Ha5 - Fragmented

After watching Harry Potter 5, I deeply felt what it’s like to have a fragmented plot. The Harry Potter 5 book is very thick, so it’s indeed difficult to adapt it into a movie. However, seeing a movie that has been dismembered into pieces by the director is still very frustrating. Firstly, if you haven’t read the original book, it’s best not to watch this movie, because the plot is basically copied directly from the book. The connections between the scenes are almost non-existent, and if you haven’t read Harry Potter before, you’ll feel confused and puzzled.

The movie should be full of climaxes, but Harry Potter 5 gives people a feeling of being fragmented, as if there’s a lot to express, but nothing is actually expressed. Each chapter of the novel can be made into a brilliant movie, but the director only extracts a part of the content, filming it according to some superficial and obvious elements, and letting the audience “fill in” the deeper meaning based on the novel. The consequence of doing this is that the entire movie becomes a video novel, as if it only exists to accompany the novel. When reading novels, everyone will imagine a scene in their mind, and now this lovely director has completely visualized this scene. He tells you: “Hey, this is what that scene was like, you see, it’s similar to what you imagined, right?” However, apart from some die-hard Harry Potter fans who might like this feeling, I think general audiences would rather see a complete, in-depth, and thought-provoking adaptation movie.

The movie starts without much drag, directly beginning with Harry fighting the Dementors. Then the event unfolds, returning to the magical world, the hearing, the start of school, a few shots of the train, meeting the Thestrals, Umbridge, classes, punishments, and the formation of Dumbledore’s Army. It’s all done in one breath, especially in the beginning, the scene changes are so fast that I could barely keep up with the director’s pace. Why the hurry? The director deleted all the verbose dialogue and only left the most classic lines. However, the reason why these lines are classic is that they have a story to support them. Without any explanation, the classic feeling is completely lost when a hard and stiff line is suddenly dropped. I won’t go into the details of the plot from then on. The warm Christmas in the original book, the poignant emotions between Harry and Sirius, Professor Snape’s memories and their revelation to Harry - where did all these things go? I believe that all the audiences who watched Harry Potter 5 for the first time, if they hadn’t read the novel before, would be completely indifferent to Sirius’s death. The director has adapted him into a pure supporting character, as if his only purpose is to provide Harry with some information. Sigh. I won’t say more, it’s really a very bad movie.

One of the more impressive parts is the depiction of the Weasley twins skipping Hogwarts. I don’t know how the director suddenly had a change of heart and made an effort to describe it. It indeed left a deep impression on me and is one of the parts that can truly represent the essence of the original book.

The final battle is chaotic and feels like a random shooting, with Harry making a guest appearance, symbolically fighting Voldemort, and saying some thought-provoking words before it ends.

After watching the movie, I feel that Harry has grown up so much, and when he stands up and turns around, everything I just saw is forgotten.

Just commenting casually, I personally love Harry Potter 5, so I had high expectations for this movie. When commenting, it’s inevitable that I’ll mix in some personal feelings, so please forgive me, fellow Harry Potter fans .