Song: Get Back to Hogwarts (from A Very Potter Musical) by Team Starkid
Lyrics: avpm.wikia
Theme: Princess Tutu characters cast as characters in A Very Potter Musical
Spoilers: No
Review: This makes me grin so much. XD It's totally awesome!
Ok, onwards. First off, the cast is fantastic. My favorites are probably evil!Mytho as Draco (no seriously it makes so much sense) and Femio as Cedric ("kill the spare!"). Just... yes. Brief digression involving that: Malfoy is played by a girl in the musical, and Mytho is frequently seen dancing female parts in the show. Both have that obviously-assertive-snootiness that is really over the top but then just fits. Both try to have friends, but it really doesn't work very well. And, of course, the deeper layer of 'I just want somebody to love me' in both of them. (Mytho's just more successful about it.) And then Femio as Cedric is great! Nobody knows where the heck they came from, but they make prominent entrances and manage to draw all attention towards them. Yet, both are seen as 'extras,' and despite their opinion of themselves, aren't generally desired by many around. (except Lillie/Cho Chang. Yes.They would have the most detrimental relationship but they would stick so hard to it. I enjoy that this ship exists and is pointed at here.) I was intrigued to see Autor and Duck cast as siblings, and Autor as Ron period, but it really worked out very well!
I also enjoy that Fakir was singing about getting back to school while dancing.It really fits with the whole 'I'm cool and this is gonna be totally awesome' idea. I'm not going to dwell too on the character dynamics, though, because this is more a fun-fitting-because-we-can kind of thing than a specific commentary on the characters, I think.
On to video itself. The lip-synching and general emotion alignment is fantastic. It fits so well in tons of places! Just watch it again if you need reminding of that.
I will say that I was disappointed that there were frequent cuts here and there in the song, but it is a long song (like 10 minutes or something.). Most of the cuts were fairly well done though! One that grated on me a bit was at 1:18 between Fakir/Harry and Autor/Ron, switching to Rue/Hermione. Perhaps it was because of the multiple very recent cuts, but it just feels a bit quick. I think I may have liked to see a little bit more after the announcement of Mr. Cat/Dumbledore as well, but it worked out alright.
I was a bit confused when Cho Chang's music first came on, as to who it might be. I understand that there was supposed to be confusion, but with Pike taking first stage among the group shots, I thought she might be it, or the real one since Freya came up later. I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was Lillie, but I think that the group shots mixed with just Freya before would have been better.
The only other thing that bothered me, but I'm not sure how to have edited it much, would be the random bits of Kraehe we get now and again. I understand that the scenes were usually used simply for their facial expressions of the main character, but she's a bit, well, distracting. (wouldn't you say, Autor?) But really, while I do like the fact that Kraehe was referenced as Rue being "actually hot," it kind-of made her random background bits in other parts hard to ignore.
Overall though, a very entertaining video, and fantastically put together! I've watched it so many times... Part of it may be my love so for the musical, though. XD If you've not watched it, I highly recommend it, and there's even info at the end of the video~
Overall Rating: 8/10
