IMAX!GoF at last!

Yes! I spotted Lucius and Draco in the Minister’s box!! That alone made it worth the ticket price…

Not having a DVD player has been particularly frustrating over the last couple of weeks, as I’ve followed the LJ squeeing over Serenity and GoF. But the IMAX print of GoF finally getting in Manchester took the sting out of it a little.

IMAX, I concluded last Saturday, is absolutely awesome for scenic shots and for seeing background detail in more crowded scenes, but it is not a comfortable medium in which to view close-ups of people. Much as I like having my entire vision filled by the film, in retrospect I had to pick and choose which parts I wanted to focus on. Fine for a second viewing, but I won’t be rushing out to find an IMAX midnight showing of OotP on release day.

Anyhow, this seems as good a time as any to write up my impressions of movie!GoF, which never made it from notes to LJ last November. (Limited access to internet being something of a demotivating factor).

Spoilers follow - but really, if you haven't seen the film by now you probably won't care anyhow.


( General impressions )

( I really, really liked... )

( I also liked... )

( I wish they’d included... )

( I wish they hadn't included... )

( And I didn't like... )

( You didn't really think I'd forgotten the L-word, did you? )