Fantasy Film Follow-Up
July 14th, 2007 by Kelson. Posted in Harry Potter, Sci-Fi/Fantasy and tagged for Dark Materials, DarkIsRising, Fantasy, GoldenCompass, HarryPotter, moviesSaw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I thought it was better than the fourth film, and up there with Prisoner of Azkaban, though Katie liked Goblet of Fire better. The main thing I would really have liked to see more of: Hogwarts in rebellion. “It unscrews the other way.”
We agreed that the preview of The Dark is Rising looks terrible. It looks like they’re turning it into an action movie. Will Stanton with magic powers?!?!? It’s sad, since Christopher Eccleston seemed like perfect casting for the Dark Rider.
Saw a second preview of The Golden Compass, though, and it looks even better than the first one we saw. They could still screw it up, but I at least have high hopes for this one. The visual look is dead-on (which was my first reaction to the very first Fellowship teaser), and it looks like they’ve stuck with the book’s concepts.
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One Response to “Fantasy Film Follow-Up”
By aeryncrichton on Jul 16, 2007
I went and looked at the trailer for The Dark is Rising because someone on another board was raving about it (with the caveat that she knew a bunch of us were not thrilled with the announced changes), and I have to agree with you that it looks terrible. Or at least, while it may be a perfectly good movie, it is not going to be The Dark is Rising. Such a shame!