Thanks for the review, Turq; this one's definitely on my must-see list :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Factoid 1: Yes, it opened two days earlier in the Netherlands
> than in the US. Nyaah nyaah.
>
> Factoid 2: IMO, you can safely avoid the extra expense of 3D
> unless you're really a fan of it. I found that it didn't add
> very much to the film, and detracted from it immensely in
> terms of brightness. The movie is already dark, in the sense
> that many of the scenes are shot in low light, and then you
> have to sit there watching it through, essentially, sunglasses.
>
> Factoid 3: If you're not already a fan of the movies and/or
> the books, you can probably safely skip this mini-review;
> if you haven't discovered the magic of the Harry Potter
> universe by now, nothing I can say can get through to you.
>
> That said, I loved it.
>
> The series been a real E-ticket ride, and the last installment
> is a worthy sequel to the seven previous films. The cast is as
> wonderful grown up as they were as kids, and wear their
> years well.
>
> I'm not usually a big fan of CGI, because often I feel that
> it detracts from a film rather than adds value to it. This
> movie is an exception. The filmmakers understand that CGI,
> especially in a movie about magic, has to look *real*. It
> all does. I loved the rendering of King's Cross Station,
> both in its astral form and its real-life form (and CGI
> would have probably been necessary in real life because
> last time I saw it the building was completely covered by
> scaffolding as part of a long-overdue restoration). There
> is a dragon that's pretty cool, too, and of course the
> final showdown at Hogwarts is amazing.
>
> But the bottom line in any film is the story, and this is
> a great one. It was great on the printed page and it is
> great onscreen, and IMO most of the credit for this goes
> to J.K. Rowling. See my earlier post on Visions and
> Visionaries.
>
