HARRY POTTER & THE HBP - what did you think? (SPOILERS!) (3 Viewers)

[Mongke]

(excluding 1st and 2nd :s) ME!!!! cant read the books twice, once is all you can do. BUT you can see the 3rd over again and the 4th is a bit of a blockbusta but the 3rd makes up for it in my opinnion.

 

[PaleReflection]

POA movie didn't even explain who the Marauders were.

 

[up all nite]

yeah i agree... the movies dont really explain much.. and they cut alot out... its a discrace... i mean if the lord of the rings movies can go for like 3-4 hrs.. y cant the potter movies?..

 

[Captain Gh3y]

LOL i think if they were 10 minute comedy sketches or were a series of operas each in three parts totalling 30 hours each, they'd all still break records solely because of what they're based on.

*...imagines an HP opera*

 

[The_highwayman]

movies based on books are rarely better than the book itself.
This is true with the HP movies. Especially PS and CoS. Those movies sucked bad.

 

[up all nite]

movies based on books are rarely better than the book itself.
This is true with the HP movies. Especially PS and CoS. Those movies sucked bad.

actually i found that PS and CoS were as faithfull to the book than anyother movies... it could be bcoz they had the same director... or coz those boooks were shorter?....

 

[The_highwayman]

they may have been mre faithful, but they were crappy movies. The movies seemed really childish and whatnot, but then again, i suppose the first two books were more childish.
My favourite book/movie is PoA. I dont know why but i just love that installment

 

[PaleReflection]

The only good thing about movies 1, 2 and 3 was the soundtrack. Sucks that John Williams didn't compose for GoF.

 

[Captain Gh3y]

The first two movies were so horribly childish that even some of the adult actors sounded heaps fake and contrived (the Weasely parents in CoS... so bad).

 

[The_highwayman]

agreed. Also dumbledore, hagrid were also bad.

@pale reflection: i like the cinematography and the sets of PoA. Especially that courtyard, and the symbolism of the clock. The lightng etc was good too.

 

[Captain Gh3y]

No way, Richard Harris was a way better Dumbledore than... the current guy whose name escapes me.

 

[The_highwayman]

I dunno, i think the new guy has grown on me. However, i expect everyone to start criticising this.

 

[PaleReflection]

No way, Richard Harris was a way better Dumbledore than... the current guy whose name escapes me.

OH MY GOD I KNOW.
I hate the yellow beard. I hate that it's in a ponytail. I hate his gay accent. Michael Gambon doesn't even sound like that in rl.
Pushing Harry up against the wall wtf?

 

[Mongke]

I dunno, i think the new guy has grown on me. However, i expect everyone to start criticising this.

i agree, the new guy for me to he definitly fits for the 3rd. Richard Harris seemed too old to be a headmaster... well, in my experience of headmasters anyway.

 

[Captain Gh3y]

Man, the guy is like 180 or some ridiculous age like that, you want him to look like your high school principal?

 

[PaleReflection]

DD was born circa 1840. For a guy who's 150, I think Richard Harris looked pretty young.

 

[Mongke]

Man, the guy is like 180 or some ridiculous age like that, you want him to look like your high school principal?

uhhh, YEAH! thats kinda the idea. 180 and not looking a day over 60, THATS magic.

 

[Captain Gh3y]

No, that's really, REALLY good cosmetics. He'd be like, a posterboy for them makeup companies.

"Because you're worth it, Harry."

 

[PaleReflection]

No. Harry often notices how old he looks.

 

[Mongke]

No, that's really, REALLY good cosmetics. He'd be like, a posterboy for them makeup companies.

"Because you're worth it, Harry."

haha! winner