The Goblet of fire holds me in thrall
Beware : potential spoiler ahead, tread with wary steps
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Well, I have been reading HP and the halfblood prince these days. Nearing the end and waiting for dumbledore to die. First HP book I fully read. And found it to be quite good. The mystical and fantasy world of magic is captivating. JKR does a good job of putting her imagination to words evoking wonderful imagery in the mind. Of course, in my case, I have seen a couple of the earlier movies. So whenever I read about Harry, Radcliffe boy came to my mind. Hermione was always Emma Watson.
So, I had looked forward to seeing the latest offering in Harry Potter - the movies. I havent read HP and the Goblet of Fire yet. Well, Sunday came and by evening, I didnt manage to see the movie yet. But finally I caught hold of a friend and went for the 10pm show at Innovative Multiplex. Braving the nippy wind, I reached the multiplex, went in and settled down in the comfortable seat. All this effort proved to be worthwhile. It is quite important that you see this movie in a theatre with good accoustics and in comfort.
Since I watched the movie without having read the book, my cinematic experience was unadulterated and not weighed down by the expectations raised by the book. So this is my unprejudiced opinion of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - the movie. :-) Maybe, after I go through the book, I shall revisit and publish another post on it for me to compare my thoughts.
The film opened with the scene of Tom Riddle's house (I think thats what it is). There was the imposing sculpture of the "Grim Reaper" supposedly there as the face of the evil. The Quidditch stadium and the display was impressive. The vision in the sky of the mark of the dark lord was also cool. But one of the best scenes of the movie for me was the entry of the team from the Witches school (I didnt catch the name of the school). The sheer grace with which they made their entry was simply superb. The actual triwizard tournament wasnt that great except for the first task. The dragon-harry chase was 'shot' well. But the movie previews made the underwater scenes to be something really special. Maybe it took great effort and skill to film, but I didnt really find it visually that great. The new Dark Arts Teacher or rather the impersonator was quite cool too. Actually his eyeball was quite eye-catching. Why, it seemed to have a 10x optical zoom !
But one of the takeaways for me from this movie was the scene where Hermione appears in her ball dress. Emma Watson looks beautiful in it and Parvati didnt manage to beat me in remarking on how lovely she looked. And the Russians looked good in their tunics too. All in all, I felt that the special effects, the cinematography and the costumes were quite good in the movie.
"Sau rupiye poore vasool", I would say. And I didnt mind the chill in my bones, when I rode back at midnight.
Labels: review
posted by sp @ 1:44 pm
7 Comments:
i jus finished reading my first HP n since i wanted to do it in order i started with the very first--the philosophers stone..n i got soo hooked..finished the book in two days n now i have decided tht i am buying myself the whole set..n ya i have also decided tht i shall watch the movies only after reading all the books...somehow i wudn wanna miss out on fun tht comes from reading n not knowing whts gonna come up next!!!(why did u have to say tht dumbledore is gonna die!!!!now u have taken away a part of my suspense!!!:-(( )
a few of my friends had told me tht some ppl might not enjoy this book coz it seems too childish..but after my foray intothe HP i sure wud like to disagree with them...the thing does seems childish but in a way tht it takes u back to ur world of fantasies , things u imagined when u were a child...i mean its more like a story tht wud be 'wishes come true' for lotsa children..
Am sorry for spilling the beans. Would it help if I say that I speak the truth only 70% of the time. :-) Besides, I think Dumbledore will be resurrected in the last book. I have always thought that D'dore was right in his judgement about Snape. So just cant believe that he could have really killed off D'dore.
You are also right about the HP books taking us into fantasyland, the world of magic and fantasy always appeals to me.
By the way, it would have been nice if you left your name rather than an anonymous comment.
Oh My gosh!!! I cant believe that u actually told me that Snape killed d'dore!!n i actually cant believe tht i was idiotic enuf to come back n check ur comments n read it too!!!:-((((
but i jus dropped by ur blog n saw tht the comments section still showed zero..so i was jus checking why my comment hadn been updated!!!n this is wat happens to me!!!tooo bad!!! :-(((
but hahn i will still take ur suggestion n this time i will leave the comment with my id..
Ha ha..ha ha...
Didnt know it was you. Again, a lame sorry is all I can offer for having spilt the beans yet again. :-)
But dont worry, since you have just started off with the first book, it shouldnt be so bad.
Btw, I have opted for the reverse order; I started with the Halfblood prince and shall finish the order of phoenix next.
Hi Paro,
Me do not like HP. Did not give the poor guy even a chance. Poor guy? I must be kiddin. neway, I do not like western idols conquering India.
God am I becoming a fanatic.
Neway you enjoy movies in forum, you never know when you will miss them. If I knew that I will spend four months with out going to see a movie, I would havev seen one everyday in BLR...
Thank God I'd not read this before!!! I suggest you put a spoiler warning!
@deepthi : oh well, as you perhaps can make out, i myself knew before starting the book that ddore dies in the end. as it is, even before the book release there was a lot of suspense as to who is going to be sacrificed by JKR.
But yes, I have heeded your admonishing and added a warning in the post. But I doubt anyone would heed that, since they are bound to read the first stanza anyway. ;-)
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