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Good movie but leave little kids at home...
PostedNovember 19, 2010
mama2four
from Kansas City
I have four kids (ages 5-16). All of my children love HP (as do I!), so the 16 yr old daughter and I went to see the midnight premier. Overall, a good movie but a little long and some parts started to actually drag for me.
The beginning was excellent! Lots of action and it was nice to see so many of the characters. I know the movie was more true to the books this way, but it seemed to drag with Harry, Ron, and Hermione being in the woods and in hiding for so long. The fact that they spent the whole movie looking for only the one horcrux (with three still left to find in Part 2), I think, is what made it seem to drag most.
The action scenes are definitely too intense for my 5 yr old with her very active imagination, and the length of dialogue without any action may start to bore her. It may even be a little too much for my almost 9 yr old son, but I know we would never hear the end of it if we didn't let him go (since he has the Harry Potter themed bedroom)!
The "brief sexuality" between Harry and Hermione in Ron's hallucination was a little over the top and, in my opinion, not necessary for this movie. I'm definitely not a prude, and I know the characters are older, but they are still only supposed to be 16 yrs old in this film. I think the director could have shown Harry and Hermione kissing (passionately even), with the supernatural "bronzed" skin, without them being naked. Of course, you can't see them from the front or back (it's only a side view) but you can clearly see that they are naked, or at least the illusion of being naked (the curve of Hermione's breast), and groping each other as if they are having sex. Even my 16 yr old and I raised an eyebrow at each other during that scene, and I could see some other kids/teens with parents in the audience squirm with embarrassment. (I am taking my 12 yr old daughter and a group of her friends to see the movie again tonight. I know they are still of the age where kissing scenes can be embarrassing, so I'm sure this will make them more than blush.)
From an acting standpoint, all the actors were wonderful. I was especially impressed with Rupert Grint. His character has really evolved the most - going from a bumbling, awkward boy to this almost heroic young man. He did an excellent job of showing us Ron's "darkside" to where I almost forgot it was the same character and actor even.
I felt like the movie itself used a better mix of lighting as compared to some of the others in the series. The story itself is much more serious and dark. The director did a good job keeping that eerie, dooming feeling without over-doing it throughout the whole movie and brightened the light and color when there was no real imminent danger happening at the time. (No overuse of sepia-like lens filters here.)
That all said, I almost wish they would have made this a 3 1/2 hour movie instead of two 2 1/2 movies (Parts 1 and 2). However, I have to assume now that all the "action" will come in Part 2. However, HP fans will still appreciate the length because it is more true to the books and this way they get to see their favorite three characters on screen for much longer. Overall, I would recommend this movie and I am looking forward to seeing it again tonight, since I do seem to have a greater appreciation for the HP movies the more and more I see them.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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