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Houston
07-29-2008, 8:06 PM
The trailer just went up:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/07/29/must-watch-first-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-teaser-trailer/
Here are a couple pictures:
http://www.firstshowing.net/img/harrypotter6-trlr-first-01.jpg
http://www.firstshowing.net/img/harrypotter6-trlr-first-02.jpg
I'm not a fan of Harry Potter, but I figured somebody is, and that they'll appreciate it.
Enjoy.
MistyTehMoose
07-29-2008, 8:10 PM
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
I am a fan. Thank you =D
Ommurg
07-29-2008, 8:11 PM
Can't wait, loved all of the movies so far =D
blltmssgy
07-29-2008, 8:12 PM
I loved the books (read them since they came to the States and the last one over 12 straight hours, stopping only for dinner), but I wasn't really a fan of the movies until the 5th one. The other ones were either to happy and peppy for the books, or they left out to much. But the 5th one was amazing and I can't wait for number 6 and numbers 7a and 7b.
MistyTehMoose
07-29-2008, 8:15 PM
Goblet of Fire is my favourite book of the series, and I was disappointed in the film. I agree that the fifth one was excellent, a lot darker, and I don't think they are aiming it towards young kids anymore.
McFlurryLover
07-29-2008, 8:29 PM
http://www.firstshowing.net/img/harrypotter6-trlr-first-01.jpg
Is this kid Tom Ryddle?
I honestly think Harry Potter movies are not as good as the books. They are good, but the book is just superior.
InTransit
07-29-2008, 8:36 PM
I love the Harry Potter books but I've always found the movies to be dissapointing. I've still seen them all anyway, and I'm always excited about when they come out. We always go for the midnight screening on the day it comes out, so it's always in a packed cinema full of weirdos dressed up. But I'm very excited about this one (again), it's been a while since the last one came out so it'll be good to see how they manage to pull this one off.
Yes yes yes yes oh my god yes I am so excited. I'm positive the movie will make me cry, just like the last two.
MistyTehMoose
07-29-2008, 9:36 PM
Yes yes yes yes oh my god yes I am so excited. I'm positive the movie will make me cry, just like the last two.
Definitely. Seeing as this is the movie where Dumbledore dies.
Allen
07-30-2008, 12:11 AM
Fucking book fags, get out. I hate the "If you think that was good, you should have read the book!" crowd. These stories are worth a couple hours of my time a piece, tops. If I'm going to read a book, it's going to be a masterpiece. Not one about gay wizardry.
That being said, I know I'll end up seeing this in theaters, because my girlfriend digs it. Which I don't mind because I've seen the other five and they're at least interesting. Of all the movie I could get dragged to that I don't really want to see that much, this is relatively mild.
What I'm not going to be fine with is the fact that she digs on Twilight, and I hate anything about vampires that doesn't involve slaying. That movie will blow.
MistyTehMoose
07-30-2008, 12:13 AM
I tend to separate the books from the movies and like them both for different aspects.
What I'm not going to be fine with is the fact that she digs on Twilight, and I hate anything about vampires that doesn't involve slaying. That movie will blow.
They're turning it into a movie? Eurgh.
tunacake
07-30-2008, 12:18 AM
Fucking book fags, get out. I hate the "If you think that was good, you should have read the book!" crowd. These stories are worth a couple hours of my time a piece, tops. If I'm going to read a book, it's going to be a masterpiece. Not one about gay wizardry.
A lot of people seem to agree with that crowd in a lot of cases, maybe they're on to something.
I'm sure they've done an excellent job again. I've never been disappointed with the movies other than stuff being left out, which really is unavoidable most of the time.
Ercoledi
07-30-2008, 2:09 AM
Wow, we're up to the sixth movie already? I swear, are they releasing these things every six months?
Still, yeah, I'll shill out a few dollars to watch it. The previous five weren't horrible and if they were any indication, everybody else will go see it.
Baa.
lttheninja
07-30-2008, 2:22 AM
I've never read the books, but after watching all the movies, there are a TON of unanswered questions. I'll be seeing this!
MistyTehMoose
07-30-2008, 2:26 AM
Your questions will remain unanswered until the seventh.
The movies are shallow and show no depth.
Because they are based on books, they try to cram all the big events of the book into 2 odd hours, which leaves no room for important character development.
I'd pork Emma Watson till she bled out her eyes, though. :hmm:
TuckerLOL
07-30-2008, 4:07 AM
I might see it. Looks good from the trailers.
The films tend to suck, though. Not because they're bad, because there's not enough time to cram everything in. The first two, I enjoyed, but I was fairly young, considering. The third, I kinda liked, and I can't even remember the fourth and fifth.
The books are way better, obviously.
Tweek: I would, also.
EDIT: What the fuck... I clicked Post Quick Reply, then changed a typo and clicked it again and this happened. Can someone delete them?
Meh I got uninterested after the 4th movie, I might watch the 5th on TV one day. The Fantasy movies don't do it for me (except LotR, that was awesome). This movie will probably get the same great reviews as all the past movies, but the 7th movie is where its at.
tunacake
07-30-2008, 7:41 AM
Your questions will remain unanswered until the seventh.
Actually, most of them not 'till 7-B.
UncleDuck2
07-30-2008, 2:41 PM
Well, I'm looking forward to this. Too bad it is Yates again. The fifth was one the worst. It's the book with the most pages but the shortest movie of them all? Come on!!!
They should bring back Alfonso Cuaron, who did the Third, that one was Awesome.
Too bad they showed parts of the scene where they're gonna retrieve the Horcrux allready, with the Inferi That had to be a surprise for me!
And yeah McFlurryLover, that kid is Tom Riddle. Know your Potter!
And they are talking about making two movies off book Seven. Might be Interesting.
PS: Hoping for a lot of Bellatrix Lestrange in this one!
jewishjosh
07-30-2008, 3:09 PM
I tend to separate the books from the movies and like them both for different aspects.
Good for you. I wish I could do that.
I read the whole series but I gradually became disinterested after the 4th. By the time I finished the last 3 I had grown enough to realize that while enjoyable on a certain level (due to the minor characters, as always), the story is really nothing spectacular.
Sticking with my "I don't see movies of books" principle, the only movie I've seen was the 4th, and like some of you I was also dragged there on a date. I thought it sucked and laughed to myself the whole time. I didn't think they took a mediocre book and improved it as a movie by making it something else (see the book and the movie as two different things, like Misty said), instead I found the whole exercise futile and unnecessary.
That said, I have no plans to see the other movies. But how are they going to split Book 7 into two movies? Nothing happens in the first 3/4 of the book. The main storyline is bland enough as it is, they're not at Hogwarts so there's not really any subplots, and the character development is pretty lame, so what the heck are they going to fill it with?
UncleDuck2
07-30-2008, 3:14 PM
That said, I have no plans to see the other movies. But how are they going to split Book 7 into two movies? Nothing happens in the first 3/4 of the book. The main storyline is bland enough as it is, they're not at Hogwarts so there's not really any subplots, and the character development is pretty lame, so what the heck are they going to fill it with?
I'll let you know when I find out.
They just want to make more money I guess.
jewishjosh
07-30-2008, 3:21 PM
They just want to make more money I guess.
I should have known. Curse you corporate America! :argh:
Edit - the sad thing is that, for fangirl-driven content-less crap like this, it works.:blanky:
UncleDuck2
07-30-2008, 3:30 PM
"At first, this was meant to be only one film, but due to the size of the book, and the decision that nothing could be left out to squeeze into one movie, the producers decided to split it into Part I and Part II."
That's what IMDB says. Which is ridiculous, because book five had more pages, more twists and turns and more subplots. Best book in my opinion (but worst movie)
I found a British newspaper site: http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-507920/Its-Harry-Potter-film-halves-final-movie-released-parts.html
But that one doesn't give to much information either.
Wikipedia just gives information about the actors, the director (David Yates yet again, curse the man) and that John Williams wants to write the score.
Much more to follow when they start production I guess.
tenorsaxygirl
07-30-2008, 3:32 PM
I just saw the new trailer and it was absolutly amazing
TuckerLOL
07-31-2008, 12:15 PM
Nothing happens in the first 3/4 of the book. The main storyline is bland enough as it is, they're not at Hogwarts so there's not really any subplots, and the character development is pretty lame, so what the heck are they going to fill it with?
Explosions, magic and made up sub-plots? That's my best guess.
I don't think I'll even bother seeing them, anyway.
Mirrorman
07-31-2008, 12:34 PM
I have read all the books several times, I was a huge fan. I stopped watching the films after the 3rd though, since they have disappointed me, because theres so much story left out.
PyroBunny
07-31-2008, 1:25 PM
The 3rd one was brilliant, I really liked it. The second I can't even watch because it sucks so much, but the first was good. I liked the guy with the gray and red outfit in the 4th, and I don't even remember the 5th one. Whew.
They should stop, but oh well. I don't know what to think of this one.
MistyTehMoose
07-31-2008, 6:43 PM
Why should they stop? Because a bunch of people on the internet say 'Oh I like the books better so I am not going to watch it.'?
Fact of the matter is that a lot of people enjoy the movies, and they make a fuckload of money out of it.
