harry potter

the sixth installment of the harry potter series has been hit with mixed reviews, the day it came out everyone i know that saw it dismissed it as shite, but since then the people i know that have seen it loved it, now on wednesday i watched said film, and i enjoyed it.

don't get me wrong i can understand where the backlash comes from. the film doesn't move like the rest of the movies, which makes it feel abit lackluster when it ends, but the film was designed to set up for the climax of the last two films, and the last chapter of the saga, and it did it perfectly. i can understand how some people might not have enjoyed the way they tweaked the ending to make harry look like an idiot, but it worked better for the film. i can't understand how people didn't appreciate all the comedy in the film, my favorite part was the funeral for the giant spider in the final act of the movie that made no sense at all.

now personally for me, this is the best harry potter film, the first 2 films were ridiculously loyal to the books, which is fine, first two films pretty much are going to be complete copies of the original text, but i feel the serious really picked up steam in the third film when they start just throwing in random shit, and got a comedy dumbledore. it works better for the film. although j.k. does put alot of comedy in her books, you need to add some stuff to make her wit translate to the big screen.

this is the first harry potter film where i've not just sat waiting for something to happen, despite scenes of ron under a love potions spell and hermione crying. not to mention 1/6th of the film being draco malfoy walking around in a suit. also, we see malfoy in one class the whole film, the rest of the time he's just wandering around in his suit, clearly the teachers at hogwarts don't givafuck if anyone gets an education in the art of magic.

also, why don't the students at harry potter study regular subjects like maths and english, how are they expected to function in the real world with a degree in potions and quiditch?

in any event this was my favorite harry potter of the 6, and i can't wait another year and a bit to see half of the 7th film, then wait another 7 months to see the final installment of this thrilling tale.