Not a bad movie, but missing the magic

Review: [[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone]]

Also, here’s another review of the Shore score for Fellowship:

http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/lord_rings01.html

Whatever magic was lacking in **Harry Potter** can be heard here, and Shore does it in a more effective way; his themes don’t parade with attitude, and his action music is deeply woven into a choral fabric that provides all the necessary magic that the Tolkien world demands and deserves.

When you make a movie about magic, you can’t forget the magic.

##It’s all about the feel

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When I sat down in the theatre to watch this movie, I had high hopes and high expectations. I’ve read all 4 Harry Potter books and have loved them all. My 10 year old daughter devoured them. We both wanted so much from the movie. We were both disappointed.

I left the theatre with an empty spot in my gut similar to when I left the theatre after watching [[Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace]]. All the right elements were there (the characters and the settings were just like the book, at least on the surface), but there was a sense of magic missing, a sense of awe, a sense of **WOW** that the books had.

##Score

What happened John? I’ve been a huge fan of your scores since you burst on the scene in 1975 with “Jaws”. You’re arguably the greatest composer of film scores in history. Were you asleep with this one? Several times during the movie, the music literally jarred me to the point where I was pulled out of the reality of the movie. I’d find myself listening to the score thinking “That doesn’t really seem to match” and realize that I was thinking it instead of watching the movie.

It’s time to lineup in Randolph!

Well, [[TheOneRing.net]] has done it. They’ve set up a place where interested people can sign up to have a party while waiting in line for advanced ticket sales for Fellowship of the Ring.

There’s already 15 people signed up at the Randolph theatre (where I’m planning on attending the opening show). Maybe I should sign up???