Just Saw Harry Potter

[Lex Diamonds]

Not a bad film. Infinitely better than Part 1.

Great cinematography.
Capable use of the 3D technology.
Excellent soundtrack.
Unintrusive CGI with great special effects.
A few legendary actors... (and here's my problem with it)... and a load of annoying cunts.

Why the fuck is Emma Watson a "sex symbol"? She's annoying and ugly. Same with Radcliffe, but he has the added disadvantage of not being able to act either. There's only so many times in an 8-film series you can widen your eyes and gulp.

[JoLovesMCA]

I'm a huge fan of Potter. I saw the midnight screening. It was great. I've always been a bigger fan of the books so the series actually ended for me when the last book came out!

Anyway I love the trio and think they all did great. Emma's a girl so she's always gonna get that extra attention based solely on that. I am happy Snape got a lot of great moments!!! Won't give anything away but wow!

[checkyourprez]

read half of the first book. watched half of the first movie (pretty stoned).


could NOT stand either of them.


wont be getting around to seeing this.

[miss soul fire]

Good for you.:)








I could never go further the first 15 minutes in the first one. I simply hate Harry Potter.:o

[checkyourprez]

Good for you.:)








I could never go further the first 15 minutes in the first one. I simply hate Harry Potter.:o

holler back msf.

[JoLovesMCA]

Well hey everybody has their favorite fantasy series. For some it's Star Wars, mine is HP. Actually though my first was the Narnia books by C.S. Lewis. Read those as a kid long before JK Rowling came about... I wish there had been more movies on Narnia and it had been a bit more dark! oh well.

[Guy Incognito]

Well hey everybody has their favorite fantasy series. .



yes they do and its quite obviously Police Academy.:rolleyes:

[Turchinator]

read half of the first book. watched half of the first movie (pretty stoned).

could NOT stand either of them.

wont be getting around to seeing this.

you read half a book published in 1998 and saw half a movie made in 2001.

congratulations.

[checkyourprez]

you read half a book published in 1998 and saw half a movie made in 2001.

congratulations.

no need sir, the book and movie are not worthy of congratulations.

[Turchinator]

it didn't get good until 4 anyway.

I admittedly lost interest after 4 but you aren't allowed to have that opinion from something you barely experienced ten years ago...

you may not sir!

[checkyourprez]

it didn't get good until 4 anyway.

I admittedly lost interest after 4 but you aren't allowed to have that opinion from something you barely experienced ten years ago...

you may not sir!

why the hell would someone keep reading or watching this series if it didnt get good until the 4th installment?

[Guy Incognito]

it didn't get good until 4 anyway.

I admittedly lost interest after 4

why the hell would someone keep reading or watching this series if it didnt get good until the 4th installment?

and then stop watching it, you put yerself thru three films you didnt like then lost interest after the film you did like. unless you were made to watch that doesnt make sense

[Turchinator]

who said I didn't like the three first films? granted they were cheesy and full of schoolkids, made for schoolkids... made by Chris Columbus it was very easy to be annoyed by them. once they brought in Alfonso Cuaron for the third film, the movie franchise really took off...

but the answer is easy. it takes about a day to read the first three books. they are childrens books. not much investment needed to see what all the hype was about at the turn of the century.

once the series reaches part 4, the characters have grown and entered adolescence and the climax of the whole story is set into motion...

the writing, the characters, the storyline takes dramatic turns around this point.

what else can I say, I own the 5th book and hit a point where I just put it down and never picked it back up. after I saw the 4th movie, which introduces Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort for the first time, I didn't want to watch the rest of the movie franchise until I finish reading the books.

Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith as well as Directors Mike Newell and David Yates round out the franchise as a legit, artistic endeavor.

not something to devote 15 minutes of time to and come back 12 years later with a "meh"

[Guy Incognito]

it didn't get good until 4 anyway.



Its fair to assume you didn't like the first three from saying this.

plus cyp is on the wind up, his opinion on this subject means precisely dick.

[Adam]

I dunno why I clicked on this thread.

[Turchinator]

Its fair to assume you didn't like the first three from saying this.

plus cyp is on the wind up, his opinion on this subject means precisely dick.

good point.

On one hand, Cuaron could anger some with all of these subtle painterly sequences that pay off later but my worries were soon dashed when I thought that on another, it makes the film that much richer for both film fans who have seen it before but even more so for devoted Rowling readers who will instinctively begin seeing his cinematic reasoning. In the same token of rewarding young readers, it may also even subconsciously get younger people looking at film with a different eye in seeing what cinema can do and may have been precisely included because much like this particular viewer, director Alfonso Cuaron fell in love with cinema at an early age and began thinking visually as an adolescent.

in your opinion, how did you feel Cuaron handled the Death Eaters scene aesthetically?

[Guy Incognito]

Griffindore! (http://www.filmintuition.com/Cuaron.html)

[Turchinator]

lol, the google patrol strikes again.

I dunno why I clicked on this thread.

GAH!

[checkyourprez]

Its fair to assume you didn't like the first three from saying this.

plus cyp is on the wind up, his opinion on this subject means precisely dick.


not on this one.

i genuinely don't care for it, not to wind anyone up, just stating my opinion.


harry potter did not grab my interest when i tried on several occasions. in both text and cinema.

[Freebasser]

I fucking hate Harry Potter with a passion.

The missus has made me watch the first 6 at various times, and they are so fucking BORING. It's like watching a tamer version of Skins but with wizards.

She made me watch the 6th one at the cinema twice in the space of a week. Not cool (n)

[JoLovesMCA]

I am pretty heavy in the fandom for the past ten years. I've been to all of the premieres and usually do the red-carpet with the actors because I run a fan-site for Rupert. Nice perks and I must say the WB are really good to the fans. :D

Being such a big fan though doesn't mean I fully support the films because they often sabotage the characters. I've had so many gripes about these movies for years. My issue is with the characters. They make Hermione look super Hermione and more courageous than she actually is, They give her other character's lines including Ron's and make him look like an idiot at times. The films have ruined his character! At the very end here they made up for it in small ways but it's not enough. If you don't read the books you'll never appreciate his character or some of the others that get little screen time like Lupin and Tonks.

And I agree they were too kid friendly which is annoying because most Harry Potter fans and the majority of their fandom are all adults! It wasn't till Order of the Phoenix movie did we really start to get more adult. I've got other complaints but no time right now to get into it. I did really love the last film if you are talking about the story as a whole and the battle sequences. When it comes to the trio I still don't think they ever got that right. They always make them talk at each other rather TO each other.

I'll continue laters..

[Adam]

Guessing most of have seen this, might of even been posted here where I originally saw it but in case you haven't Star Wars and Harry Potter are really the same (http://blastr.com/assets_c/2011/07/InfographicHarryPottervsStarWars-thumb-550x3037-65873.jpg)

[ToucanSpam]

There's only so many times in an 8-film series you can widen your eyes and gulp.

You would know.


Sorry, had to.

[Myu-to]

I enjoyed the movies and books very much, and use them in the classroom as great examples of descri[tive writing, and the differences between books and movies.

On that note, I liked the book's ending much better.