Bad directing

Rating: Null/10 (24 June 2004)

I am not a fan of the books. I have never read one of them. I am not mad at the changes or misses from it. Still a bad director is a bad director. Alfonso Cuaron proves to be another me too 'audiences are dumb' blockbuster director wannabe. One thing I admire from Columbus is how he can pick and direct children to be believable. Alfonso just makes kids overact and/or underact. One cannot forget at any point that Harry and friends are acting in a set. Never you can believe they are having fun, scared or sad or anything.
Examples (SPOILERS HERE):
Harry is standing in front of the licantropus about to attack him: He seems to be awaiting in front of the traffic lights in a Monday morning way to school. That's about the fear and tension he transmits.
THE WORST: And I just hope that's not from the book. The bad blond guy and friends run scared a couple of times from weak Harry and nerdy friends!?!?! And they do it a la Harold Lloyd. Have you ever seen a bad guys school gang doing that? Ridiculous.
Still the first hour is decent and Harry Potter story is not destroyed enough not to be entertaining. It is not Godzilla, but goes much closer than the first two. I love 3d effects. At Siggraph. When I watch a movie I expect an smart, believable story. This movies just doesn't succeed at it.
5/10