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Total: 558 out of 168 votes > Average is: 3.321
You might not have noticed, but I have been .. .. .. bizzy.
Someone tampered with my internal bio-clock. I already noticed it in the weekend, when I could get my usual 10 to 12 hours of sleep. But on the working days it became even more clearer. Known for sleeping through fires and bombs, I always have 2 alarms armed. But these days I jump off my bed, shockingly looking at the light shining through the window. In a panic move I reach for the alarms and read the time, my brains can’t comprehend it all. Again, it’s somewhere between 6.30 and 7.00. Roughly an hour to go. With some effort, I can still try to catch up on that hour. But still… it’s weird. DAMN you ALIENS !!!
There’s a long list of the most obvious changes. First there’s the darker material filmed in a darker setting and a darker tone. Then there’s the growing up of the junior actors, both physically and professionally. It’s nice to see them less stiff after 2 movies. This make the movie flow with a less contrived feeling than before.
Then there’s the focus on Harry’s character, which cuts off screen time for most of the other characters. Magically strange though, it’s the past that drives the future, yet we get to know almost nothing new of it. Harry seems slightly more mature, and magic comes more easy to him, even to a point where you finally get the feeling he’s more special than the others (where the previous movie had the other characters do more magic than Harry)
The changed actor (unfortunately, to replace the late Richard Harris) for the Dumbledore character might have been the hardest thing to swallow. With a whole other demeanor and style (which might be done intentionally ?), the change is too big to take it all at once. You will get used to it though.
Then there’s a short list of things that are the same. Character-wise, you learn almost nothing new. The story layout is mostly the same, but it’s still as enjoyable as before, even with less jokes to laugh at.8-.
New stuff and old habits. The old habit is, of course, the Irish folklore influence that touches all the songs in some degree. Then there’s Andrea’s silky voice that grows sweeter with the years. The new stuff is the various other musical influences they’ve put in the songs. It gives the whole album more variety. That said, while I can crack down a few songs already, the ones that are less sophisticated and therefore less likely to grapple the hook, I have enough favorites already to give this album a thumb up.7+.
They got to me again. I woke up in the middle of the night with a mighty cramp in my left leg, and as a result I still have pain, probably because of the reaction to the pain which caused me to strain some muscles there. Then there’s also a small wound on my hand I can’t explain.
Why me ? Why always me, you damn aliens ! Abduct someone else will ya ?