Don't be such a pretentious dick.
Mr. Crow
07-31-2008, 7:14 PM
Why the hell would they stop partway through a series? :ahe:
"Oh, we decided it wasn't going very well, so we ended it."
RessXalcor
07-31-2008, 7:34 PM
My brother used to make fun of me for reading the books and all of the sudden he became a huge Harry Potter fan after watching the 4th movie, so basically he'll drag me along to watch the movie(not that I mind). But the thing that sucks is that he'll basically ask me a million questions about the movie and the books, mainly about stuff that was not answered.
UnHung
07-31-2008, 7:48 PM
Wow, we're up to the sixth movie already? I swear, are they releasing these things every six months?
No, every 13 months
Pieman
07-31-2008, 7:49 PM
In my opinion, the sixth and seventh books were utter shit. So I'm not looking forward to this. That said, I'm probably going to see this with a few of my friends.
tunacake
07-31-2008, 9:23 PM
Harry Potter was a huge part of my childhood, since I got the Philosopher's Stone for Christmas when I was like, 6.
For that reason I don't go looking for flaws in the books and movies. I just like to get caught up in the magic and get a little nostalgic. :hmm:
John Travolta
07-31-2008, 9:37 PM
Fuck this movie. The last one sucked and if I hadn't read the book I wouldn't have known what the fuck was going on. I'll be there opening night.
Frobes
08-02-2008, 4:36 PM
I'm not so sure about this one. I didn't like the last one mainly because it didn't follow the book as well as I would have liked. I know that its a huge book to cover in 1 movie but I think that if they changed just a few things it could have been better for me. Anyway, the way the preview looks this one could pull it off.
The trailer looks pretty cool. I always thought that the Half-Blood Prince would be the best as a movie. I thought the last one was disappointing. As movies go, it was good, but as a movie based on book, it was disappointing.
RobType0
08-08-2008, 2:44 AM
I don't see the attraction of Harry Potter. Sure, they were fun in primary (elementary) school, but I stopped reading after the fourth or fifth book, simply because there was little to keep me entertained.
As for the films, they're equally as unexciting. It might just be that, by the time the films got going, I had lost interest in the books, but I found them pretty bland. And after being dragged to see the fifth by my then-girlfriend, I can say that it was really anti-climactic. So, for these reasons, I shall not be watching the new film.
Firekirin
08-08-2008, 2:48 AM
Yay! Harry Potter! I like Harry Potter. I don't LOVE Harry Potter. They're good books. That's all.
As for the movies, I like them. I don't LOVE them. But the books are better.
I wanna see it. Definitely.
water-mouse
08-08-2008, 5:26 AM
I'm not a really big Harry Pottter, I've read all the books. I'll very likely go to this movie it is dissapointing when they miss out parts of the book in the movies but I guess I will learn to live with it.
I'm glad you put the trailer out. It looks better then the last one.
I must say that when I turned 11 I died a little on the inside when I didn't get that letter from Hogwarts. *sigh*
notafan
08-08-2008, 7:33 AM
The Prisoner of Azkaban is the best Harry Potter movie ever ever ever, but by the looks of it this has potential to be better.
Uhhhh no way.
Prisoner of Azkaban was a failure of a movie all thanks to the very very poor direction.
Tagman
08-09-2008, 10:14 PM
I kinda like the movies until the latest one, it was fucking gay. Not going to to details, too lazy to use spoiler things
John Travolta
08-09-2008, 10:47 PM
Why would you need spoilers? The movie that is based on the 5th book came out over five years ago.
GgNoRe
08-10-2008, 2:03 AM
I'd pork Emma Watson till she bled out her eyes, though. :hmm:
Just wait until the Harry Potter series is done, and she's low for cash, and ends up getting paid 10 grand to do some low class porno.
That day shall come soon.
Erinnn
08-10-2008, 8:25 AM
I lost my true fan-ness after I saw the third movie when it came out. Yet, I still go see the new ones when they open in theaters. I have to keep up somehow.
Tagman
08-10-2008, 8:32 AM
Oh, that's right. Forgot about that. I don't read books.
John Travolta
08-10-2008, 11:35 AM
It's hard work being as cool as you, I wouldn't have time either.
Pieman
08-11-2008, 8:44 AM
Just wait until the Harry Potter series is done, and she's low for cash, and ends up getting paid 10 grand to do some low class porno.
That day shall come soon.
I doubt she'll ever have to resort to that. She's pretty famous, as well as highly educated so she'll be fine. But if you're really desperate, you can look up her upskirts from her 18th.
But I'd totally have intercourse with that chick that plays Luna.
Both because she's hot, and the fact she's an internets nerd like you and me.
SO LONELY
Houston
08-14-2008, 4:17 PM
It looks like the release date just got pushed back...WAYYYY back.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/08/14/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-moved-to-summer-2009/
InTransit
08-15-2008, 12:12 AM
Haha I was just about to post about that too. It's been pushed back to July 09 so that they can make more money off it. That fucking sucks because it has been so long since the last one. Personally I think it's a bad movie considering most people have already forgotten when the last one was released, or even what happened in it.
tunacake
08-15-2008, 9:27 PM
July '09?!?! Wasn't the second half of number 7 supposed to be released sometime in 2010? That's fucking ridiculous.
The other two have each been pushed back a year. The 2nd part of 7 will be released in 2011.
tunacake
08-15-2008, 10:09 PM
Apparently not:
The good news is that the release date change will not alter the production schedule for the future Harry Potter films, and the move will shorten the gap in-between.
I still think it's pretty asinine.
Hawke
08-15-2008, 10:12 PM
Are people really freaking out about this? Maybe its just me and not enjoying the Harry Potter films that much, but I think things got waaaaaaaay too dramatic with the third movie and beyond. I was watching some of the 5th movie though and I thought it was kind of good/funny because of just how dramatized things were in every scene.
The other two have each been pushed back a year. The 2nd part of 7 will be released in 2011.
Neither the first or second parts of The Deathly Hallows has been pushed back, although Part 2 was always intended to be released in May 2011. Part 1 will be released November 2010.
RessXalcor
08-16-2008, 1:36 AM
How long is Deathly Hallows anyway? I have never read the final book so I don't understand why they need two parts, I myself thought that the order of the phoenix needed two parts.
Deathly only has 759(US) pages while Order has 870(US) pages
The UK edition of Deathly Hallows has 609 pages compared to Order of the Phoenix's 766...I've heard that they did it because there is so much going on in the final book, it really would be incredibly difficult to keep it as one film.
blltmssgy
08-16-2008, 8:29 PM
How long is Deathly Hallows anyway? I have never read the final book so I don't understand why they need two parts, I myself thought that the order of the phoenix needed two parts.
Deathly only has 759(US) pages while Order has 870(US) pages
They just finally realized after 6 movies that they couldn't fit everything into one film. Also it's kind of better that the last one will have more of the small details than some random one in the middle having a bunch of details. An 8 movie series is a lot, just imagine 12 movies (1 and 2 wouldn't need 2 parts).
nathan_jokah
08-17-2008, 3:13 AM
the kid in that pic is voldermort
OMFG scary he loks like the omen kid the movies definitly get darker each time i have only read one book and it is way superior to the movies but my fav movie is harry potter and the goblet of fire just the story ruled the movie and was wway better then th next movie but i have a feeling that this is going to be good because they r a few suprises and a death
InTransit
08-18-2008, 12:05 AM
How long is Deathly Hallows anyway? I have never read the final book so I don't understand why they need two parts, I myself thought that the order of the phoenix needed two parts.
Deathly only has 759(US) pages while Order has 870(US) pages
I think they're doing it just to milk the series more. Considering how much they've left out of every movie so far, they don't need to include every single detail of the last book. I actually think out of all of the movies so far, the last book will be the easiest one to confine to one movie. There's a lot of little little details in the book, but only a few major events.
MistyTehMoose
08-18-2008, 7:40 AM
But the little events all eventually get tied together in the end. But yeah, I would say it would also be a money thing.
I'm glad they will split in two, so that everyone's questions will be answered, instead of all the movie-watchers asking the book-readers all the unanswered stuff in the other movies.
Haggis McSpud
08-18-2008, 7:47 AM
I wish I could get into the Harry Potter films again, but the 3rd one was so bad that I vowed never to see another one.
I still love the books though.
-JamezzJames-
08-18-2008, 12:38 PM
According to the papers the release date has 'Sparked outrage' and 'Petitions and boycotts have been created, and large protests by fans have been organised'. I personally think that moving the date was stupid. Why come out with a date then change it by 8 months like 3 weeks later? Cant wait for the new film tho.
FACT: The boy whos in the pic is Voldemort as a child and in REAL LIFE he is Ralph Fiennes (the actor who plays Voldemort)s nephew.
Two websites if you want to petition http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/harrypotter6 and http://hbpnojuly.blogspot.com/
Shagg
08-18-2008, 12:48 PM
If they had to move the date for a logical reason or a reason that seemed understandable, I would be fine with it; releasing it purely for money, on the other hand, is just greedy and shameful. That's the stupidity the movie business gets when there's money involved.
EDIT:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa175/ShaggMuffin/harrypotter.jpg
Do the ads go where the topics about them are?
