Oh, look, it's Gandalf and various Gollums in the Mines of Moria!

In a part of the mines without dwarven (architectural) remains, that is. I also love how they seem to have used the exact filter set the guys who did the Twilight movie used just to ram home the fact that the story of this movie is really Serious Business, and serious business requires an excess of blues and grey rather than pinks and yellows, apparently. I liked movies which are able to create this effect without filters, but tastes differ.

So, we watched the newish Harry Potter trailer this morning and while there are many things in there that I really like, there are also things that I did not enjoy, unsurprisingly. One was the gollum-inferi and the interior of the cave. Maybe there is not much creative leeway with caves.

( In case you're worried about spoilers )

Also, while I am quite weary of the changes they made, I am looking forward to this movie because in spite of the gratuitous filter use (look at those colours!) it is so stunningly pretty. Adaptation-wise I doubt that these people's assessment of the movie is wrong, though - concentration of romance and changes to the ending sound exactly like what I would have expected. The spoilers of the movie found here and here also don't really make me that exited about this.

( More trailer stills and thoughts )

Right. Back to different concepts of performativity and mediality.