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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Truly a great movie that will stay in the memorie of my young youth
Colombus was great as director
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Colombus takes on another harry potter and did a fine job again
Spoiler (click to read)
I just love the Chamber Of Secret scene where Harry fights the basilisk
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Ok here is where it started to go a bit wrong :-/
a new director + a totally other style. I missed that magical feeling I saw in the first 2 films.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I haven't seen it in years but this is what I got to say about.
it was cr*p, pure cr*p. the magic was all gone and all that was left is just a harry potter story ruined by another new horrific director.
I was very disapointed cause it had a pretty awesome storyline.
the only thing I liked in this film is the cemetary scene.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Wauw.... new director.... and he broth back that jolly good Harry Potter feeling
Up next Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this summer!
Well I have to totally disagree, Chris Columbus' HP films were shockingly bad, way too happy to suit the general mood of the HP series. The 3rd movie was a breath of fresh air from new director Alfonso Curain (spelling?).
anyway
Krabat (2008)
I saw this film today on a school excursion to the German Film Festival in Melbourne atm. I loved it! Very cinematic, gripping and a bit scary too. And it's in German, which makes it ten times better alone.
Waht do you mean, I'm still here?
He's implying you are Satan.
Dave wrote:KG wrote:Toy Story 2 was OK.
Demetri Martin?
"This is a BRIDGE!"
Dave wins the thread.
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I wuv him. He's my favorite person ever.
EVVVAAARRR.
I just need to do this. Azkaban was, in my opinion, the best Harry Potter film ever.
The movie starts off badly. We meet a much older Harry (Daniel Radciffe was 15 when this was filmed. Harry is 13 in the book)
Okay, think about it, movies take several years to make. They can't help it if the actors are older than they characters are playing. They look like they are that age, so who cares. Sean Connery was much younger than the character he was playing in The Last Crusade, but I don't see anyone griping about that.
...in a darkly redecorated Dursley house...
I honestly saw no difference, except in the lighting.
Right from the beggining, we get a pointless scene of Harry PREFORMING MAGIC. How dumb was the director? Anyone who has read a single one of the Harry Potter books will know that underaged wizards are not allowed to preform magic outside of school.
True, but think about it; would the Ministry have any credibility at all if they went praying on teenagers who were not only doing simple spells, in the privacy of their own room, without any Muggles around, but who were also doing their homework?
To prove how stupid the Director is, the story is that Harry accidenly blows up his aunt (which is the only good scene of the movie) and runs away to try and escape the Ministry of Magic because he had ILLEGALLY PREFORMED MAGIC. HOW FLAWED CAN YOU GET!?!
I am pretty sure that Harry knew that if the Ministry wanted him, they'd get him; so I think Harry was running away from the Durselys, because having been expelled from Hogwarts, there wasn't really any point for him to be there, or he was just too fed up with them. Also, I'm pretty sure this is the exact way it happened in the book, so you're really just calling JK Rowling "flawed", and not the director.
The main problem with this movie is the Director. Alfonso Cuarón was praised by Critics for 'Capturing the essence of the orinal novels'. Bullcrap. What was wrong with Colombus? HE captured the magic of the Novels. Whilst I agree that the novels do get darker, Book 3 wasnt dark! Nothing dark actually happened during the 3rd book. And dont you dare say "Dementor". The Dementors are pussies in the movie.
There was nothing wrong with the director. In fact, I think the darker tone he took for the movie fit perfectly. Harry is just at the age (13) where he starts seeing the more serious side of life; things become less friendly and fun. And the 3'rd book did have a darker tone to it. There was a mass murderer on loose (or so they think), they got a new DADA teacher who turned out to be a werewolf, and though you seem to not think so, soul-sucking dementors are not the most pleasant thing in the book, or the movie. I remember quite well in the theater, my two younger brothers were freaking out at the train scene. Now, compared to psychos in movies such as Saw, the dementors may seem less violent, and kill a lot more people in less time, but if you believe in souls and stuff like that, if you die, you still continue living, in a sense. However, if your soul is sucked out and devoured, that's it. Curtains close; no more you. Just your body, which, without your soul, is just a body. Not a living person. Not you.
Alfonso destroyed the Harry Potter series beyond repair. Whilst the movie isnt the worst in history, comparing the Novel to the Film is like comparing Earth to Venus respectively. They have nothing in common apart from their bare basic structure.
No, one single movie can not ruin a series if the sequels that come after redeem it. And if any of the movies came close to ruining the series at all, it would have been Goblet of Fire, which just seemed like an overly long trailer. It was a bunch of dessert, with no main meal. It may have looked cool, it it didn't have the stuff that made it seem complete. The series has redeemed itself with Pheonix, and it looks like Half-Blood Prince will make it totally awesome again, and it sounds like the last two movies will be the perfect end to the series.
-Littlebrick
The first two films are, in my opinion, cringe-worthy, especially the first one. Disregarding the amazing actors in it (it's like a BBC Charles Dickens miniseries cast) I think the whole thing just feels pedestrian and sanitized. Granted, I'm not happy with the other ones either, but I think Cuarón was the best at creating an ominous mood. I thought some parts of the fifth film's script were overly condensed and illogical at times, though I liked it on the whole. It definitely looks like the 6th film will be good, especially since I love that book. I was so happy to see the scene with Katie Bell being levitated; it looked just about as awesomely chilling as I imagined it.