Mirrorman
08-18-2008, 1:13 PM
They're like the google ads, they offer, if availible something related to the thread.
I've seen all of the movies and read all of the books.
I much prefer the books, but movie-wise I never really liked the first two movies.
junglebunny
08-18-2008, 1:34 PM
I fell asleep during the first movie when we watched it in school.
I really don't get the hype over these movies.
RessXalcor
08-18-2008, 5:22 PM
I fell asleep during the first movie when we watched it in school.
I really don't get the hype over these movies.
I never really liked the second movie, but then again I didn't like the second book.
What do they think petitioning will do?
People are so dumb :rolleyes:
Pieman
08-19-2008, 3:30 AM
They petitioned to have a Fanfiction author rewrite the last two books, because JK was too incompetent to realise that Harry and Hermione should have gotten together.
Seriously. Thats how deranged these people are.
This movie looks a hell of allot better than the Order of the Phoenix. I am a fan by the way, and I will go see this one. Even if I think that the guy that plays Harry is a bad actor.
EatMyGirlyBoxers
08-21-2008, 6:55 AM
I an a huge fan of harry potter and as soon as i seen this trailer i really cant wait to see it =D
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blltmssgy
08-21-2008, 2:43 PM
Well that's great to hear, except you have 10 and a half more months till it hits theatres.
CanadaEh
08-21-2008, 3:12 PM
I wonder how they are going to split up the last book, I can't think of anything from the book that could be used to seperate the two.
tunacake
08-21-2008, 4:33 PM
I wonder how they are going to split up the last book, I can't think of anything from the book that could be used to seperate the two.
They're gonna write the script, do a word count, and cut it off at exactly halfway, to the word.
Demoir
08-22-2008, 6:33 AM
Maybe after Ron fucks off?
Slutty McBangerton
08-22-2008, 6:45 AM
Maybe after Ron fucks off?
There's not really enough before he leaves to constitute a movie though.
Weezeeln
01-20-2009, 5:42 PM
I am a Harry Potter fanatic! I can't wait till the 6th movie comes out. Although I would have liked it to come out when it was suppose to (nov. 21st), but because Twilight was coming out that day the production people though it would be better to push it back 8 months!!!!!!! But I did enjoy Twilight (even though the book is WAY better!)
Pieman
01-21-2009, 1:37 AM
They didn't push it back because of Twilight, it was because they thought they'd made enough money already with the Dark Knight that year.
Houston
01-21-2009, 8:36 AM
About 70 new pictures were found from a Japanese trailer:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/01/18/japanese-website-scores-heaps-of-new-harry-potter-images/
Pieman
01-21-2009, 8:52 AM
Daniel Radcliffes hair is still horrible I see. They should of stuck with the do from the 4th movie. I hope they give Evanna Lynch (Luna) more lines this time around, she gave the most convincing performance last movie in my opinion.
hollywood_maggot
01-22-2009, 6:23 PM
Only the 5th movie was excellent. 3rd was alright but the others were woeful. This one SHOULD be good as its the same director as the 5th...however, I was suprised at some of the cuts, particularly since they must have read the 7th book by now (previous cuts were excusiable because of not knowing the ending)...I mean...no Dobby and Kreacher? Hello? Major future plot point!
I loved the books, but the movies are okay. The actors are getting too old for it.
This movie looks like it is going to be really good though. And since it got pushed back to summer, I think they will have time to work on the effects more.
Laurence
01-23-2009, 5:43 AM
Avid reader of the books, gearing myself up for disappointment. I didn't for the fifth and was disappointed (even though it was better than all the other movies). I am, however, looking forward to a movie packed with Alan Rickman's brilliant acting and hopefully lots of Dame Maggie Smith, the other continuous shining light in what is often the muddled mess of these Harry Potter movies. Hopefully Luna will be good too.
In the book Luna is supposed to be really spacey and goofy but in the movie she's really hot. I can't wait for the next movie because I love going to the midnight showings but I do always have to remember to expect the worst because none of the movies are even close to how great the books were/are.
Edit: come august 16 Luna is legal!
ssjgohan4life
02-12-2009, 1:13 AM
Just like the books, things started getting better with 4 then so on for me. I believe I saw the movie first then my History Teacher started reading teh books to us during class and I got into them after that. This one will surely be amazing.
This one looks much better. I can't wait for the next one. Where they fight in the sky and stuff.
ssjgohan4life
02-12-2009, 11:57 AM
I think they handled the Voldemort Vs Dumbledore fight very well in Order of The Phoenix, so I can only imagine how the fights in the next 2 are, should be pretty good.
Squeeze
02-15-2009, 11:50 AM
Harry potter rocks my socks off, and Im sooooo gunna go see this new one as soon as humanly possible.
I wanna see dumbledore get his ass shot off a tower.
BLAM BEEYOTCH.
I am a Harry Potter fanatic! I can't wait till the 6th movie comes out. Although I would have liked it to come out when it was suppose to (nov. 21st), but because Twilight was coming out that day the production people though it would be better to push it back 8 months!!!!!!! But I did enjoy Twilight (even though the book is WAY better!)
Twilight was supposed to come out December 12th. They pushed the release of Twilight forward when they realized they wouldn't be competing with the new Harry Potter movie, which no doubt would have whomped on that piece of shit vampire movie if they had to go head-to-head.
ssjgohan4life
02-15-2009, 10:28 PM
Twilight was supposed to come out December 12th. They pushed the release of Twilight forward when they realized they wouldn't be competing with the new Harry Potter movie, which no doubt would have whomped on that piece of shit vampire movie if they had to go head-to-head.
I want to see the Twilite moving. I remember seeing the trailers but wasn't too terribly interested, but heard about the books and I'm into HP and Eragon so I thought I'd give it a try, so after reading the books I REALLY wanted to see the movie but once watching the trailers again I don't think they do the books justice... though trailers can be misleading sometimes.
Allen
02-17-2009, 12:25 AM
I want to see the Twilite moving. I remember seeing the trailers but wasn't too terribly interested, but heard about the books and I'm into HP and Eragon so I thought I'd give it a try, so after reading the books I REALLY wanted to see the movie but once watching the trailers again I don't think they do the books justice... though trailers can be misleading sometimes.
Fair question: Are you gay?
Grogerian
02-17-2009, 4:48 AM
Fucking book fags, get out. I hate the "If you think that was good, you should have read the book!" crowd. These stories are worth a couple hours of my time a piece, tops. If I'm going to read a book, it's going to be a masterpiece. Not one about gay wizardry.
lol I do agree with you here, I don't really read books when I can watch the film. But there are a select few books which I have read (mainly because I was forced to in High School - but none the less they were excellent) like To Kill A Mocking Bird, and The Chrysalids. Other than that, all I read now is Fantasy WoW Novels, or Manga (Deathnote Rose Hip Rose) and since I'm going off topic...
The Harry Potter Movies have been by far all very good, I haven't read the books as stated above so I can't do the comparison, but out of all of them the 3rd and 5th were the best. Agreeing with the fact these movies are now being targeted at an older audience adds a more 'fearful' aspect into the movies, with a side of comedy between Hermoine, Ron, and Harry. The first one I found was a bit cheesy, and in the second they vamped up the actual darkness that Harry Potter films have. The fourth however seemed to me a break in the story line, The whole movie was about the competition.
woodentoast
02-17-2009, 6:11 AM
After I fell asleep during the second movie i've just been ignoring them pretty much but I went through the books again and I can see why the movie versions would've been pretty awesome to watch. I might just rent them all and catch up, but some of the actors do just really piss me off. I'm not even sure why really.
It is because they can't act.
The first two movies were fine, but from the third one onwards they have just gotten shit. Apart from Daniel Radcliffe with his retard hair cut, there is no plot, no character development, shitty dialogue and shitty acting. I don't even need to mention all the unnecessary differences from the book because the movies suck anyway, and would even if they stuck to the book to the letter.
The thing that really gets to me, though, is Dumbledore. It'll be great when he dies cause whoever is playing his part playus him like a total fucking dick. They completely mess up his character, which is a vital to the storyline.
Pieman
02-17-2009, 9:54 PM
The old Dumbledore was fucking awesome. This new one is an abusive pedophile by the looks of it. Way too angry. Too bad the cool one died, and Will Smith wasn't offered the role.
hollywood_maggot
02-18-2009, 12:00 AM
Squeeze - I'm not sure if he will get his ass shot off a tower. They said they're going to cut the whole battle scene and funeral.
Also...first two movies were pieces of shit. And frankly, you're an idiot if you refuse to read books but watch movies instead. Books are awesome, and in this case the books ARE fairly close to a masterpiece in many ways. From the way they evolve with the age of the reader to the storyline and characters themselves, they outshine the movies more so than any book/movie conversion around.
But you can understand if someone feels the need to separate the books from the movies, right?
That said, the movies are pretty bad on their own anyway. I've said it before.
I don't see how you can think the first two movies are the worst of the series, but I guess people have weird opinions sometimes.
Kind of like how dogs can eat their own shit fine but die from chocolate. Really makes you think.
