vcassel
Veteran
Pros:
- Helena Bonham Carter is dangerous and scary. Out of all the Death Eaters, she seems most likely to keep severed body parts in her fridge to play with later. Just a really great villainous performance.
- Emma Watson can demonstrate more subtle and complex acting than Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint combined.
- Bill Nighy's intonation as he spoke was a joy.
- This is the most artistically composed of the films cinematography wise. And it all falls together beautifully - picture composition, wardrobe, make-up, set design, color grading, etc.
- The animated sequence about the Deathly Hallows was beautiful and a nice break from the rest of the film.
Cons:
- I know it was supposed to be a dark film, but there were scenes that were so under-lit that it was frustrating trying to figure out what was going on. The first 20 to 30 minutes was like this and then intermittently throughout.
- The pacing was awkward and slow due to the amount of 'open' shots throughout the film. An open shot being a close-up of an item or ground intended to keep the audience guessing as to what they were looking at. There was a lot of this. Almost every time they teleported somewhere, we got a long, meandering open shot designed to induce suspense. I think it worked against the pacing, especially towards the end.
- Because of those open shots and the awkward pacing, this film could have easily dropped 15 to 20 minutes. And that's without dropping whole scenes.
- I know there have been magical plot devices throughout the series, but the only one that has felt forced so far is Ron's light thing.
- Speaking of which: jealous Ron. This part of the movie was frustrating and annoying and we've covered this ground before. Can we please move on with more pressing matters?
Overall a very entertaining but imperfect movie. I put this one behind Prisoner of Azkaban and Half-Blood Prince.
- Helena Bonham Carter is dangerous and scary. Out of all the Death Eaters, she seems most likely to keep severed body parts in her fridge to play with later. Just a really great villainous performance.
- Emma Watson can demonstrate more subtle and complex acting than Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint combined.
- Bill Nighy's intonation as he spoke was a joy.
- This is the most artistically composed of the films cinematography wise. And it all falls together beautifully - picture composition, wardrobe, make-up, set design, color grading, etc.
- The animated sequence about the Deathly Hallows was beautiful and a nice break from the rest of the film.
Cons:
- I know it was supposed to be a dark film, but there were scenes that were so under-lit that it was frustrating trying to figure out what was going on. The first 20 to 30 minutes was like this and then intermittently throughout.
- The pacing was awkward and slow due to the amount of 'open' shots throughout the film. An open shot being a close-up of an item or ground intended to keep the audience guessing as to what they were looking at. There was a lot of this. Almost every time they teleported somewhere, we got a long, meandering open shot designed to induce suspense. I think it worked against the pacing, especially towards the end.
- Because of those open shots and the awkward pacing, this film could have easily dropped 15 to 20 minutes. And that's without dropping whole scenes.
- I know there have been magical plot devices throughout the series, but the only one that has felt forced so far is Ron's light thing.
- Speaking of which: jealous Ron. This part of the movie was frustrating and annoying and we've covered this ground before. Can we please move on with more pressing matters?
Overall a very entertaining but imperfect movie. I put this one behind Prisoner of Azkaban and Half-Blood Prince.