Sean Connery was much younger than the character he was playing in The Last Crusade, but I don't see anyone griping about that.
The Last Crusade wasnt based on a bestselling book. We didnt know his exact age.
True, but think about it; would the Ministry have any credibility at all if they went praying on teenagers who were not only doing simple spells, in the privacy of their own room, without any Muggles around, but who were also doing their homework?
The thing about the scene that also gets me is that I cant actually tell what Harry is doing. In the book, he is trying to do his homework, but I cant tell if the magic IS his homework, or if he is just using the magic to see his homework. Either way, the scene is pointless, and should have been cut out, and replaced with the scene where they actually describe who 'Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs' are.
I still think that Alfonso lowered the bar with the series. Ever since No.3, the movies have remained completely disloyal to the books, which insults me, as there is nothing wrong with JK Rowlings original novel. I understand that not all of the books could fit into one movie, but why does the film have to be filled with so many new and pointless scenes?
For diehard fans of the books like me, we judge the movie on how it remains like the book. Surely a Novel adaptation is when the Director is meant to make the images literally 'jump' off the page?
-MRB
Speaking of a Charles Dickens miniseries cast, I watched a version of David Copperfield that had 5 characters from the Harry Potter series playing in it. Wow.
Actually, I also preferred the first and second films to the third. The only one I couldn't really stand at all was the fourth though.
Sean Connery was much younger than the character he was playing in The Last Crusade, but I don't see anyone griping about that.
The Last Crusade wasnt based on a bestselling book. We didnt know his exact age.
True, but he's obviously supposed to be older than Indy, whereas Sean and Harrison are not as far apart in age as a father and son should be.
True, but think about it; would the Ministry have any credibility at all if they went praying on teenagers who were not only doing simple spells, in the privacy of their own room, without any Muggles around, but who were also doing their homework?
The thing about the scene that also gets me is that I cant actually tell what Harry is doing. In the book, he is trying to do his homework, but I cant tell if the magic IS his homework, or if he is just using the magic to see his homework. Either way, the scene is pointless, and should have been cut out, and replaced with the scene where they actually describe who 'Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs' are.
It was 30 seconds long. I see no reason why it shouldn't be in there. And as for finding out who the creators of the Marauder's Map are, is that really important either? Yes, is is a nice thing to know, and I wish that they had had it in the film, but is it actually important to the story. Plus, that scene would have made the film at least 5 minutes longer, plus the length of any other scenes referring back to that scene so it wouldn't look like something they just threw in there and then forgot about later on in the film.
I still think that Alfonso lowered the bar with the series. Ever since No.3, the movies have remained completely disloyal to the books, which insults me, as there is nothing wrong with JK Rowlings original novel. I understand that not all of the books could fit into one movie, but why does the film have to be filled with so many new and pointless scenes?
For diehard fans of the books like me, we judge the movie on how it remains like the book. Surely a Novel adaptation is when the Director is meant to make the images literally 'jump' off the page?
I think he did very well for someone trying to compress that book into a two-and-a-half hour long movie. I don't think he was disloyal to the books at all. And if all the scenes were taken right from the book, without any changes, it would be a pretty boring movie for a reader of the book, because they would already know exactly everything that happens.
If you want a prime example of the director being disloyal to the book, I have one word for you: Eragon. That film took out thinks that were very important later on in the book, and the rest of the series. Along with that, they had bad acting, dialouge, and creature design (AKA, dragons do not have feathers).
Haha, Eragon was so ridiculous. I actually laughed through most of it. In fact, it not being true to the book was the least of my concerns.
Max, it's sort of a bad idea to judge films by how true they are to the book. Both media require different ways of telling a story.
Haha, Eragon was so ridiculous. I actually laughed through most of it. In fact, it not being true to the book was the least of my concerns.
I saw the film in Idaho Falls while visiting my grandparents and read a review in the local paper there that was absolutely hilarious. I'm serious - it was the funniest film review I have ever read. I think I cut it out of the newspaper and brought it home. "I want my giant blue jelly bean...."
- Leo
No, I'm implying Satan has smited him for telling him to 'BEGONE!'
No, he just made it whwre whenever i try to sleep, I get a sudden burst of intense, horryfying pain.
dozes off AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! IT'S LIKE BURNING FREEZING AND BEING RIPPED IN HALF ALL AT ONCE!
Slumdog Millionaire
This was nothing like I thought it was going to be. A truly emotional story, I nearly cried in some scenes.
2001: A Space Odyssey
I've seen this film at least three times in the last week, and the more I watch it, the more I love it. It truly is a work of art.
Blue Velvet
Haha, oh, David Lynch, you...
Disturbing, dark, strange, funny, and oddly rewarding in the end. I liked it.
Spider-Man 3
Eh, not terrible, but definitely nothing spectacular. Easily the weakest of the three (even the quality of the special effects took a bit of a drop), but it was still moderately entertaining. The dancing scenes were by far the best parts.
Obsessed
It was a great movie, good plot, good acting, it would've been more enjoyable to watch if everyone in the theater stopped laughing every time something dramatic happened.
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