And frankly, you're an idiot if you refuse to read books but watch movies instead. Books are awesome, and in this case the books ARE fairly close to a masterpiece in many ways. From the way they evolve with the age of the reader to the storyline and characters themselves, they outshine the movies more so than any book/movie conversion around.
I don't care. I'm not that interested in the story to begin with. I'm not into it. I barely watch the movies. I've seen them all and will see the rest, but I don't care that much. They could stop making them right now and I wouldn't care. So tell me, why the fuck would I want to spend days upon weeks of my life reading books with a premise that I'm really not interested in beyond a few hours of viewing?
Kind of like how dogs can eat their own shit fine but die from chocolate. Really makes you think.
This made me think. But not anything about Harry Potter. I kind of feel the need to reflect on all of existence now.
ssjgohan4life
02-18-2009, 9:46 AM
But you can understand if someone feels the need to separate the books from the movies, right?
That said, the movies are pretty bad on their own anyway. I've said it before.
I don't see how you can think the first two movies are the worst of the series, but I guess people have weird opinions sometimes.
Kind of like how dogs can eat their own shit fine but die from chocolate. Really makes you think.
Its very ironic that YOU don't think the first few were bad, your the one saying they were horrible actors, and they were the WORST in the beginning. The only possible thing that would make you like the first more would be the old Dumbledore, don't get me wrong, he was good. But I don't mind the new guy either.
hollywood_maggot
02-18-2009, 10:47 PM
That's fair enough Allen, but your first comment was ridiculous all the same.
And the first two movies had shitty acting (the first one you could kind of give it some slack, but even the seasoned actors were bad in the second one - the only good actors in that were the kids who played Crabbe and Goyle), boring childish direction (like, really boring), worse dialogue than later movies...but the first was better than the fourth, I'll give it that. The third and fifth were great though, and had spunk.
I liked the first two because they were magical and aimed at children, and also because they actually fitted in a proper plot and reasonable character development. Emma Watson wasn't that bad an actor in those two, either.
Tyler_Legrand
02-19-2009, 4:18 AM
Ahahahaha EMMA WATSON?
"NevilleI'mreallyreallysorryaboutthis. Petrificus Totalus! Bye"
"'It's deadly fun, but will sulk in the sun!' THAT'S IT! Devil's Snare hates sunlight!"
>:l
Well she was better than Daniel Radcliffe.
Crabstick
02-19-2009, 4:35 AM
Emma Watson wasn't that bad an actor in those two, either.
Yes but back then she was only a little bit cute whereas now she's totally fuckable.
Some would argue she has been fuckable forever.
That's fair enough Allen, but your first comment was ridiculous all the same.
I'll agree it was a little more hostile than necessary, but I stand by the sentiments expressed.
hollywood_maggot
02-19-2009, 11:56 PM
I can understand not being interested in it. But it's silly to say it's not worth your time without reading it first. But I degress.
Slutty McBangerton
02-20-2009, 12:02 AM
All Emma Watson does is cry in every movie, and move her face around a lot.
hollywood_maggot
02-20-2009, 12:13 AM
I thought she was alright in the last one. Plus she's hot. I remember going to one of the movies and exclaiming in suprise "holy shit, Hermione has boobs!".
Allen
02-20-2009, 12:28 AM
I can understand not being interested in it. But it's silly to say it's not worth your time without reading it first. But I degress.
What? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. It's not worth my time because I'm not fucking interested in devoting weeks to reading stories about some fucking wizard kids. It's absolutely not silly to say that something I'm not interested in isn't worth my time. If I was saying they were shit because I'm not interested in them, then you would have a case to make. But seriously. You just agreed with the reasoning behind my argument while calling my argument "silly".
hollywood_maggot
02-20-2009, 8:52 PM
Something not being worth your time heavily implies its shit. I'm not interested in maths, but it'd still be worth my time to learn some. In truth, its largely impossible to tell if something is worth your time unless you've done it. So I didn't agree with your argument at all.
Allen
02-20-2009, 10:28 PM
I know what the story is. I have no interest in getting all the details from books. It's not my bag as far as reading goes and I would take nothing from it. Hence, not worth my time.
And the math argument is stupid. Math is a practical practice with multiple applications. Harry Potter is entertainment.
hollywood_maggot
02-22-2009, 11:07 PM
True, I didn't think that through properly. Although to me entertainment is as important as anything practical...particularly as I plan to make a career out of it. But thats a kind of bias (and possibly stupidity). Ah well.
Milanista
02-24-2009, 4:49 AM
I didn't like the last 5th movie. It's so grey and... I dont know... maybe melancholy.
The Best moment it was when Harry taught Dumbldore's Army.
I think, first two movies was closer to book. and good made.)
Then 3th very interesting and cheerful)
maybe it's because of the director Alfonso Cuaron =)
Audioslave
02-24-2009, 5:40 AM
I can't wait to see the part where he fucks a horse
Milanista
02-25-2009, 6:00 AM
xDD me too. but it's not about Harry Potter. ))
Ricamros
03-01-2009, 11:59 AM
I love Harry Potter books and movies but I hate Harry Potter himself. I'm a Snape-kind of girl. I actually had to read the end of the 7th book after the 6th one because I couldn't live with the thought of every other character in the books thinking Snape was a bad guy because I knew he wasn't and I was right. It will be a pain to wait for the 7th movie too, and especially the 8th one after that.
but I think I will be going to see this new one to its premiere because it's 17th of july, one day after my 18th birthday and I have every excuse to see it on someone else's expense. I must see the 5th movie before that though because I think I was sleeping during that one, I can't remember anything from it.
ssjgohan4life
03-01-2009, 6:06 PM
I love Harry Potter books and movies but I hate Harry Potter himself. I'm a Snape-kind of girl. I actually had to read the end of the 7th book after the 6th one because I couldn't live with the thought of every other character in the books thinking Snape was a bad guy because I knew he wasn't and I was right. It will be a pain to wait for the 7th movie too, and especially the 8th one after that.
but I think I will be going to see this new one to its premiere because it's 17th of july, one day after my 18th birthday and I have every excuse to see it on someone else's expense. I must see the 5th movie before that though because I think I was sleeping during that one, I can't remember anything from it.
8th Movie? There is only 7 books.
JohnDoe
03-01-2009, 6:29 PM
8th Movie? There is only 7 books.
If I remember right, they're splitting the 7th book into two separate movies.
bizzle
03-01-2009, 7:07 PM
If I remember right, they're splitting the 7th book into two separate movies.
Unless they do what they did with the matrix trilogy that is going to blow balls.
CanadaEh
03-01-2009, 7:24 PM
8th Movie? There is only 7 books.
Splitting the 7th book into two movies.
DoctorButt
03-01-2009, 8:09 PM
I'm excited! I can't wait to watch it. It better be good,I was kinda disappointed in the 5th movie.
hollywood_maggot
03-02-2009, 12:48 AM
Then I assure you, you'll be dissapointed again. I'm quite certain I'll be quietly enjoying it.
ssjgohan4life
03-03-2009, 12:58 PM
Oh yeah I forgot they were splitting the last book into two movies, my bad :P I've liked Goblet of Fire and Order of The Phoenix better than 1-3 so far (movies), and I think Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows will just keep getting better.
I think they handled the fighting much better in 5, that fight between Dumbledore and Voldemort was amazing so I can only imagine how the fights in 6 and 7 will be. I wonder what other series will spark my interest after HP ends.. HP was the first and then I got into Eragon (waiting for book 4) and Twilite but those didn't last as long.
Pelican Man
03-04-2009, 1:50 AM
Unless they do what they did with the matrix trilogy that is going to blow balls.
Harry Potter with bullet-time?
nikkiehale
03-09-2009, 11:18 AM
Books are awsome but THE MOVIES? come on! None of the movies is done as it should be! They miss out the bests parts! ALWAYS! and the fact that the release of the last movie was postponed really got me mad!
hollywood_maggot
03-10-2009, 12:23 AM
So you hate them, yet you're annoyed that the next movie doesn't come out on time? C'mon, you like them really.
Crabstick
03-10-2009, 1:19 AM
If you're stupid enough to go into the films expected to watch the book acted out, you deserve to be disappointed. Of course they're not going to be the same, but that doesn't mean they can't be enjoyable in their own right.
Yeah. Why would you try to compare it to the books? I mean, it's not Catcher in the Rye for Christ's sake.
I mean, the movies are good enough to keep me interested, and I'm a film buff who thinks that the entire premise of the series is, at its core, stupid.
hollywood_maggot
03-13-2009, 3:24 AM
That's because the movies only skim over it all. Also, the books were originally written for small children. But I can't be screwed defending it against you.
TummyFish
03-13-2009, 5:22 AM
The books always suck. Then again all books suck.Then again Harry Potter sucks.
ssjgohan4life
03-13-2009, 1:19 PM
Nice way to contribute, Tummy.
Yes Harry Potter was geared towards kids at first but as she kept writing JK realized it was appealing to adults too so she started writing separate stories, the kiddie version we all know, (which is the movies as well) and the adult version. But in reality if you pay attention to the serious pretty much from The Prisoner of Azkaban you realize that its not that kiddish any more, you start dealing with death, sadness and all that junk stuff that kids would not even notice. I always love watching movies I loved as a kid and seeing all the adult humor I never noticed :)
hollywood_maggot
03-13-2009, 6:30 PM
...The adult versions of the books are exactly the same, the only difference is the cover.
