harry potter

saw the latest harry potter movie on Tuesday. was a bit apprehensive about it, as the goblet of fire movie was probably not as good as i had hoped. i have found that as they have got into the later books, the movies have not been able to keep as much happening as previously. i guess it is hard to replicate such a rich story into a 2 hour movie. i had also heard some people say that the order of the phoenix suffered the same fate as the goblet of fire, in that they had to cut too much out. i have to say that i disagree, it was fantastic.

these movies are just such good fun. there is no other word for it. you cant help but be drawn right into the story, the places, the people. i do wonder if people who have not read the books would have this same feeling, as they may not know as much about all the characters and the background stories. it is hard to say though, i dont know anyone who has seen the movies but not read the books.

this movie reminded me a lot of the first movie. it was enthralling, engaging and exciting. the casting of some of the secondary characters like luna and umbridge was spot on. while they were not how i had imagined them, they were very very good . there were some variations from the story, but all in all i think that they covered all the key aspects of the movie very well. this has definitely been my favourite harry potter movie so far.

this was the first harry potter movie i saw at the cinemas, as i only started reading the books a few months ago. now i am fully up to speed i can jump on the bandwagon for the next two movies.

i have now finished the half blood prince, which was a good read - tying up some loose ends and providing some interesting new ones, and have now begun on the deathly hallows. hopefully it will live up to the hype