Post by Andorinha on Jan 21, 2011 0:25:27 GMT -6
Wow, finally got in to see this movie. Very grim. I think the book version, though grim compared to "Sorcerer's Stone" #1, and "Chamber of Secrets" #2, gives the reader some points of respite -- but the movie version, for me, was unrelenting. I think the 2nd part of "Deathly Hallows" should at least have a "happy" (sort of) "ending" with a more happy, "good guys" win conclusion. So this dark movie does well represent the darkest episodes of the book.
I guess, the director/ writers felt they had so much material to deal with that they left out all the "rest spots" the novel contains...
I note that Tolkien also used the mechanism of "punctuated relief" in his storyline -- fury of action/ terror, followed by happy little breathing spaces at Tom Bombadil's, Elrond's, Galadriel's, Faramir in Ithilien, etc...
Only four couples in the theatre this night, no one under 50. Probably all the kids were there at the beginning of the film's run?
Still liked it a lot, and having had a couple of college history courses on the rise of fascism helped validate her statements, at least for me -- but I would not take any kids under, oh, maybe 12 to see it. Largely "grown-up" stuff, I thought, very thought provoking.
Now I've gotta find something on the upbeat side to read or watch, maybe an old Disney adventure like "Journey to the Center of the Earth," or a John Pertwee "Doctor Who" from 1966?
I guess, the director/ writers felt they had so much material to deal with that they left out all the "rest spots" the novel contains...
I note that Tolkien also used the mechanism of "punctuated relief" in his storyline -- fury of action/ terror, followed by happy little breathing spaces at Tom Bombadil's, Elrond's, Galadriel's, Faramir in Ithilien, etc...
Only four couples in the theatre this night, no one under 50. Probably all the kids were there at the beginning of the film's run?
Still liked it a lot, and having had a couple of college history courses on the rise of fascism helped validate her statements, at least for me -- but I would not take any kids under, oh, maybe 12 to see it. Largely "grown-up" stuff, I thought, very thought provoking.
Now I've gotta find something on the upbeat side to read or watch, maybe an old Disney adventure like "Journey to the Center of the Earth," or a John Pertwee "Doctor Who" from 1966?
- 'It's an ill wind as blows nobody no good, as I always say. And All's well as ends Better!'