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Harry Potter and the Excellent New Trailer
I’m going to say it very simply: this WORKS.
What’s especially interesting about this trailer is that unlike past ones, it doesn’t focus much on the Harry/Ron/Hermione friendship. In fact, I think Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are barely in this trailer, if indeed they are there at all.
And that’s as it should be. The preview rightly focuses on Harry, Dumbledore and Voldemort, which is the core of this story. Very creepily effective.
If you think the actor playing the young Voldemort looks a lot like Ralph Fiennes, that’s because he’s Fiennes’ nephew, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin.
Film geek moment: Looks like the decision to hire Bruno Delbonnel as the cinematographer has paid off handsomely. He’s done striking work in Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, and Across the Universe.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince will be out Nov. 21. Like its predecessor, Order of the Phoenix, it will be released in IMAX with selected scenes in 3D. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final story, will be split into two movies, with Part 1 scheduled for Nov. 19, 2010 and Part 2 due in May 2011. All the remaining films are being directed by David Yates, who helmed Order of the Phoenix. (Suggestion: For the finale(s), why not go 3D all the way, or maybe film partly in IMAX, like The Dark Knight did to such great results?)
If you want to see this trailer on the big screen, it will play before The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, opening Friday. My advice: Pay a matinee price and then leave quickly before Mummy starts. You will get your money’s worth that way. Otherwise, you will not. More on that later!
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By SRCputt
July 30, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this
Indeed, there is more entertainment in that trailer than in the entirety of Mummy 3. Also more character development, better acting, and some actual quality camerawork.