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Jill's Movie Reviews
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There are many different types of coffee, and I don't mean the flavors. There is the
coffee -at- the- diner -after- you've- been- drinking- all- night -coffee. There is the
just- woke -up- got -a -mean- hangover coffee. There is the thoughtfully- contemplating-
life -as- I -write -in -my- journal -at- the- café -coffee. (Haaahaahohhaaaahheeeee.
Just let me stop laughing for a minute. There. Much better now.) And then there is Jill's
personal favorite, the coffee- after- the- movie- to -debate- the- film- coffee.
In honor of Jill's fave coffee, we here at Coffee Club are pleased to present our new column, The Movie Review.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Jill has seen this flick twice, (gift certificates, matinees, small children) and still has mixed
feelings about it. It's destined to be a fantasy classic, of course, but fantasy is a small genre
in film, and there isn't a lot to choose from.
Jill has read all of the Harry Potter books and enjoyed them thoroughly, and this perhaps is where
my greatest conflict arises. There is a certain element of dry wit that is present in the books and
greatly lacking in the film. The final climactic sequence of the film which features a number of
trials that the young Mr. Potter has to perform is rushed through in the film, and not given as much
weight as perhaps it should have been, given that they spent two and a half hours setting up the story.
The only female character of any significance, Hermione Granger, has had her role in the story seriously
downplayed. The creature effects in the film were appallingly bad, and unnecessary, given that the film
makers must have known how much they would be making from the release of this much hyped flick, it wouldn't
have killed them to spend a little more money to ensure that the movie had a seamless and timeless quality
that it now lacks because of two or three jarring moments when the audience realizes that the effects suck.
Given all that, Jill has to say that the film is great. The story is charming, the characters are convincing
for the most part, the architectural effects are incredible, and Quidditch fucking rocks. I could watch that
scene a million times and never be bored by it. Jill has never seen an audience of children more thrilled or
quiet, for that matter, and it is a wonderful thing to be immersed in a fantasy world for a few hours,
especially given how suck ass the real world is.
Jill loved Harry Potter, and only hopes that the next installment of the series will have a better CG team
to bring the fantastical elements to life.
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