is it only me or are the children getting worse and worse as actors? after watching the first film i thought some of them were not up to par but give 'em time to grow and they'll do just fine by the second one. but no! i just watched the second film and it looked even lazier than the first! where in the first i wrote it up to getting their footing on thie series, i just can't figure this one out. just totally lazy.
and i'm holding chris columbus responsible for this. i mean, how can you have made such stellar classics as mrs. doubtfire and bicentennial man and not be held accountable for some bland directing? as i've said before - his films have no style or personality. he just shoots the script and leaves it at that, it seems, with the two harry potter movies.
i'm so looking forward to the third one. alfonso cuaron should get the series its first really good film. and you can be sure i'll go see that film the first week of its release.
but i find it appalling that such a major film like this one is getting such shoddy acting - from the three lead actors, no less. and i loved rupert grint (ron weasley) in the first film. even he dropped down a notch in this film. i really can't believe that they couldn't get better takes than these. and daniel radcliffe (harry potter) just mugs his way through the whole fuckin film again. that's not engaging acting. i think you can actually see him think about which expression to put on in way too many scenes.
and don't get me started about moaning myrtle (played by shirley henderson). one of the great disappointments of the film. a laughable interpretation when she should've been truly scary, depressed, and mean-spirited. she looked like some kid who won a contest in a mall to appear in a film. too bad they cast her in such a pivotal role. and i have a feeling they couldn't get an actress and this girl is just some assistant they picked from the crew (no way! ohmygod, she's got a long list of film credits. fuck me).
and most of the special effects scenes still look way too much like composite shots.
ps. the snake was cool, though.
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