Anyone going to Harry Potter tonight?

[TickTockMan]

I think they got the whole Voldemort's cave thing right. Couldn't have done that much better at all, even though I hated how the scene ended so abruptly just after Dumbledore summoned the fire. It's like the budget ran out just then, lol.

I kind of thought that about the entire movie. It seemed like they edited out the first 20 or 30 minuets of the film and then other scenes just seem to end before they were done.


Oddly I have been reading the board on the IMDB and people have been talking about a few scenes that were "cut", but I know I saw at least twoof them when I watched it. I've never read the books so it would be the only way I would know what they were talking about. Does anyone know if they is more than one cut of the film?

 

[Apollo]

I kinda thought since DD was able to put the house at the start back together, that they could do the same with the one that burned down.

Probably, but the destruction on the Burrow seemed more extensive, and Dumbledore was powerful.

But still, most likely it will be fixed.

 

[gdude30]

I saw the movie on saturday and I enjoyed it. I think it had less action than the others but it was still good.

The ending really sucked though.

And when dumbledore died the scene of him falling was kinda weak.

I did like everything that led up to the ending of the movie though. Like that crazy bitch blowing up shit and burning down hagred's hut and harry trying to attack snape.

But it just got ruined when they are liek "WE'RE FRANDS HARRY WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER" and they looked off into the distance.

According to my Sir and Brother who have read the books there was supposed to be a big battle between the deatheaters and teachers.

I also did like the way they portrayed Draco. The way they kinda showed his madness and how he was just completely breaking down.

I don't think it was the best harry potter movie. But each movie seems to get a bit darker and it's good watching the characters grow. I heard that the book was much much darker though.

I guess the next movie "Deathly Hallows" Pt 1. will have the rest of the half blood prince and than the first part of Deathly Hallows. And the second part will end the trilogy.

Also. For some reason I enjoyed the scene where harry beat everyone in potions class. Some of the techniques that used just reminded me of my culinary class for some reason. Except the magic.

But that crazy bitch that yells "I KILLED SIRIUS I KILLED SIRIUS" really really needs to die.

Oh and that blonde haired girl who is odd but very insightful is pretty cool.

 

[luminum]

The destruction of the Burrow is a good example of why they shouldn't be allowed to rewrite the story. What was the point of destroying the Burrow? To me, it seems like they realized they needed some action somewhere, and there you go. It accomplished nothing in advancing the story to the final book.

It was a absolutely useless scene.

I think it was a pretty quick and obvious way to say, "The danger is real and no place is safe." It's basically a foreshadowing of the fall of Dumbledore and the very real impregnability of the greatest wizarding safe-haven in the world, Hogwarts. If the loving home of the Weasleys'--where all the beloved protagonists take comfort and meet to discuss their plans in safety--is so easily located and just as easily destroyed, where can any of the characters afford to hide? Nowhere. That's basically motivation enough that tells the heroes that they have no choice but to become aggressors, they cannot afford to be complacent.

Up until now, Harry and all other characters have been passive, dealing with the impending rise of Voldermort as he comes to them. By demonstrating that every safe-haven in the series is now completely vulnerable, they must meet the threat head on. There's no going back to Hogwarts, no running to Dumbledore, and no taking comfort in the love and safety of the Weasley's. I felt it was actually a bit too on the nose, if anything.

However, I concede that things don't need to be rewritten if they work just fine. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But I also believe that a scene-for-scene version of DH or any of the books would result in horribly-paced films albeit faithful and visually spectacular. You have to pick your main climactic moment and what will be your low troughs and mid crests.

 

[elektrisk]

I went and I did not dress up. I was disappointed with the way the movie turned out.

 

[Apollo]

I think it was a pretty quick and obvious way to say, "The danger is real and no place is safe." It's basically a foreshadowing of the fall of Dumbledore and the very real impregnability of the greatest wizarding safe-haven in the world, Hogwarts. If the loving home of the Weasleys'--where all the beloved protagonists take comfort and meet to discuss their plans in safety--is so easily located and just as easily destroyed, where can any of the characters afford to hide? Nowhere. That's basically motivation enough that tells the heroes that they have no choice but to become aggressors, they cannot afford to be complacent.

Up until now, Harry and all other characters have been passive, dealing with the impending rise of Voldermort as he comes to them. By demonstrating that every safe-haven in the series is now completely vulnerable, they must meet the threat head on. There's no going back to Hogwarts, no running to Dumbledore, and no taking comfort in the love and safety of the Weasley's. I felt it was actually a bit too on the nose, if anything.

