A dissatisfied Hogwartian...

My 'Angela's movie day out' is dampened by the new Potter 3 movie after all the anticipation, hype and hearsay of how great a movie it'll be! I'd rate it a C+ at the most (and that's being kind, mind you!). I left the theater with a pout big enough to hang at a few cloth-hangers. Argggh... you can well-imagine how frustrated I am as I went through a few failed attempts to obtain tix for the movie due to the past two-week school holidays - stuck in jams, and only to get into the mall to join a long line (Every theater that screens the Potter 3 was child-infested!).

Now, back to the movie... In comparison to the previous Potter movies, there's a little less 'real' Harry in the pot this time. Alfonso Cuaron has 'adultified' teeny bopper Harry by downplaying his heroic wand-waving skills into some modern-day and emotional-wrecked Harry. I see Cuaron's views in turning Harry into a real-life character rather than a fantasy one. Somehow, I prefer the fantasy one instead of what Cuaron has created?

Harry, as portrayed in Potter 3 scored a red in anger-management class ( remember Harry blew up his aunt when he lost his temper?). Though Cuaron did a good job on portraying the reality of life, there's death. However, this doesn't mean that Harry has to be turned into an emotional wimp rather than a wand-waving hero! *sigh*. Moreover, profound plots in the book have been slashed out so that the movie could portray more emotional scenes... geez!

'Death' in Potter 3, is portrayed in the form of 'Dementors', which bear a close resemblance to those of J.R. Tolkien's Nasguls. Does this mean both the J.R.s have the similar perceptions of how death manifests itself? Somehow, Tolkien's Nasguls are far more convincing in Peter Jackson's imagery world in LOTR than those of Cuaron's Dementors in Potter 3.

Anyway, I still prefer the previous HP movies' plots where I have no time to blink from the beginning to the end of the movie. Harry, as portrayed in the other two movies was far more mystical and magical, and definitely more befitting of the Harry in J.R. Rowling's descriptions.

Well, so much for Harry Potter... perhaps I'll be less critical when Potter 4 is out. I'm drained at the mo - time to get some shut-eye.