SarcasticSmile
03-13-2009, 8:09 PM
I'm sorry I just had to remember you all that Hermione(Emma Watts) IS FUCKING HOT.
Yeah but really excited about the movie(mostly because Hermione's there, you know, because she is some hot piece of ass.).
Edit: What's this I'm hearing about adult versions? Do they touch a little in the sesual zone? Can anyone show me a quote from the book that shows me why it's an adult version? Please PM me?
Allen
03-13-2009, 11:03 PM
Also, the books were originally written for small children. But I can't be screwed defending it against you.
Are you talking to me? If so, you don't have to defend it against me. I'm not attacking anyone's like for it.
And I realize the books are aimed at kids. But you don't realize that I, along with most people on this forum, was in the target audience when they were first published. (First one being 12 years ago in '97. I was 7. Gained mass popularity around here in '99-2000. I was 9-10.) And I thought the premise was dumb back then, too. So it's not just an adult bashing on a kids book series.
But even still, you especially don't need to defend it. Because despite all that, I still want to know how it all plays out in the end.
hollywood_maggot
03-14-2009, 12:30 AM
Fair enough. I guess the base premise does seem more than a little silly, but most premises aren't that great alone.
Hopefully the last few movies do the books justice. Although, hopefully in this case they won't include that goddamn epilogue.
Crabstick
03-14-2009, 1:13 AM
But in reality if you pay attention to the serious pretty much from The Prisoner of Azkaban you realize that its not that kiddish any more, you start dealing with death, sadness and all that junk stuff that kids would not even notice.
Bambi and The Lion King both have death and sadness in them, but would you say they're adult movies because of it?
It's a bit like Lord of the Rings. The movies are kinda sorta close to the books, but in reality only have the bare bones of the plot. But both are good in their own right - the books because they're more like an entire history/mythology than just a trilogy, and the films because of the scale they took the visuals to. No book is ever going to be perfectly shifted onto a movie screen, it's just not possible. Learn to enjoy them as two separate entities.
I'm sorry I just had to remember you all that Hermione(Emma Watts) IS FUCKING HOT.
Yeah but really excited about the movie(mostly because Hermione's there, you know, because she is some hot piece of ass.).
Edit: What's this I'm hearing about adult versions? Do they touch a little in the sesual zone? Can anyone show me a quote from the book that shows me why it's an adult version? Please PM me?
It's Emma Watson, and you need to get out more.
hollywood_maggot
03-14-2009, 6:32 AM
The Lion King is actually better the older you get. Haven't watched Bambi since I was a kid though...I should do that soon.
phonetics
04-17-2009, 4:55 PM
New Half-Blood Prince trailer was released sometime yesterday. The trailer definitely looks exciting enough.
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Valkyrie
04-17-2009, 5:03 PM
Can't wait. I love Harry Potter to much, and at least they didn't cut out the whole Katie Bell being accidently cursed part.
Holy. Fuck. That trailer just got me very excited for this movie. I'll actually see this one in theaters. The others I all waited for on DVD, but this looks fucking great.
But a PG rating? From my understanding this was a particularly dark book, more so than the last one. And the trailer definitely makes the movie look rather sinister and dark. How did it not manage a PG-13 rating like the last three?
Astronaut
04-18-2009, 1:55 AM
Though I still like the movies and I never read the books, I always imagined there was more "magic" not until the Dumbledore and Voldemort have I been impressed. Granted thats the two most powerful, but it went from pew pew colored misty squiggles to that. That and my friend is always telling me about side storys in it which grabs my interest, like how Mad Eye is like a badass though you never see it.
Pieman
04-18-2009, 5:14 AM
Holy. Fuck. That trailer just got me very excited for this movie. I'll actually see this one in theaters. The others I all waited for on DVD, but this looks fucking great.
But a PG rating? From my understanding this was a particularly dark book, more so than the last one. And the trailer definitely makes the movie look rather sinister and dark. How did it not manage a PG-13 rating like the last three?
There is more violence in this one, somewhere towards the end a guy gets his face torn to shit, which makes me wonder if they removed it.
I'm still going to watch it, even though Ginny looks like a fucking horse and watching Daniel "Horsefucker" Radcliffe make out with her will probably make me remember some beastiality shocksites.
Ginny does not look like a horse :mad:
Predictably, I'm not too excited but it does look okay.
Judging by the trailer, they seem to have done a better job spreading out events over the movie and making it clear and coherent.
Why the students always wear Muggle clothes I'll never know.
Valkyrie
04-18-2009, 12:49 PM
What I like about this one is it seems to stick to the book - instead of mixing things up for the sake of the movie, like in Order of the Phoenix where Cho Chang was the rat instead of that Marietta girl and so on
mactroll
04-18-2009, 2:02 PM
I'm really hyped up about this movie. I've been dying for a new harry potter movie ever since I saw the order of the phoenix. The trailer makes it look really good. It comes out July 15th which is a long wait but I hope it's worth it. Every other harry potter movie never ceases to amaze me so I'm expecting the same from this one.
Valkyrie
04-18-2009, 2:21 PM
I'm really hyped up about this movie. I've been dying for a new harry potter movie ever since I saw the order of the phoenix. The trailer makes it look really good. It comes out July 15th which is a long wait but I hope it's worth it. Every other harry potter movie never ceases to amaze me so I'm expecting the same from this one.
Have you even read the books?
phonetics
04-18-2009, 7:55 PM
Have you even read the books?
I've read all seven books and I've generally enjoyed the movies more then the books myself. The third and fifth books in particular bored me but I really enjoyed both films. I think that's mostly due to how poorly Rowling writes action and how long she tends to go on and on and on about how Harry feels about everything.
That being said, I really enjoy the Harry Potter series and the sixth book is by far my favorite in the series. That last trailer got me really hyping this film.
Pieman
04-19-2009, 1:18 AM
I've read all seven books and I've generally enjoyed the movies more then the books myself. The third and fifth books in particular bored me but I really enjoyed both films. I think that's mostly due to how poorly Rowling writes action and how long she tends to go on and on and on about how Harry feels about everything.
That being said, I really enjoy the Harry Potter series and the sixth book is by far my favorite in the series. That last trailer got me really hyping this film.
I always thought she did action well, not superb but average. Romance on the other hand... She's got no idea what the fuck she's talking about. Apparently love lays an egg in your stomach which turns into a monster that roars a lot and dies a death unknown to any when you make out with ginger horses (Yeah, Tweek, I went there).
That's why the 6th was my least favourite. That, and Ginny being involved.
Fucking whore.
hollywood_maggot
04-19-2009, 2:17 AM
There is more violence in this one, somewhere towards the end a guy gets his face torn to shit, which makes me wonder if they removed it.
I read in an interview or something that they moved that battle to the next movie or removed it altogether, because they felt having two battles at hogwarts would be too similar.
Looking forward to this, although, the Ginny on screen better not ruin the one in my head. I always had a thing for book-Ginny.
InnerDemon
04-19-2009, 8:48 AM
Looking forward to this, although, the Ginny on screen better not ruin the one in my head. I always had a thing for book-Ginny.
Exactly! The book-Ginny is much cuter than book-Hermione. Not sure about the film-Ginny :(
Pieman
04-19-2009, 9:06 AM
Book-Ginny pissed me off because of shitty character development. She goes from awkward shy obsessed fangirl to super spellslinging badass who don't take no shit from no man without so much as a howdy-do.
InnerDemon
04-19-2009, 9:22 AM
Book-Ginny pissed me off because of shitty character development. She goes from awkward shy obsessed fangirl to super spellslinging badass who don't take no shit from no man without so much as a howdy-do.
It's a magic world, miracles do happen. :hmm: And hollywood_maggot and I were referring to her physical attractiveness solely I guess. Right, maggot?
Valkyrie
04-19-2009, 5:17 PM
Movie Hermione is pretty, but she pisses me off to no end. Her bloody eyebrows never stop moving. Movie Ginny seems like shes gonna ruin Book Ginny because shes toO awkward... or at least I get that impression from the trailer.
hollywood_maggot
04-19-2009, 10:56 PM
Damn straight innerdemon. But in the last few books she's also intelligent, kick-ass and willing. That's hot.
InnerDemon
04-21-2009, 8:35 AM
http://www.virginmedia.com/microsites/movies/slideshow/potter-premiere/img_3.jpg
Pretty ugly book-Ginny.
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6063/ginny1klrg0.jpg
Pretty cute book-Ginny.
Hot book-Ginny (fanart). (http://media.the-leaky-cauldron.org/fanartpics/pictures/*greendesire/ginny_weasley_by_greendesire.jpg) Well, I didn't imagine she had so many measles...but it's ok, I guess.
It's the Potter kid I don't like.:mad:
Tyler_Legrand
04-21-2009, 9:14 AM
Couldn't that have been a real photograph (second picture, of course I know the last one's fanart)
Lextreme
04-21-2009, 3:02 PM
I don't like movie Ginny at all. I think they could have picked a much, much prettier red head. Plus, she has blue eyes. In the book, she has brown eyes, and that bugs me a bit. Then again, they can't be accurate about every little detail. I like the movies, although the 3rd book is my least favorite. They went out of order and jumped around a lot. If I didn't read the series I probably would have liked it.