However, I concede that things don't need to be rewritten if they work just fine. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But I also believe that a scene-for-scene version of DH or any of the books would result in horribly-paced films albeit faithful and visually spectacular. You have to pick your main climactic moment and what will be your low troughs and mid crests.

See but the funny thing is that the book reminds you of that all the time. IF he had made a better movie, he wouldn't have to install some random action scene that hurts his future script to remind people this isn't a love story.

The Burrow wasn't made an impenetrable safe haven until the final book.

I do agree that directors have to take some liberties on a book. But seriously now, when you change and leave so much out of a book that it makes you wonder how they are gonna wrap up the entire story, it kinda scares you.

And really, the death of Dumbledore, the reliving of memories, the hunt for the first hallow, and the funeral were supposed to be the kick in the head and reminder that this is about to get real serious fast.

IMO at least.

 

[botnus]

Saw it. I have read all the books and this is my favorite out of all.. dont really know why.. i just like it

(and Fenrir Greyback is damn fine, me thinks)

 

[jayxx2]

just saw it and i guess i am in the same boat as many other people. i didn't like it as much as the others. i thought that there were added scenes, characters changed, way too much emphasis on the teeny-boy-friend-girl-friend relationships and not enough of the actual story-line. worst potter movie so far, but that's not to say that i didn't enjoy it over-all... just that compared to the others it stank.

 

[luminum]

No way, Goblet of Fire gets my worst vote by a mile. Absolutely terrible and underwhelming.

 

[Apollo]

That was the best one , am I the only one in the world who loved the first task, Yule Ball and graveyard scenes? Those three scenes imo were captured in the film far better than it was written in the novel (where it was an absolute chore and a bore to read). It was movie magic for me, I enjoyed every single second of Goblet of Fire. David Yates, take note, THAT is how you adapt a Harry Potter novel to the screen in an entertaining fashion but still manage to keep the integrity of the main plot intact.

Half-Blood Prince is the worst film for me. Followed closely by The Sorcerer's Stone.

Not to mention the overuse of Bellatrix Lestrange in the new Potter film began to grate my last nerves with her constant, loud gloating that she killed Sirius Black. Like we know already, could you please shut up and stop saying that in every scene you're apart of.

lol I agree with you.

My favorite so far has been Goblet of Fire. I disliked HBP the most of them all, and Sorcerer's is the second most disliked.

 

[Apollo]

Then again, Goblet of Fire is my least favorite book in the series, so they could have made an entire movie of them sipping tea and arguing about the weather and I still would have thought it was a fantastic film.

I tend to judge the movies a bit harsher when it's based on a favorite HP installment of mine. Half-Blood Prince was one of them and they did a piss-poor cockamamy job imo in bringing this story to film. So many great and fascinating ideas are brought forth in the novel and for the film, they were either glossed over or tossed out of the picture altogether. I don't get how we can have such strong source material from the book and end up with such a listless movie.

I actually liked the book a lot. And the movie was a great compliment. I was always annoyed how uninterested Harry seemed in the tournament and people had to kind of hand him the clues.

Usually I am not so picky on movie adaptations, but HBP left out too much for me to ignore. When I am having to fill in huge holes throughout the entire movie, there is something wrong.

 

[luminum]

I dunno, if you really want to talk about shit that doesn't make sense, the entire beginning of the movie leaves non-readers completely in the dark about what was going on. They just stride up into a field and touch a boot and disappear--no explanation.

The imagery was completely dull--Fleur was one of the biggest disappointments. She looks like an Adidas Swede, not a partially-magical enchantress. She didn't look like someone who would turn heads with something non-human about her, she just looked like a frigid bitch who plays soccer.

The wonder of the entire event was lackluster and physical, not magical and colorful. The maze? What was that? The trial wasn't that it was just a maze, but that there were magical challenges. Mooney and his impersonator are barely explained, so the impact of the discovery is a big miss. My best friend was lost for the majority of the first half.

The introduction of the other schools was one of the most godawful awkward and "are you kidding me?" moments of the series. The girls run around and sigh orgasmically with barely any magical presence besides some hard to see blue butterflies or fanfare and the boys grunt a lot while some sparks fly that could be achieved with a flint and a stone. Was it so hard to up the ante with the SFX for their introductions? 5 boys and girls making a lackluster show is hardly a way to represent the competing wizarding schools.

