cgi spiders aren't scary

[pauraque_bk]

We just rewatched Chamber of Secrets, which I own for some reason. I hadn't seen it in a really long time, probably not since about the time I got into the fandom, which was around when it came out on DVD. My impressions were these:

- This movie is so long.
- Absolutely everything that happens is followed by four or five reaction shots. Sometimes the reaction shots are of characters who don't even have names or lines!
- Movies were better before CGI existed.
- This movie is all about hats. Arthur's pointy hat. Minerva's tartan hat. Lucius's furry hat. Harry pulls a deus ex machina literally out of a hat. Hats, man.
- Jason Isaacs and Kenneth Branagh totally saved everything.
- Snakes can't hear. Well, technically they have earlike structures that can detect vibrations. But they sure as hell can't hear you whispering, nor that pebble Harry threw. And they can certainly smell, so Harry should have gotten eaten either way.
- Hagrid's homecoming scene is SO OVERBLOWN that it gets into self-parody territory. Standing ovation WTF??
- Everybody in the world wants to get into Harry's pants.

Comments

[gmth.livejournal.com]

Oh, I LOVE CoS. It will always be my favorite, just because it came out right after I joined the fandom and I was so excited about it. Plus, Lucius!

[pauraque]

I remember CoS coming out right before I started to be interested. I specifically remember going to see Star Trek Nemesis and noticing that CoS was playing on the other screen, and wondering if that movie was any better than the painfully bad one I had just seen. :P