morganalyx-1 Reviews

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Such an amazing film

[10/10 · 21 December 2009]

I just saw this this weekend & it BLEW me away! SO good! The reasons that I loved this movie are:

1) Not one bad song in the bunch. In fact, I plan to get the soundtrack ASAP. 2) The story was awesome. Disney should stick to fairy tale adaptations & leave the original stories to Pixar. 3) The animation...WooHoo! Kudos to Disney for going back to what they know best! Not only is the animation great during all the regular scenes, but the specially-stylized animation for Tiana's song "Almost There" was very cool too, as well as The Shadowman's "friends" from the other side.

I haven't enjoyed a Disney animated movie this much since Atlantis. Definitely, GO SEE IT!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Ehh

[6/10 · 11 July 2007]

While this isn't the worst adaptation of the books to movies in my opinion - that goes to PoA - this is a very close second. I think the acting was great, the directing fine & special effects spectacular, except for the dementors: why did we need to change them from their earlier wonderfully-creepy look? Unfortunately, I think the screenplay was abysmal, & I'm ever-so grateful that Steve Kloves is back for HBP! I understand that, this being the longest of the books to date, there were bound to be many omissions. I can (grudgingly) accept that. However, when integral plot points are completely altered (Cho Chang is the snitch?!?) I have a HUGE problem with it.

I'm quite surprised that Michael Goldenberg did such a horrible job on this screenplay, since I've liked all the other movies for which he was screenwriter. I don't know if it's simply that I'm "used" to Steve Kloves' writing personality with these films, or if it was just too much information to condense into a 138 minute movie, but either way, I hope I live to see the day when this movie AND PoA both get redone properly.

I know I'm not the first to say this & won't be the last, but I feel these books should be turned into 3-4 hour movies, akin to the LoTR trilogy. Any of us who read & re-read these books, who spend an entire weekend reading each new book that comes out, would easily accept a movie double in length of the current ones.