The lessons of Neville Longbottom

CNN) - Actor Matthew Lewis, who has spent the past 10 years to portray Neville Longbottom, a clumsy, braking to a friend trio of students at the center of the Harry Potter films, goes further. As the last of eight films based on the books by JK Rowling hits movie screens across America, Lewis spoke with CNN about his trip, as Neville and it is not only affected him, but prepared him for an acting career. CNN: Neville Longbottom begins as a fairly psychologically wounded character, and you were able to depict the journey of personal growth. Most people pay a lot of money to psychologists to make a trip like this. What life lessons did you learn from Neville? Lewis: Oh, wow. The great thing about Neville - what message it sends, that JK Rowling wrote for him - was that you could have a deficiency at the beginning of your life, and it does not define you. You can still go on to be who you want to be. As long as you have friends around you, and you have faith in doing the right thing, you can go on to be a hero. It does not matter what you've come a modest beginning. I think it's really inspiring.I think that's a really good life lesson. CNN: Do you think the fans like most about Neville? That they identify with? Lewis: That's really weak story all this success. Everyone loves the underdog, but most importantly, it is reported that many people may have a pretty lousy time at school. Many people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that. And Neville shows that it will not all end all. You can still continue to do great things in your life. What I gathered from the fan mail and meeting people that it's very inspiring, and it helps some people to cope with bullying at school or something complicated problems that they are having in life. As an actor, it's the most beautiful thing in the world to think that what you are doing, what your job is to inspire people. CNN: Is there a difference between the UK and the U.S. reaction to Neville's fans? Lewis: You know, this is very similar reaction only things are different in terms of - how do you explain this? - I think Americans are generally a lot louder. But the answers are the same, with varying degrees of excitement. CNN: A lot of people are likely to surprise the man you became. Your brake to watch in the movies, even your slightly crooked teeth, have been very nice to fans, and you look completely different now. What comes out the other end of Harry Potter was like for you personally and professionally? Lewis: Well, it's really exciting time to be honest with you. When I finished the film is clearly the degree of sadness about it all coming to an end. Having something that you loved so much for so long, it will obviously be sad when it comes to the end. But it's also an exciting time, because for the first time in the last ten years, I do not know what will happen next. And indeed, it is an opportunity now for me to show that I'm not just Neville Longbottom, there's more that I can do, and I really just want to kind of push myself. This is a transitional period at the moment, and we have to see what happens next. CNN: Do you like fantasy, as an actor, or is there another genre that inspires you? Lewis: Genre is not something I particularly look. I just want to be an actor - in theater, television and cinema. I like the idea of ​​being able to become someone else, and it's like being a kid and never grow up. I can dress up in costumes and play pretend, as work and people pay me to do it. It's fantastic. I'll never grow old. But I wanted to do something grittier. I would like to make a kind of war, a picture or a movie gangster or something much more real life. But I do not envy the fantasy genre. I am a huge fan of "Lord of the Rings," "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" science fiction, that kind of stuff. CNN: What is your favorite memory from your overall experience of Harry Potter? Lewis: I have two. One Harry Potter-related, and one definitely not, but this was due to Harry Potter. First, a Harry Potter was my first week at work. It was at Annick Cathlin in Northumberland, England, and it was a lesson when her broom Neville Longbottom gets a broom and fly around and crash into the wall. I just know that so scared the whole process of staying in this great, great film. And then they told me, Christopher Columbus, the first scene that I will do everything for me, and I will work with a team of stunt. He was very nervous, but he put me at rest, and made me relax, and it ended up the most fantastic week. I remember that I am very excited for the next six months or so. Little did I know that it will continue for another decade. And one more thing that I would never, ever forget this opportunity to meet Sir Paul McCartney, who definitely has arisen because of Harry Potter, and I will never forget. It's personal hero of mine. What a fantastic night. CNN: Has J.K. Rowling you know what she was thinking about how you brought her character to life? Lewis: Yes. And it's obviously something I was very worried. J.K. Rowling is simply the most incredible writer and I loved her stories since I was a boy of 9 years. I was so focused on the fact that it is exactly as it currently is in the head. And a couple of times I spoke to her at the premiere and she went into the studio and said, you know, I'm doing it right. That's exactly how she wanted it. And, as a compliment, you can not get much better than this. To have J.K. Rowling said that it was just the most amazing feeling. And she was so beautiful. She noted it on the red carpet, as well as on [last] Thursday in London, and it's a good thing to hear. It's great for the fans to love what we do, but for JK Rowling to enjoy it too, it just means so much.

