Harry Potter And The Deathly Boredom
Man, Rome Girl and I are huge Harry Potter fans and went and saw the new Harry Potter film in English and 3D at the super duper upscale movie theater in the Place de la Comedie and we wanted to love this film and just couldn't.
God - this film was so fucking "meh" - neither bad nor good.
The main problem is - "Why the fuck was this film in 3D????"
With the exception of the Voldemort death they don't do anything interesting with the 3D at all. And, it was not for lack of chances. There are tons of scenes that would have benefited from cool 3D effects.
For example - every scene involving the dragon, the snake or the weird roller coaster in the bank. In at least one of those scenes one of those objects should have jumped out of the screen into my face.
Let me put it this way - before the movie started Haribo had a 3D ad for gummy bears that used 3D more effectively than anything in the Harry Potter movie - and I'm guessing that the Harry Potter movie had more money to pay for creative people than a candy company did.
In other words if you want to see the Harry Potter film and your local theater gives you the choice between 2D or 3D don't pay the extra money for the 3D.
What this film did do for me is remind me why I was so annoyed by the second half of the last Harry Potter book. I can't blame the film makers for most of the flaws in this film. They are just using the source material.
In the first six books Hermione and Ron are built up as the most important characters other than Harry. Therefore in the film they get second and third billing.
But, they don't have very much to do in this book so they end up just sitting in the frame in lots of scenes and kind of being like "Hey, we are characters you like and we are still here! Sorry that other characters that you were less invested in get to do the things that advance the plot - but at least you see us in the frame!"
What I do blame the producers for is completely ignoring and not showing Ginny organizing the underground revolt at Hogwarts - because without that Harry suddenly realizing he loves her makes no sense.
And the Bellatrix Lestrange death scene should have been much more dramatic than it was given that she's pretty much the most interesting villain other than He Who Can Not Be Named.
Anyway, overall I give it a B-Minus when I've given every other Harry Potter film an A-Plus.

God - this film was so fucking "meh" - neither bad nor good.
The main problem is - "Why the fuck was this film in 3D????"
With the exception of the Voldemort death they don't do anything interesting with the 3D at all. And, it was not for lack of chances. There are tons of scenes that would have benefited from cool 3D effects.
For example - every scene involving the dragon, the snake or the weird roller coaster in the bank. In at least one of those scenes one of those objects should have jumped out of the screen into my face.
Let me put it this way - before the movie started Haribo had a 3D ad for gummy bears that used 3D more effectively than anything in the Harry Potter movie - and I'm guessing that the Harry Potter movie had more money to pay for creative people than a candy company did.
In other words if you want to see the Harry Potter film and your local theater gives you the choice between 2D or 3D don't pay the extra money for the 3D.
What this film did do for me is remind me why I was so annoyed by the second half of the last Harry Potter book. I can't blame the film makers for most of the flaws in this film. They are just using the source material.
In the first six books Hermione and Ron are built up as the most important characters other than Harry. Therefore in the film they get second and third billing.
But, they don't have very much to do in this book so they end up just sitting in the frame in lots of scenes and kind of being like "Hey, we are characters you like and we are still here! Sorry that other characters that you were less invested in get to do the things that advance the plot - but at least you see us in the frame!"
What I do blame the producers for is completely ignoring and not showing Ginny organizing the underground revolt at Hogwarts - because without that Harry suddenly realizing he loves her makes no sense.
And the Bellatrix Lestrange death scene should have been much more dramatic than it was given that she's pretty much the most interesting villain other than He Who Can Not Be Named.
Anyway, overall I give it a B-Minus when I've given every other Harry Potter film an A-Plus.
