We saw the latest Harry Potter last week. It was late in the run, but the theater was almost empty.
It was good, but not nearly as good IMHO as the earlier ones. A bit too dark and bleak. Even the scenery around the school was darker. Maybe that was deliberate, but I think it's a mistake.
We still haven't seen Narnia, but plan to take the kids sometime soon.
Interesting, I thought it was a bit dark, but in many ways better than the last two.
It's a sad statement that many TV shows are superior to the big-budget films being put out these days by Hollywood. We even watch older shows on DVD like "The Waltons", "Columbo" and even "Adam-12."
Other than the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy (which DID have its flaws) and some slapstick comedies in the "What About Bob" vein, there really haven't been very many movies made since 1980 that I would actually purchase on DVD.
I am very disappointed in the "Harry Potter" films. The films don't even begin to do the books justice. The kid they picked to play Harry Potter is mediocre actor at best and the films practically ignore the antagonist characters like Snape and Draco Malfoy that make the books such compelling reading.
It's good to see such an obvious ploy by Hollywood to "normalize" homosexuality fall flat (Brokenback Mountain). I can't imagine any self-respecting man wanting to go to that one.
Anyway, it's a good thing I have plenty of other hobbies besides watching movies.
My thirteen-YO granddaughter, a girl who adores all things HarryPotter, was so disappointed in the latest movie that she wept for days. It hasn't flagged her rereads of each one of the books, though!
You picked two good ones! "Harry Potter and the Goblet" and "Narnia" are the only two films my husbie and I saw this year. And we are 2 old, retired, grandparently types!