Potheads

Work was cancelled for today - and thus we all trudged to see the 4th movie adaptation of Rowling's big money-making scheme. Pretty good, from a muggle's eyes, which doesn't leave me caught up in the books' gazillion details, and crucifying the director/scriptwriter who might leave out 40% of it.

One question: why doesn't he use magic a lot more in tight situations, i mean, in an intuitive way. We only see him use it as if he remembers the damn spells only at the last second (or is that a more dramatic presentation of the story?). Is he some kind of reluctant wizard, and even so, 3 years at Hogwart's (and he blurts out "I love magic!" minutes into the film) should already made him more or less adept with his powers and the judicious usage of such.

Otherwise, with Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) and Brendan Gleeson ('MadEye' Moody) in the mix,the series gets enjoyable as it chugs merrily to the bank.