Yummy. After two gobs of Columbus and a dollop of Cuarón, we’re offered a taste of what UK’s own Mike Newell can do with Harry Potter. Gotta hand it to the guy. He rejuvenated the British romantic comedy, moved to Hollywood and broke new ground with an uncompromising gangster saga, then faded into hack nothingness, [...]
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Hey look, it’s Harry, only he’s darker and grittier
Posted in Fuck-ups, Harry Potter on November 8, 2005 |
Filmic fallout
Posted in Harry Potter on August 1, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
One last thing. Reading The Half-Blood Prince, I couldn’t help but wonder how much the Potter universe has been contaminated by the films. This kind of fallout is rare, of course. For it to happen, you need a movie franchise evolving in tandem with the book series it’s based on, with both basically taking shape [...]
The Half-Baked Prince
Posted in Fuck-ups, Harry Potter on July 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just finished the new Harry Potter, and I’m sorry to report that it doesn’t add up to much. Ranking Potter books is all about ranking the experience of reading them. Some you swallow whole, like the first three; some you chew and savour, like the previous two. So far, none has been a tough [...]