And one reason why I love HBP as a film more than GoF is the comparison of the acting in the scenes pertaining to Ron and Hermoine. Hermoine looks ridiculous in whatever dress they gave her and her lines are contrived and poorly acted, not to mention her "crying." Luckily she matured as an actress and could put some real depth and feeling into the turmoil she feels about Ron's cluelessness all with a bit of subtlety by trying to discuss her feelings by relating first to Harry's.

At least the lake and the graveyard scenes were up to snuff, but I guess they would have to be given how pithy everything else was. Other than that, the film was an absolute letdown.

 

[fetaby]

am i the only one who thought "good girl, ginny" in the shoelace scene?

Que?

Some folks a few seats over made some ruckus at this scene, thinking she was gonna go down on him in the middle of the hall!

 

[Fucker29]

This movie was just plain stupid. It had a few enjoyable moments but the rest was just pathetic.

 

[luminum]

am i the only one who thought "good girl, ginny" in the shoelace scene?

I thought that was kind of weird and awkward with poor sexual tension. She ties his shoelace? Who does that? But then again, I've never really accepted the whole Harry/Ginny thing.

 

[p3jedi]

Although I enjoyed the movie, I did leave the theatre feeling let down. There were so many pointless moments that could have been trimmed in order to make room for actual plot. The fact that the entire Half-Blood Prince aspect of the story was pretty much glossed over was the biggest disappointment.

I've never been much of a fan of the Harry/Ginny romance. It's always felt contrived and forced in the books to me, and the movie didn't handle it any better.

On the plus side, I have a shameless crush on Rupert Grint and that boy just keeps getting hotter.

 

[Apollo]

Although I enjoyed the movie, I did leave the theatre feeling let down. There were so many pointless moments that could have been trimmed in order to make room for actual plot. The fact that the entire Half-Blood Prince aspect of the story was pretty much glossed over was the biggest disappointment.

I've never been much of a fan of the Harry/Ginny romance. It's always felt contrived and forced in the books to me, and the movie didn't handle it any better.

On the plus side, I have a shameless crush on Rupert Grint and that boy just keeps getting hotter.

That scene with Rupert in a wife beater and pajama pants. mmmmm

He has some nice arms.

 

[luminum]

That scene with Rupert in a wife beater and pajama pants. mmmmm

He has some nice arms.

Ooh, I noticed that too. His face doesn't quite do it for me, but I remember thinking "Damn, Grint's got some guns on him."

 

[Kanemahu]

Saw it last weekend and I agree with most of the reviews in this thread. It was good, but not great. It'll be interesting to see how they deal with the missed points.

One thing that I thought was odd that hasn't been brought up was the emotional resonance of the death. Going into the movie, I was expecting to feel a real loss by the time I left the theater. For some reason I was really disconnected to the death on an emotional level, as if it was just some red shirt killed off as a plot device. When Cedric was killed I was literally in tears in the theater and I think that is mostly because of the response to the death by the rest of the cast (especially the father). This time around I didn't feel a thing...

Maybe its just me, but I am disappointed that it didn't come across as a big hit to the good guys.

 

[scains]

I've seen this movie a second time now, and I really have to say it's definitely not the worst film in the series. It's actually my favourite.

And this movie was supposed to be released last November so it was being filmed at the same time as 'Twilight' so I don't see how you can say they cut plot points to satisfy 'Twilight' fans. Besides, this is way better than 'Twilight', just saying.

Anyway, the whole romance thing played a huge role in this book anyway, and if they didn't emphasise it early on in this movie it's hardly going to make sense for the final ones.

All the Harry and Ginny stuff was ghastly though, I did buy it in the book, but then in the book they didn't have all this cringe worthy stuff between them. He just had a growly chest and they kissed on the spur of the moment and then broke up at Dumbledore's funeral.

I'm not that fussed about Dumbledore's funeral, the wand issue is a moot point because Draco has the elder wand now after having Expelliarmus-ed Dumbledore.

I was more concerned over the locket issue in OOTP than anything they skipped over in this book.

I didn't really care for any of the deaths in this series bar the book version of Dumbledore. I hated the actor for Dumbledore in the movies and I really didn't buy the Harry/Sirius connection. Cedric wasn't really worth the amount of screen time he took up in GOF so I didn't care for him neither.

Now if McGonagall or Hermione were to die, I'd probably care then, but they don't so... it's funny the time I had the most emotion reading this book was when one of the Death Eaters spat in McGonagall's face. I was furious.

Anyway, I reckon they'll fill us in on the Horcruxes in Deathly Hallows Part 1. Let's face it, if they didn't that would be one slow movie...

Stop panicking, he'll do it justice.