Movie reviews

[ayoub]

First, Goblet of Fire:

Once you accept that the movie isn't going to contain all of the book, you can accept that what they did put in was done well.
A thrilling film which showcased how well the kids are maturing into actors :D

Second, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Once you can ignore Johnny Depp trying to be Michael Jackson, the movie is visually stunning. Although hearing English accents referring to chocolate as "candy" does grate on the nerves quite a bit. The original is still a million times better...
Tim Burton made the movie a little darker than it should have been, and Danny Elfman's music reminded me a little too much of their collaboration in Batman to put things into the right mood for a kids movie.

Tonight, War of the Worlds :D

Comments

[lilgeorgiawhore.livejournal.com]

There are a great many Harry Potter-philes who seem to find it very, very difficult to seperate the films from the movies. They always cry "foul!" at the littlest change. People like this annoying the shit out of me. They worship the first two films and hated the third. The third film is very different from the books in terms of plot and characters. But, it captures the mood and the tone of the book so eloquently, I can't help but love it more than the first two films. The HP world explored in PoA looked exactly like the world I'd always imagined in my head, and it wasn't until I saw PoA that I realized why I had never clicked with movies 1 and 2. The GoF film did the same, expanding on what Cuaron did in PoA and he did it beautifully. My theory on all of this is that JK Rowling has acted as a supervisor on all four movies. If she's okay with the changes, then all the fans can shut up and be okay with them, too :-)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I really liked the movie :)

You can't see the harry potter movies exactly as the books, same as the LOTR trilogy...

[lilgeorgiawhore.livejournal.com]

When I saw the 3rd movie with my sister, we were watching the end credits and this kid a few rows ahead of us was pointing out EVERY SINGLE change to his family (who clearly were only listening just to amuse the kid). He just kept going ON AND ON AND ON about all the little things that had been changed, or were different from the first two films (and don't even get me started on those people) ... anyway, at one point he says something like "What was with the choir? There was no choir at Hogwarts!" and my sister, from five rows back, shouts down "Just because JK didn't mention a choir in the book doesn't mean the choir doesn't exist!"
God, how I love my sister :-)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

The shrunken heads weren't in the book either, but even JK was impressed by them...