TRAGChick wrote:Who saw it this past weekend? I thought it was to-the-book excellent.
Thoughts?
very faithful to the book--maybe almost to a fault. Anyone that isn't familiar with the last few movies (or at minimum, Half-Blood Prince) might as well stay home, as they will be lost from the beginning. It doesn't make any concessions to bring those up to speed. I think it was a smart idea to can the 3D conversion. It's dark enough visually as is--putting 3D on it, would be it unwatchable in places.
Biggest problem is that regardless of what you do, it feels like half a movie. The screenwriter had a massive problem with the book. Too much for one movie without cutting a bunch....and not really enough for two movies. They've got their work cut out for them to have some of the part 2 stuff make sense.
All things said and done, it's done well (and is a LONG way from being a kids movie by any stretch of the imagination), but I think it would have been smarter to hold it off a bit, and release part 1 in the summer and part 2 at Christmas. Waiting until July for part 2 will be a task.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:23 am