maybe with gleaming eyes or something -- would have been scarier because it would have looked less awkward and comical. Oh, well.

I agree with you about the rest. :)