Harry Potter and things

[fluffymark]

snow_leopard took me to the cinema this evening, as we had reserved places to watch the Two Towers trailer so we could drool over Legolas. No hang on....that's not quite right. Oh yes, there was this Harry Potter film. Is it wrong to fancy the bad guys? I mean, if they must make them all pretty and everything. *melts* (although not as pretty as legolas, obviously). Umm.....*distracted*...oh yes, the film...well even aside from all the prettyprettymen it was a good film, but not as good as the first one.

Walking back home, I noticed that It was a relatively clear night, and suddenly found myself stargazing. A bright planet was in the east, which could only be Jupiter, and I quickly located Sirius, and Orion, and even the Orion nebula was visible, which is not usually easy to spot from London. Huzzah. It was all very very pretty and I wish I could get to see the stars more often. Am hoping for a clear night on Monday night - it's been far too long since I've seen a meteor shower.

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[ixwin.livejournal.com]

Yep, we saw HP2 yesterday for Matt's birthday, and agree it was better than 1. Mainly I think because the director seemed to have a lot more confidence in diverging from the book where doing so would suit the pace of film much better.

Tom Riddle definitely pretty, and Branagh fantastic. Daniel Radcliffe also seems to have developed at least some acting ability since 1 as well.

[fluffymark]

The plot did get a little tweaked in places, didn't it. But then it always will when something goes from book to film. I thought the ending was a little lame, but then I thought that of the second book anyway, compared to the otehr books the ending has less impact. The film makes up for it with tremendous suspence in the middle, but as soon as they find the Chamber of Secrets the suspence dwindles and the end is poor in comparison.