JohnDoe
04-21-2009, 7:38 PM
Without trying to sound like a pedo, I thought that the younger movie Ginny was cute. She had, in my opinion, potential to grow up to be cute. Apparently that didn't happen though.
Allen
04-22-2009, 12:13 AM
What the fuck kind of discussion is this? Stop being fucking douche bags. Discuss the fucking movie, not this lame bullshit.
You know what book Ginny looked like? A lot fucking similar to what you're looking at now, because it was fucking descriptive text. Did you guys occasionally flip open to page x and whack it to a description of the character?
Shut the fuck up.
Lextreme
04-22-2009, 6:37 AM
Fine, since SOMEONE is having a hissy fit. This movie looks epic based on the new trailer. I mean, I thought it looked good when I saw the kid in the first one. Now...well I'm going to pre-order my tickets, if not get to the theaters early on opening day.
Romerz
04-22-2009, 9:27 AM
The movie looks immense, end of really.
They have been getting better from 3 on wards - much like the books (imo)
Lextreme
04-22-2009, 9:49 AM
The movie looks immense, end of really.
They have been getting better from 3 on wards - much like the books (imo)
Yeah. I mean, I didn't really like how they threw in a mosh pit in GoF but it was by far waaay better than PoA.
hollywood_maggot
04-22-2009, 9:56 PM
GoF sucked balls compared to PoA.
phonetics
04-25-2009, 12:31 PM
Yeah. I mean, I didn't really like how they threw in a mosh pit in GoF but it was by far waaay better than PoA.
PoA is simply better do the cinematography. Just watch the end of PoA, it's easily the most entertaining scene in any of the Harry Potter films. GoF's ending however was incredibly depressing since they took a huge chunk of the whole labrynth sequence out. The end of GoF was one of the few really good things about that book.
Hysteria__
04-25-2009, 2:46 PM
God damn, that's a hell of a trailer. And on the subject of Hogwarts girls we'd fuck, it's got to be Evanna Lynch.
Pieman
04-25-2009, 2:58 PM
God damn, that's a hell of a trailer. And on the subject of Hogwarts girls we'd fuck, it's got to be Evanna Lynch.
We're on the same page here bro. Evanna Lynch is the hottest out of them, and the actress most like her character. And I bet she's the only person in the cast who actually likes Harry Potter.
PoA is simply better do the cinematography. Just watch the end of PoA, it's easily the most entertaining scene in any of the Harry Potter films. GoF's ending however was incredibly depressing since they took a huge chunk of the whole labrynth sequence out. The end of GoF was one of the few really good things about that book.
I liked GoF's better than PoA. Partially because Daniel Radcliffe actually looked like Harry Potter, but also because that fucking dragon was awesome. I don't really care that they're not following the books word for word, they do some pretty cool shit when they stray away from it. Flying wizards was a bit iffy, but was entertaining to watch.
But still, THAT FUCKING DRAGON. Clawing the castle up and shit. Best part of any of the movies.
Valkyrie
04-25-2009, 3:19 PM
Ronn's keeper costume in this one looks bloody awful though.
hollywood_maggot
04-25-2009, 11:25 PM
Okay, so I only just watched the trailer. Did they seriously use in-movie dialogue to call Harry the chosen one? Corn alert.
Lextreme
04-26-2009, 4:12 PM
Okay, so I only just watched the trailer. Did they seriously use in-movie dialogue to call Harry the chosen one? Corn alert.
I agree. I didn't like how Harry bragged about it to Hermione, kinda OOC for him. I'm kinda excited to see Scrimgeour and how he'll be portrayed in the movie.
I don't like movie Ginny at all. I think they could have picked a much, much prettier red head. Plus, she has blue eyes. In the book, she has brown eyes, and that bugs me a bit. Then again, they can't be accurate about every little detail. I like the movies, although the 3rd book is my least favorite. They went out of order and jumped around a lot. If I didn't read the series I probably would have liked it.
In the movies harry has blue eyes but in the book they're green, and this turns out to be important. I hope they give lily blue eyes too or they fucked up.
mactroll
04-26-2009, 4:37 PM
Have you even read the books?
No, I haven't. I don't read and though I'm sure the books would kick more ass then the movies I simply cannot be bothered to sit down and read a 600+ page book when I've already seen the movie. I'd much rather just wait for the last 3 movies to come out then read the book. Besides, I wouldn't want the book to spoil the movie for me either.
Lextreme
04-26-2009, 5:54 PM
In the movies harry has blue eyes but in the book they're green, and this turns out to be important. I hope they give lily blue eyes too or they fucked up.
they'll probably find someway to leave it out.
God I really hope they don't, it was one of my favourite parts of deathly hallows.
Lextreme
04-26-2009, 6:16 PM
God I really hope they don't, it was one of my favourite parts of deathly hallows.
the whole relationship revealed in deathly hallows made sense but I still didn't like it. then again I was biased towards the guy ever since the first book.
I don't think it was the best way she could have done it but it still turned out really good, and it did explain a lot of everything that happened with harry and snape in the past books. Like I said it could have been better, but I was satisfied.
Lextreme
04-26-2009, 7:03 PM
I don't think it was the best way she could have done it but it still turned out really good, and it did explain a lot of everything that happened with harry and snape in the past books. Like I said it could have been better, but I was satisfied.
Eh, the whole unrequited love for Lily made Snape less badass in my eyes. Hopefully they don't make it all mushy and cutesy in the film.
Like the whole "look at me" moment with Snape and Harry (gag). When I read the book a second time around I immediately thought, "gay."
Ughhhh. It was supposed to be deep because harry has his mother's eyes. Also, you might want to put that in spoiler tags. Just saying.
I personally think it made him more badass, he put his life on the line so many times to protect him just because he was her son.
Lextreme
04-26-2009, 7:17 PM
Ughhhh. It was supposed to be deep because harry has his mother's eyes. Also, you might want to put that in spoiler tags. Just saying.
I personally think it made him more badass, he put his life on the line so many times to protect him just because he was her son.
Yeah I know, still, reading that made me kinda uncomfortable. Thanks about mentioning the spoiler tag btw.
This is true, he had the balls to make sure her son (also the son of his "enemy" James Potter) lived. Still, I preferred the whole "doesn't want to get his ass kicked by Dumbledore" theory. I prefer him as a bad guy, not as a good guy pretending to be the bad guy and ended up being good all along.
Well he'd still get his ass kicked by dumbledore so it still really works. I didn't really want him to be good or bad, I was going to be fine with either. But I really just love how the entire story and the ending had been planned out from the beginning, and how almost every book make people think of him differently.
JohnDoe
04-26-2009, 7:45 PM
Lextreme, there are legit spoiler tags you can use. Like this right here
Lextreme
04-26-2009, 8:00 PM
Lextreme, there are legit spoiler tags you can use. Like this right here
oh ok thanks
Lextreme
04-26-2009, 8:06 PM
Well he'd still get his ass kicked by dumbledore so it still really works. I didn't really want him to be good or bad, I was going to be fine with either. But I really just love how the entire story and the ending had been planned out from the beginning, and how almost every book make people think of him differently.
I agree. I remember obsessing over who R.A.B. was after the 6th book and I actually read back into the previous stories and figured out who it was before the 7th book came out. I'm hoping they live up to the lake scene in the movie and emphasize on the importance of R.A.B. at the end
LaPhBu
04-26-2009, 8:24 PM
Yeah double posting is kinda bad, you can edit posts.
e; like this! I seen the trailer, and it looks badass. I don't care what people think (where I live that is) these movies are amazing.
They'll have to, now that the series has ended they'll most likely know exactly what is completely necessary to keep in.
Lextreme
04-26-2009, 10:37 PM
True. I'm pretty pissed that they aren't adding bill weasley until the 7th book. That'll confuse the people who haven't read the book. "Wtf? Ron's brother is getting married?! To Fleur?! Bill who?" I can hear it already...
Hahaha yeah, it seems like they're kind of just going to have to throw him in there. He wasn't too significant in the other books though, and they didn't know that he would have to be in any of the movies at all. They were probably just trying to save money by keeping him out but they'll find a way to explain it.
Lextreme
04-27-2009, 6:14 AM
They'll probably play it off as a "Oh by the way Harry....when you were running around with Dumbledore last year trying to find SOMETHING (cough), Bill hooked up with a member of the Triwizard Tournament at that Wizarding Bank. Now you have to stay for the wedding before you dragged the other two along on an adventure. " Poor Harry will be confused and Hermione and Ron will cue in with "Duh Harry!"
InnerDemon
04-27-2009, 8:43 AM
He wasn't too significant in the other books though.
