tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395788744680007876.post3616656734756479817..comments2023-06-01T21:25:40.866-07:00Comments on The Middle Room: Review: Harry Potter and the Second Part of the Seventh Part of SomethingErin Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894781339191061541noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395788744680007876.post-45005267864449237432011-07-17T19:55:56.836-07:002011-07-17T19:55:56.836-07:00Personally, I'm a HUGE Harry Potter fan (like ...Personally, I'm a HUGE Harry Potter fan (like the kind who listens to Wizard Rock and has read every book at least twice and the earlier ones more like 5-8 times each). <br /><br />For me, I'd order the films like this:<br /><br />Order of the Phoenix (almost pitch-perfect)<br />Deathly Hallows 1 (perfect pacing, cinematography, faithful to book, tense, etc.)<br />Azkaban (really interesting cinematography, got the book just right)<br />Deathly Hallows 2 (really great in most ways, but failed to capture the tension and excitement of the Battle for Hogwarts)<br />Half-Blood Prince (good, solid, not-insulting to the book)<br /><br /><br />All the others were either too childlike (1 and 2) or completely insulted the intelligence of the source material in some way (Goblet - in which gender stereotypes are added willy-nilly to the Harry Potter universe)<br /><br />I STRONGLY recommend reading the books, too. The first two are sort of like nice Roald Dahl children's stories. Azkaban starts to get really good, then by 4-7 you've got some of the best fantasy ever written. Order of the Phoenix is one of the best dystopian scenarios I've ever read, just set in a school. <br /><br />I think by reading the books you can appreciate the films more, but also see where they missed out on potentially amazing sequences. The Molly/Bellatrix fight for example was AMAZING in the book and kind of "meh" on-screen. <br /><br />Anyway, I hope you check them out. <br /><br />- JenJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03126963408407424349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395788744680007876.post-883308946545425912011-07-17T19:24:17.168-07:002011-07-17T19:24:17.168-07:00As someone who read all the books. The problems yo...As someone who read all the books. The problems you have with the final film is the same in the book and among my biggest complaints with the series. Characters are bumped off with almost no one noticing or caring, and the battle kind of just happens all over the place in a montage fashion. I actually felt, like LOTR, that the film did a much better job pulling it all together and showing us the highlights. I also now understand the plot better. And I READ all the books! Great review.Cybil Solynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17166266742272912460noreply@blogger.com