screen |skr_n| |skrin| |skri_n| noun • a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected : the world's largest movie screen • movies or television; the motion-picture industry : she's a star of the stage as well as the screen. verb [ trans. ] • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant • evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The filmmakers of the Order of the Phoenix bear the brunt of an incredible responsibility – to take an excruciatingly long novel with a muddled, disjointed plot and try and make a suspenseful movie out of it. In this case they were about 90% successful. David Yates et al did an excellent job of trying to strip and streamline the story to its bare essentials to attempt to create some genuine suspense. Unfortunately, doing so reveals how weakly Rowling plots in the first place and there’s little to do to fix that. The hope is to move fast enough so there’s no time to stop and ask what the hell’s going on. As for complaints that the “magic is gone,” I’m fine with that. You can only look at so many magical creatures. Eventually, shit needs to happen.
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