That's a pity, given that Bill was probably the coolest character in the book. Long hair, dragon-tooth as a piercing, leather jacket...:hmm:
Lextreme
04-27-2009, 9:14 AM
That's a pity, given that Bill was probably the coolest character in the book. Long hair, dragon-tooth as a piercing, leather jacket...:hmm:
Got mauled by a werewolf, married a chick who's 1/4 veela, has badass battle scars... :hmm:
Lextreme
04-27-2009, 9:15 AM
That's a pity, given that Bill was probably the coolest character in the book. Long hair, dragon-tooth as a piercing, leather jacket...:hmm:
Got mauled by a werewolf, married a chick who's 1/4 veela, has badass battle scars... :hmm:
rocketship
06-14-2009, 8:58 AM
Definitely seeing Half-blood Prince in 3D :D
hollywood_maggot
06-15-2009, 4:13 AM
I heard they're leaving Kreacher out of this movie. I don't understand how they plan to do the seventh if they keep conveniently leaving out key characters.
John Travolta
06-15-2009, 9:55 AM
Because film makers are retarded. Why the spoiler tags?
I heard they're leaving Kreacher out of this movie. I don't understand how they plan to do the seventh if they keep conveniently leaving out key characters.
If Kreacher was that mean house elf guy, then he's probably in because Rowling told them to put him in the 5th movie so the 7th makes sense. And did Kreacher even do anything in the Half-blood Prince anyways?
shawnshank
06-15-2009, 1:39 PM
Release date: 15 July 2009 (USA)
Just one more month!!
Slutty McBangerton
06-15-2009, 2:48 PM
If Kreacher was that mean house elf guy, then he's probably in because Rowling told them to put him in the 5th movie so the 7th makes sense. And did Kreacher even do anything in the Half-blood Prince anyways?
He just appeared at the beginning, where you find out that Harry becomes his new owner.
Doesn't kreacher help him find one of the horcruxes?
Crabstick
06-15-2009, 4:00 PM
In the 7th, yes. In the 6th he just hunts down Mundungus.
Lextreme
06-15-2009, 5:04 PM
He just appeared at the beginning, where you find out that Harry becomes his new owner.
He also followed Malfoy around with Dobby, which wasn't really THAT important to the plot, but he did serve a bit of a purpose.
And if you don't read the books, you're going to have no idea who kreacher is.
It's hard enough to follow the movies as it is, without them bringing in and taking out characters all the time.
hollywood_maggot
06-16-2009, 2:17 AM
That's going to be the main problem I feel. Alot of characters and minor details got overlooked earlier only to have significant impact in the last book. The guy who plays Dean will be happy though, finally gets a pretty sizeable role.
Cornholio
06-16-2009, 3:25 AM
[quote=UncleDuck2;799554]Well, I'm looking forward to this. Too bad it is Yates again. The fifth was one the worst. It's the book with the most pages but the shortest movie of them all? Come on!!!
They should bring back Alfonso Cuaron, who did the Third, that one was Awesome.
Agree with you, the 3rd movie was my favourite, just the whole dark way Alfonso made it.
This last one, looks way better than The Order of the Phoenix so I hope it doesnt dissapoint me.
Fruitality
07-13-2009, 6:34 AM
Just gonna bump this since I just saw it.
Overall, it was okay. Starts out good, gets better, but then it reaches the end and you're left thinking 'Oh, what?' The whole movie is really funny and I was laughing quite a bit. And I don't want to sound like a fan complaining about how much they cut out from the book, but they just cut out the wrong parts. To someone who hasn't read the book, the ending probaby won't make much sense. Alot of the movie was centred around harry/ginny ron/hermione/lavender romances, and while that's not bad, alot more could've been done instead.
It was as if they made 120 minutes of the movie and then thought 'Shit, we'd better stick an ending on this quickly'
Spoilers about scenes in the movie and why they were dissappointing incoming:
Alright I'll start with the ending. Anti-climactic. The whole castle fight with Death Eaters at the end was just missed. Dumbledore's death and events around it just seemed emotionless. From what I remember of the book, basically, Harry witnesses Dumbledore's death and then has a dramatic emotional run through the castle amongst fighting and chases Snape to the exit all whilst fighting and trying to stop him. In the movie it seems the Death Eaters arrive, take care of Dumbledore, they quickly walk outside where Harry and Snape exchange words and fire a spell or two then they all disappear. Then they all just head back to the castle and the end.
Like, come on, they didn't even include Dumbledore's funeral, which was one of the most emotional parts of the book.
Oh yeah and my favourite scene where Harry kisses Ginny for the first time is gone, that was disappointing.
Hmm, long post. There's more but that'll do for now.
Jergens
07-13-2009, 9:05 AM
Like, come on, they didn't even include Dumbledore's funeral, which was one of the most emotional parts of the book.
Oh yeah and my favourite scene where Harry kisses Ginny for the first time is gone, that was disappointing.
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I have a strong feeling that the next movie will begin with the funeral.
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CuntMuppet
07-13-2009, 10:33 AM
Way to fuck up those spoiler tags bro. And Fruity, that sucks, I was pretty excited for this movie, I haven't watched one since the 3rd but this was one of the best books and I was hoping the movie would do it justice.
hollywood_maggot
07-15-2009, 6:40 AM
Easily the best movie of the series so far. Although... The whole concept of Draco working to bring the Death Eaters into the castle was pointless, since they did nothing and Draco got into Dumbledore's Office without their help...I mean, I understand they didn't want to do two Hogwart battle scenes, and that whole sequence was quite well done. Brings a real sense of foreboding for the next film...although, wtf was with burning Hagrids hut and then not having Hagrid in the scene?
Also - Ginny tying Harry's shoelace? What was that about?!
WiffleBall
07-15-2009, 10:37 AM
I'll wait until it's on dvd to see it. I just bet it'll be sold out in theaters for a good while. >_>
Just gonna bump this since I just saw it.
Overall, it was okay. Starts out good, gets better, but then it reaches the end and you're left thinking 'Oh, what?' The whole movie is really funny and I was laughing quite a bit. And I don't want to sound like a fan complaining about how much they cut out from the book, but they just cut out the wrong parts. To someone who hasn't read the book, the ending probaby won't make much sense. Alot of the movie was centred around harry/ginny ron/hermione/lavender romances, and while that's not bad, alot more could've been done instead.
It was as if they made 120 minutes of the movie and then thought 'Shit, we'd better stick an ending on this quickly'
Spoilers about scenes in the movie and why they were dissappointing incoming:
Alright I'll start with the ending. Anti-climactic. The whole castle fight with Death Eaters at the end was just missed. Dumbledore's death and events around it just seemed emotionless. From what I remember of the book, basically, Harry witnesses Dumbledore's death and then has a dramatic emotional run through the castle amongst fighting and chases Snape to the exit all whilst fighting and trying to stop him. In the movie it seems the Death Eaters arrive, take care of Dumbledore, they quickly walk outside where Harry and Snape exchange words and fire a spell or two then they all disappear. Then they all just head back to the castle and the end.
Like, come on, they didn't even include Dumbledore's funeral, which was one of the most emotional parts of the book.
Oh yeah and my favourite scene where Harry kisses Ginny for the first time is gone, that was disappointing.
Hmm, long post. There's more but that'll do for now.
I agree with pretty much everything in this post.
I was really interested in the Half Blood Prince bit (I haven't read the book, mind you) and it was annoying to have them reveal it was Snape at the very end, and just abruptly end the entire film afterwards.
Jergens
07-15-2009, 3:11 PM
I agree with pretty much everything in this post.
I was really interested in the Half Blood Prince bit (I haven't read the book, mind you) and it was annoying to have them reveal it was Snape at the very end, and just abruptly end the entire film afterwards.
The Half Blood Prince is my second favorite of all the novels, but it was a disappointment.
The totally skipped at least 10 chapters from the novel that were important to the 7th books plot, and replaced it with romantic comedy. It really should have focused on the importance of everything besides teen romance, fucking Ginny.
Not to mention the abnormal amount of sexual innuendos that could have easily been avoided.
cptlol
07-15-2009, 5:32 PM
I just saw it, but I haven't read any of the books because they never quite catch me, neither did the movies mind you but I always have someone who'll go and blah blah
Can someone just spoiler tag me, why Snape did what he did, etc.
Basically the story from this book/movie onwards, also what is R.A.B. I though maybe a familly member of the Blacks?
Jallen
07-15-2009, 6:24 PM
R.E.B. was Sirius's brother, Regalus Black.
Was the last book where gandalf's past is revealed?
I felt like this was lacking something.
Oh wait it's a harry potter movie.
I thought it was the best of the series. It felt like an actual movie, rather than just a bunch of shit from books thrown onto the screen like 4 & 5 did. Though it did still have some scenes that I didn't quite understand the purpose of.
The characters in this actually felt more human than they have in the past movies. You felt like you could relate to them, at least on some level, as where in the past they've just been vapid little kids running around doing semi-interesting things whilst spouting shit in faux Latin about potions and spells that really could be called anything.
I agree Allen, the kids actually acted in this movie. Ron and Harry actually seemed like friends in this movie instead of people forced to be together. As for Emma Watson, her acting has improved ten-fold since she dropped the dramatic use of eyebrows. Tom Felton was excellent, absolutely excellent.
As for the actual movie itself, I feel horribly sick. I could write a rant the size of OotP right now about that movie. It was excellent to watch as a movie, but as a fan, no wonder two Deathly Hallows are being made, to fill in all the mistakes they have made plot wise!
