Watched the Harry Potter <\/i> DVD this weekend. And, y’know what? It wasn’t bad.<\/p>\n
I had a memory of the film as a largely sterile, faithful-but-heartless rendition of the book.<\/p>\n
But now, having seen Attack of the Clones<\/i>, I have a better sense for what those adjectives actually mean. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone <\/i>is no Citizen Kane<\/i>, but it’s fun, it’s nicely done, the fx were decent and the story, if a bit disjointed, still has some moving moments. The infuriating injustice of the Dursleys. Harry’s longing for his parents. Ron’s sacrifice. If the movie really needed to be three hours instead of two in order to get all the good stuff in, that’s the fault of the Hollywood Bean Counters, not the producers or director.<\/p>\n
All the nice things I have to say about the movie go away on the bonus disc, which has most of the bonus material (including the inevitable, interesting, but still sketchy Deleted Scenes section) hidden behind the World’s Most Frustrating and Confusing Interface. Lots of fun for little kids, lots of muttering-under-one’s-breath for adults.<\/p>\n
Still, a good addition to the Shelf of Many DVDs. And I suspect Katherine will like the movie, one of these days, if not the bonus materials.<\/p>\n
(And now I need to find an opportunity to watch the next to Roughnecks <\/i>DVDs …)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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