Today, after I reviewed the second part, I took the opportunity to review the third part again. If the first time I watched this film this year was to compare my memory of the original work, the second time I watched it entirely for the film itself.
The final battle of the original book is the only place in the entire "Harry Potter" series that involves "time travel". It seems that JK Rowling's vision of traveling through time and space belongs to the type of "traveling through time and space without changing history".
Here is an explanation of the so-called "types". According to some works that I have seen that travel through time and space, I divide the travel through time and space into two types. "Changing history through time and space": The action of traveling through time and space itself has the effect of modifying the time that is traversed, and the history related to this period of history will also change with one piece. This setting is more common in European and American themes; "Through time and space" "Do not change history": Traveling through time and space does not have the effect of modifying history. It's just that the inexplicable things in the "past" will be answered by the travel through time and space. This setting is more common in Japanese comics. Of these two types, the former one is more difficult to imagine than the latter. Here, because Harry had seen the patron saint before, it was judged to be the latter type.
I have seen some people think that the film contains science fiction elements because it contains a "traveling through time and space" plot. This is not true. "Through time and space" is not limited to science fiction works. There is a type of "time magic" in the magic of Western legends. The use of this kind of magic can change the current time, so this third work is still purely magical. .
When I read the fifth book of "Harry Potter" before, I had doubts about the two points "How did Sirius come from" and "How Harry learned to protect the magic of the gods". Now I have finished reading the third book. These questions are finally resolved.
This film is directed by Mexican director Alfonso Courant. Now compared with the second part, this film finally no longer has the feeling of a horror film, and instead restores a small amount of the first part in some details in the early stage. The film is centered on the final battle of the original, and the previous plots are all paving the way for this part, which can be reflected from the choice and adaptation of the original in this film; to the final battle, the film is described in detail Every detail of this battle. Although this may not necessarily be completely loyal to the original, it can make all the plot of the film revolve around a center, which also makes the plot compact and organized.
Harry's godfather, Sirius, is the central character of the film and has become a clue throughout the film. Harry first met Sirius who became a huge black dog. The original meeting place was in the Quidditch game, and the film was in the bushes on the side of the road (I confirmed it after watching it today). Then there is the plot of giving away the "Firebolt", this time it is moved to the end of the film. These two points can be said to be the more ingenious adaptations of the film. Although they are different from the original work, they are used in the film to the point. In fact, there are more similar examples in this film.
In addition, I heard some people say that Sirius is Homosexual, I don't know if it is because of the influence of this movie. If it is, then I can say that this is a fictitious thing. There is no such description in the original book. In my impression, the only Homosexual the author personally acknowledged was Dumbledore.
Before, I paid too much attention to the restoration of the original work by the movie, but now after reviewing and comparing it, I discovered that this is indeed a good movie. And the excellent performance of the film lies more in the director’s excellent performance. The film’s evaluation on IMDB is also the best, but the Mexican director never continued to direct it after directing such a film. I heard it was because The box office is not ideal (it seems that many movies he directed are very popular).
PS: This is the review I deleted and re-written after reviewing it, or use the original title as my final film review before watching Part 7.
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