Breaking news harry potter and the deathly hallows

2011 130 minutes Rating: PG-13 Based on the merits, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II is a thin film, full of amazing action, solid blows of several emotional high points, and exceptional visual effects. But as the series finale of eight film saga spans ten years, and about 19 hours, it's just sensory delight. It's not so much that "nothing can justify cheating" as much as David Yates and Steve Kloves solutions arbitrarily odd decision to make this film, of all the films in the series, which is really too short. We have a film series where the average account ran 145 minutes, but Kloves and Yates decided to try to end the whole saga in just over two hours. In addition, even though the relatively truncated length, the film wastes precious screentime from the first act of business, which probably should have been be considered in the last scene. The point being, when you split the book into two entire films, you have absolutely no excuse to rush out and somewhat incomplete. Also, I can not think of any Harry Potter fan who has not relished the series finale, at least until such time as soon as Lord of the Rings movie. This is a wonderful thing to leave the fans and the audience desperately wanting more, but this is less a beautiful thing when there is "more" was not.
Token amount of the plot: When we last left Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, they have just buried their dead companion Dobby the house elf, and continue on their quest to find the last remaining Horcruxes (if you do not know what and why Horcrux they must be destroyed, do not see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II this weekend). One thing leads to another, and Harry Potter and his friends get back to Hogwarts where Voldemort gave students an ultimatum: deliver Harry Potter and all at school dies. Needless to say, do not give school students and teachers are trying to find the protection of schools from the whole army of Death Eaters, which we hope to give Frodo time he needs ... err ... I mean give it time Harry has to destroy the last remaining Horcruxes, and thus, finally, to take out Tom Riddle.
First of all, despite my whining, which will come in later paragraphs, the film is a technical marvel and an exciting adventure in general. The ending, like the series is different in a sea of ​​big-budget tent poles, emphasizing character and story over spectacle. When we recall favorite moments, it is not a sequence of actions, but the character interactions that come to mind. We love the time spent with Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville, Luna, Ginny, Draco, etc. We love a limited time we have to hold in the company of such actors as dynamic Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, David Thewliss, Brendan Gleeson, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Issacs, etc. And we get a sprinkling of such moments in this final chapter. But those moments are surprisingly few and far between, as the film so far out of his way to focus exclusively on Harry Potter vs. Voldemort, that the rest of our favorite characters get their just deserts. Of course, an important supporting character gets his moment to shine (no spoilers for the two of you who do not know), and it is easily the best, most emotionally devastating scene in the film. If Warner is willing to spend money, "you know who" (no, not that "you know who) could end up with his first Oscar nomination. But there are too few such moments for the rest of the heroes and villains. Yes, the series was oriented as Harry Goblet of Fire, but then again, it's bloody finale of the series!
There are a variety of crowd-pleasing moments in the final battle scenes (most of which are equipped with Neville Longbottom), and there are moments of shocking violence (children die on the screen, sometimes graphically). But most of the great battle at Hogwarts in the most happening off-screen as we follow Harry, Ron and Hermione, as they look for Horcruxes inside the castle. This may not be fair comparison, but I remembered the final first transformer, where the Autobots and Decepticons engaged in battle in downtown Los Angeles off-screen when the camera was focused on shooting errors Jon Voight with a shotgun. We want to see more than just a few moments of our heroes of the screen holding the fort at Hogwarts stalwart (and pay a high price). The final battle battle cleverly fleshed out into something more than just a physical two sticks enemies pointing at each other, although they said the battle to attract less emotional than you expect (I was really hoping for something like weary fatalism Neo / Smith fight in The Matrix Revolutions .) There is a semi-tracking shot, as our three main characters race through Hogwarts, and we see a great battle is unfolding before our eyes, which is both wonderful and frustrating. This is a big, epic moment, however, reminds us of all the glorious moments such that we could not see because we were busy watching our protagonists are trying to strike a necklace. Yes, the series has always been more than the nature of action, but again, it's bloody finale of the series!