Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Alakazaam

[hkellick]

So, I saw the third movie with ecwoodburn last night.

Despite what many of you said, I would NOT call this the best movie as so far. Here's why:

1) Timing - Some of the scenes seem too forced and too random. ESPECIALLY the main important scene in the Shrieking Shack.

My impression of the Shrieking Shack Scene (in 2 minutes or less)

VERY OBVIOUSLY BADLY DONE CGI Dog: Growl Growl.

Ron: Oh, bugger!

CGI Dog: Growl Growl *grabs Ron and drags him into the secret tunnel*

Whomping Willow: *whomp whomp whomp* *whomps Harry* *whomps Hermione* *whomps Harry* *whomps Hermione*

Hermione: I'm going to grab you by the scruff of the neck now!

Harry: OK. *is grabbed* *flies off ala cartoon character*

Hermione: I'm going to toss you into the secret tunnel now. I won't miss.

Harry: OK. *tumbletumbletumble* *is squished by Hermione who rolled 100 on her luck roll and managed to jump into the tunnel instead of missing*

Harry: I got a bad feeling about this.

*walkwalkwalk-Shrieking Shack*

Harry: Oh, look! Ron! Where's the puppy?

Ron: That's not a puppy.

Sirius: Dirty Evil-looking Foul-smelling Smile.

Harry: I'll kill you!

Lupin; *jumps into the scene* No, you won't!

Harry: I trusted you! I loved you like the father I never had.

Lupin: Harry Hear Me Out!

Snape: *jumps into the scene* Aha! I have found you! Prepare to be vanquished!

Harry: *thinks to himself: Who do I hate more? Snape or Sirius. In one hand, Snape is a bastard who may have saved my life back in Book One. On another, Sirius may have killed my parents*

Harry blows Snape into the wall. "I trust you, Sirius!"

*ends the impression*

So, yeah... Kristen tried to explain to me how the production was better, but I highly disagree. It was darker. They were smacking you over the head with the Time Symbolism.

Snuffles (the dog) looked terrible. OK, he was unkempt and just out of Azkaban, buit he was SO OBVIOUSLY FAKE!

I'm also unhappy that they couldn't have taken a couple of minutes more to explain a few things. Like jumping from Harry being left home from Hogsmeade to why he's walking along the bridge with Lupin. OK, those two got along, but if I was forced to stay home from Hogsmeade, I wouldn't have wandered around to Lupin's office and demand "Entertain me!"
Also, couldn't they have taken the minute to explain who Moony Worm, Prongs and Padfoot were? Just a sentence where Lupin says he's Moony?

I mean, alright, it's just over two hours, but to do it RIGHT, I think they needed to spend at least another half hour getting the proper details through instead of semi-randomly jumping from scene to scene.

So, my rating is.. it wasn't a BAD movie, but it wasn't the best. I think the best, in my mind, is still the second.

And, oh, by the way, don't bother staying through the credits this time. It's really not worth it. They go on forever and there's no extra goodies at the end this time.

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[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

There were goodies *in* the credits. You had to be reading the map itself while the credits ran. The whole Marauders Map had the fun stuff in it.