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Look at Marvin's hair.
Look at Marvin's hair and robes, and hear the voice of Rickman, for this night I've finally gotten around to seeing my very own private screening (!) of HP4.
Yes, mortals! Quiver in terror, for I've had a private screening of a movie that's apparently outrageously popular. Which is to say, I was the only person in this world or the next who happened to have a ticket for that particular session.
Rejoicify.
Now, we all know I haven't read the books, so no commentary on that front. We also know there's a sizable group of people keen on getting me to do so, which means that it's certainly going to happen - most likely, Very Near to the start of next year. There will be a Comm, and in that Comm I may have to start being specific.
So! Movie, in letters.
Letter One: Patrick Doyle (Score composer)
Dear Mr Doyle,
I missed John's work. No, really. The score for the film really failed to make an impression, and definitely didn't live up to the job of bringing life to the film.
Look at John. He's what made the first two of the Star Wars prequels even marginally watchable, and he's a goodly bit of what makes Sith almost live up to the quality of the original trilogy - which also feature his work. Or, just maybe, you could look at David Newman, score composer for Ice Age, The Brave Little Toaster, Galaxy Quest and Serenity. Especially for his work on Serenity.
Study them well, for they lay down ownage upon your very soul.
In the hope you won't disappoint me again,
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Letter Two: Roger Pratt (Cinematographer), Stuart Craig (Production Designer)
Dear Messrs Pratt and Craig,
oooh... pretty.
Much more impressed than with Mr Doyle,
active_apathy
Letter Three: Steven Kloves (Screenwriter)
Dear Mr Kloves,
seriously, WTF?
Your exposition is patchy, and the format apparent. Not having read the novel I can only guess at what you might've been working with, but it seems to me like you've focused on playing with a procession of favourite scenes at the expense of narrative flow.
Even with the roadmap of the novel, I imagine the film's opening brings a serious WTF moment. Unless Harry actually has been having his way with Ron all summer, it makes for an incredibly nonsensical moment in cinema - and from there, it just gets worse. World Cup whee, oooh pretty, OMG death, hey! Look! The train. End teaser, cue plot carved up into obvious acts which seem all well and good but which attach to each other in fuzzy and mysterious ways.
If I should happen to hire the DVD, expect me to find a way to use that truth potion thingy to make it tell an actual story instead of just linking together opportunities for your production designer and your impressively massive visual effects team to make with the shiny.
Still in search of half of the plot,
active_apathy
Letter Four: Jany Temime (Costume Designer)
Dear Jany,
I remember vividly a couple of scenes where Emma wasn't dressed in pink.*
I think you've grown.
Rather impressed,
active_apathy
And for an overal opinion? It was all kinds of shiny fun, but I think it really could've been better. It's certainly not enough to bump Serenity from the top spot for the year, and I think it just maybe places a bit behind Sith, too.
And... that's it for the moment. You may now return to slightly more normal parts of your friends page.
* I just accidentally wrote 'pressed in drink'.
Look at Marvin's hair and robes, and hear the voice of Rickman, for this night I've finally gotten around to seeing my very own private screening (!) of HP4.
Yes, mortals! Quiver in terror, for I've had a private screening of a movie that's apparently outrageously popular. Which is to say, I was the only person in this world or the next who happened to have a ticket for that particular session.
Rejoicify.
Now, we all know I haven't read the books, so no commentary on that front. We also know there's a sizable group of people keen on getting me to do so, which means that it's certainly going to happen - most likely, Very Near to the start of next year. There will be a Comm, and in that Comm I may have to start being specific.
So! Movie, in letters.
Letter One: Patrick Doyle (Score composer)
Dear Mr Doyle,
I missed John's work. No, really. The score for the film really failed to make an impression, and definitely didn't live up to the job of bringing life to the film.
Look at John. He's what made the first two of the Star Wars prequels even marginally watchable, and he's a goodly bit of what makes Sith almost live up to the quality of the original trilogy - which also feature his work. Or, just maybe, you could look at David Newman, score composer for Ice Age, The Brave Little Toaster, Galaxy Quest and Serenity. Especially for his work on Serenity.
Study them well, for they lay down ownage upon your very soul.
In the hope you won't disappoint me again,
active_apathyLetter Two: Roger Pratt (Cinematographer), Stuart Craig (Production Designer)
Dear Messrs Pratt and Craig,
oooh... pretty.
Much more impressed than with Mr Doyle,
active_apathyLetter Three: Steven Kloves (Screenwriter)
Dear Mr Kloves,
seriously, WTF?
Your exposition is patchy, and the format apparent. Not having read the novel I can only guess at what you might've been working with, but it seems to me like you've focused on playing with a procession of favourite scenes at the expense of narrative flow.
Even with the roadmap of the novel, I imagine the film's opening brings a serious WTF moment. Unless Harry actually has been having his way with Ron all summer, it makes for an incredibly nonsensical moment in cinema - and from there, it just gets worse. World Cup whee, oooh pretty, OMG death, hey! Look! The train. End teaser, cue plot carved up into obvious acts which seem all well and good but which attach to each other in fuzzy and mysterious ways.
If I should happen to hire the DVD, expect me to find a way to use that truth potion thingy to make it tell an actual story instead of just linking together opportunities for your production designer and your impressively massive visual effects team to make with the shiny.
Still in search of half of the plot,
active_apathyLetter Four: Jany Temime (Costume Designer)
Dear Jany,
I remember vividly a couple of scenes where Emma wasn't dressed in pink.*
I think you've grown.
Rather impressed,
active_apathyAnd for an overal opinion? It was all kinds of shiny fun, but I think it really could've been better. It's certainly not enough to bump Serenity from the top spot for the year, and I think it just maybe places a bit behind Sith, too.
And... that's it for the moment. You may now return to slightly more normal parts of your friends page.
* I just accidentally wrote 'pressed in drink'.
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Date: 2005-12-12 05:16 am (UTC)you have a certain manner of declaring people wrong on the Intarnets that is stylish and amusing.
Despite being whimsical in the brainpan, I still declare Newman - at the very least - to own Doyle's soul. And quite possibly to share it with Greg Edmonson.
With stylistic appreciation and respect for differing opinions,
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Date: 2005-12-12 11:43 am (UTC)You both amuse me very much here, but as far as score composition goes I'm throwing in my lot with Howard Shore and Howard Goodall -- respectively composers of the score for Lord of the Rings and Red Dwarf.
My reasoning behind this is that I cannot hear John Williams music without thinking of Home Alone, and that to my perhaps undereducated-in-the-ways-of-music ears, all of his Harry Potter soundtracks sound identical.
With regret that I can't comment any further as I have to leave for work,