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

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

CoS was the last movie I saw of the HP movies. I remember it as being incredibly boring. Soooo long. And that homecoming scene was kind of obscene. Who ever thought that made sense?

[pauraque]

Meaning that you didn't see the ones after it at all?! Or it's the one you saw most recently?

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen any of them except PS/SS and CoS.

[pauraque]

Huh, how did I miss that about you? Were you just not interested? You missed the only ones that didn't suck. :(

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Yup, I've never never had any interest, even after seeing scenes from them!