An incredible amount of key factors that take play in the next two movies, have, well, not been included. I have yet to have been impressed by Steve Kloves adaptions, despite what other people may say. The movie IS eye-candy, but didn't quite make the last hurdle. The end was absolutely emotionless, I feel like I was robbed of something special.
hollywood_maggot
07-16-2009, 4:17 AM
It's funny you know, because JK actually approves Kloves' scripts and the two are actually quite close. So obviously they haven't really made major plot mistakes that will have a dramatic effect on the next movie. Hopefully anyway.
jazmania123
07-16-2009, 4:32 AM
I've been to see the sixth film, and it's amazing!! You can really tell they had a bigger budgit and because they've added in scenes that aren't in the book it makes it more like an actual film, other than just the film of the book. And can I just say, how can anyone here truthfully say that the 5th film is even half decent?!?!?! It's the worst film out of them all! The only part of the film I like is when Umbridge is changing the school. Yes it is alot darker than the others, but the quality is awful. I like the first 2 films, because everyone is so innocent!! They are just 3 kids who arefullfilling the dream to become witches and wizards. Sorry this is soooolong but I do tend to go on when something annoys me. The important thing is that the 6th film is a complete success; scarier than the others and also its ALOT funnier. A part of me also died when I didn't get a letter from hogwarts. I was really looking forwards to it...... :(
hollywood_maggot
07-16-2009, 5:07 AM
Wow...you're a complete douchebag. Well done.
Also, I just realised a rather big - for me - problem with this movie: Snape doesn't snap at Harry for calling him a coward. That's an incredibly important moment, for the plot and for Snape's character. Not having it really lessons the impact of that scene and Snape in general.
It's funny you know, because JK actually approves Kloves' scripts and the two are actually quite close. So obviously they haven't really made major plot mistakes that will have a dramatic effect on the next movie. Hopefully anyway.
As I said, for this moment, I can't see how they are going to do it effectively. Obviously they DO have it all in place due to the fact that they are 85% finished filming the first part, and 15% the second of Deathly Hallows.
Fruitality
07-16-2009, 7:27 AM
Also, I just realised a rather big - for me - problem with this movie: Snape doesn't snap at Harry for calling him a coward. That's an incredibly important moment, for the plot and for Snape's character. Not having it really lessons the impact of that scene and Snape in general.
Snape's part in the movie also annoyed me. Snape being the new defence against the dark arts teacher is supposed to be a big part of the story, since Harry had always suspected snape being a Death Eater and also since every dark arts teacher leaves at the end of the year. Throughout the movie we weren't once shown Snape teaching and (I cant really remember what) the mean things he does to Harry during.
I also found it kind of funny that, in the movie, when Snape discovers that Harry had just almost killed Malfoy, he doesn't even do anything about it and Harry just kinda runs away.
And also, sort of relating to what Spaj said before, the whole 'Half-Blood Prince' thing didn't mean anything in the end. We were shown this book and Harry uses it through the movie and at the end Snape is like 'It was me!' and I guess everyones meant to go 'Woah, serious!?' but in reality we're just like 'So?', because it doesn't matter because it's not relevant because they didn't explain why Snape was the Half Blood Prince or what it meant. Even though it was the title of the movie.
Yeah
Didn't it go back and show that he was like that, and called that, because he liked Lilly? Or is that the next book...
Tweek
07-16-2009, 10:25 AM
Yeah that's the last one.
You think they'll put that part in the first or second movie.
That's awesome that they're making two movies.
Sanlands
07-16-2009, 1:14 PM
More money.
Jallen
07-16-2009, 5:23 PM
More time to put more in. That book is pumped full of information that can't be put in one movie.
And yes, more money.
hollywood_maggot
07-16-2009, 8:56 PM
Didn't it go back and show that he was like that, and called that, because he liked Lilly? Or is that the next book...
And it also has nothing to do with why he called himself that.
Antisaint
07-16-2009, 9:17 PM
And it also has nothing to do with why he called himself that.
Eh, I'd have to go back and check but his mom was a witch and his dad was a Muggle, so he's half-blood and his mom's last name was Prince
Pretty sure that's it.
hollywood_maggot
07-16-2009, 9:22 PM
Yes, that's it. What I meant is that what's revealed in the last book has nothing to do with that as CnGy thought.
Frobes
07-16-2009, 9:56 PM
Overall, I liked it. Better than the fourth and fifth, but I liked one and two the best.
What really made me mad as a fan of the series was the ending. All the importance of the cave, the battle, dumbledores death, etc. felt rushed. Plus the whole lovey dovey stuff got kind of old.
Pachycephelosaurus
07-16-2009, 10:27 PM
Just saw the film today. In quite a few ways it was spectacular and a massive improvement over the previous movies, but as a fan of the books a number of things disappointed me.
I thought that all the actors showed tremendous improvement compared to any of the other movies. Harry actually showed great comedic timing and managed to convey emotion without making me angry. Hermione manages to tame the wild eyebrows and not always sound like she's on her period, which is great. The director really seems to have a good grasp of what he's doing with the franchise now, as well.
There were a number of plot holes, though, but they've already been brought up. Overall, though, I really enjoyed it.
Not bad. Cut some shit, but thats obviously going to happen. I felt as if the ending was rushed, and Snape seemed to be an after thought in the movie, not really a major part like he was in the book.
Oh, and the fight scene got cut due to lack of funds apparently. I guess they didn't have enough for 2 fight scenes in a row. No Weasly Wolfs I guess.
Also, did anyone else feel as if the relationships between them kinda were like:
"I know"
"Know what?"
"Don't fuck with me. Also, I love him."
"Fine. I love her too."
hollywood_maggot
07-17-2009, 12:47 AM
It wasn't lack of funds, they're saving their shit to go out for a big bang.
It wasn't lack of funds, they're saving their shit to go out for a big bang.
Exactly. Instead of spend money on it now, theyre saving it for later
hollywood_maggot
07-17-2009, 2:34 AM
...But it wasn't a lack of funds as you claimed. They're saving the IMPACT of that scene rather than having a smaller one and then a bigger one later on. =/
Casalen
07-17-2009, 4:10 AM
The franchise has a built in audience, so at that point it's diminishing returns to put another fight scene in. It's not so much the money isn't there as the money would be better spent elsewhere for more of a return on the investment.
But anyway, I just came here to say that when I first looked this up I was surprised at how long it is (way too long). I'm even more surprised to see that most of the criticism is, apparently, that it wasn't quite long enough.
A book is a book and only a book, and unfortunately when they started to make the movies they couldn't foresee how the final 4 books were going to play out.
It was around then that the books started to become thicker than encyclopaedias.
Thus, all the things you can't conveniently convey on screen are left out and the story doesn't really make sense.
Well I don't know about that, JK has always stepped in on major factors for a plot previously.
For example, when they where making OotP, and the seventh book was not out yet, the script writer had removed kreacher all together from the plot, JK stepped in and said don't be an arse, he has a big part to play. From my understanding, this was what always happened.
JK approved Kloves script for the HBP, therefore she understands how the DH movies will conclude with what HBP presented.
I agree with the length, it should have been more. But then again, the OotP movie was shorter than this one, and anyone who has seen the difference to the sizes of the two books, will agree with me, its odd.
They should've at least done SOMETHING with snape as the new teacher.
That was really lame imo.
And guys, they are not saving money, haha, do you understand how much money is behidn this? She's a BILLIONAIRE.
hollywood_maggot
07-17-2009, 6:56 AM
But there are plot devices that got screwed over because of changes that obviously they didn't notice (like the one I mentioned earlier)...but there's also the matter of Harry's eye colour. I'm really amazed that one got through.
Really, I think the series would have benefited from waiting until all the books were out and having Yates in from the beggining. Although, the cast would obviously have been different and I can't imagine it any other way...
That being said, I think this is one of those franchises that'll get remade once our generation has reached our 40's and 50's.
CnGy - she doesn't fund the movies.
Yeah fiend guy, she gets paid for them to be made
I will start growing my beard in now so I can audition for Dumbledore in 50 years time.
bunglejunny
07-17-2009, 10:43 AM
Was this the last movie?
CuntMuppet
07-17-2009, 11:18 AM
No, 1 more that's being done in 2 parts. So 2 more I guess.
Yeah fiend guy, she gets paid for them to be made
Proves she doesn't give a shit about anything else really.
LaughBoo
07-17-2009, 3:01 PM
Proves she doesn't give a shit about anything else really.
Actually, she cares alot. When the first movie was being made she took the actor who was playing Snape and told him EVERYTHING, from the backstory to how important the character is to the series.
Actually, she cares alot. When the first movie was being made she took the actor who was playing Snape and told him EVERYTHING, from the backstory to how important the character is to the series.
And yet she let the pivotal scene in this one be snuffed out by poor planning. She changed it FOR the movie? I feel like they convinced her it would look good and she got fucked.
Actually, she cares alot. When the first movie was being made she took the actor who was playing Snape and told him EVERYTHING, from the backstory to how important the character is to the series.
So... Alan Rickman knew that Snape killed Dumbledore from the start? Thats beastly.
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