Aartemys Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 ...is that a hint? Maybe our can help us out, lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Meia Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 SOUNDS GOOD TO ME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senshik Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 This movie was fun, heart warming, and MAGICAL! Hahaha. Man that final battle at the end of the movie was so freaking awesome!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 It was good fun, and the casting was awesome, yet again. It felt a bit rushed, with so much missing and rewritten, but not bad (I really wanted to see McGonagall face off against Umbridge over Harry's future, and also the bit with Peeves but oh well). Ps. And Dobby was never seen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aartemys Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Agreed, Ly. I also thought that Tonks was under-utilized... There was so much that they could've developed...but it was good nonetheless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I agree that they had to edit a lot. I've read a lot of reviews complaining that the editing trimmed out a lot of what made the series "magical". And it's true that this movie doesn't find time for the fun side trips the previous films went on, and it completely plows through the feeling of the characters going through a school year, but I thought they did a much better job of trimming than in Prisoner or Goblet. Both of those films cut things that I missed and thought were important, this one kept everything in that needed to be in and even a few things that I thought would never make it into the films ( Snape's worst memory, for instance ). There are a couple parts of the story that could have been fleshed out just a bit more, Mr. Weasley's attack and recovery, in particular, comes to mind , but some of the trimming was amazingly economical and even improved on the book, in my opinion, such as having Cho be the one to betray Dumbledore's Army, thereby eliminating an unnecessary character, giving that particular plot point even more drama and tidily explaining the ending of her relationship with Harry without having to go into all the details that the book went into . Even the climax was, I thought, an improvement. Definitely a great film overall. And aside from Prisoner, which somehow has earned immunity to such criticism in my head, I'd call it the best Harry Potter film yet. I've found that it's especially good if you think of it as the first film in a trilogy - which is really what it feels like, compared to the more self contained movies that came before. And yes, poor Dobby. Once again his contribution to the story is given to Neville. I wonder if we'll ever see him again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aartemys Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I like Dobby. I miss Dobby... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 On a non-HP note, emoticons are not hidden by spoiler tags. I blame Nick for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Agreed, Ly. I also thought that Tonks was under-utilized... There was so much that they could've developed...but it was good nonetheless! Pretty cute, though. Half Blood Prince spoiler-ish: And on that note, Lupin's a putz for taking so long to come around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonfire Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Hey no fair! How come you yanky kids get it first? Its based on a British book with a predominantly British cast ergo it should come out in Europe first. Well I suppose its made by Warner Bros so that makes sense I guess. Comes out here next week so I really can't complain but still you guys get all the cool shit first over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aartemys Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Think about it this way: we probably get the bad shit first as well...i.e. zombie uprisings, airborne virus, revolution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Again, you have affordable, reliable universal health care. We're even, ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 oh Gary Oldman..... such a sexy man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aartemys Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 ...don't get me started! When Sirius goes from dog to man in the subway and he's tying his robe...I about nearly fainted and wished he'd tie it a little slower, if not take leave it open...what a delicious specimen of a man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 ...don't get me started! When Sirius goes from dog to man in the subway and he's tying his robe...I about nearly fainted and wished he'd tie it a little slower, if not take leave it open...what a delicious specimen of a man! mmmmmmmm I second that!!! hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Good movie. Dunno if anyone mentioned it previously, and I agre with Sibob completely on the good trimming of the fat of it all, the mirror from the book would have really impressed the tragedy of Sirius' death on the non-book-reading audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 That bloody mirror. There's always been something fishy about that, but what could it b-...ah, fuck it, I'll be finding out on Saturday, anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 That bloody mirror. There's always been something fishy about that, but what could it b-...ah, fuck it, I'll be finding out on Saturday, anyway Wha- no, you talk now! Bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Be. What could it be. But, really, that mirror served absolutely no purpose in the story. Why set it up? It has to have some kind of payoff in the last book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 To help show that Sirius was gone, and further give Harry something to be angsty about (not that he needed more), since he could have just checked that mirror in the first place (instead of following the path that got Sirius killed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Huh? I only read book 5 the once çause I really didn't dig it, but I know for a fact I didn't see it again in book 6, what makes you think it's going to be in book 7? And like I said, the nature of what the mirror does(I forget exactly what) and then what happens really makes it one of those 'well if only he'd done this then that wouldn't have happened.'sorta thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 The mirror was a way of communicating with the person holding the other mirror linked to it. Think a video phone, thats only able to reach one other videophone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Well see there you go... Doesn't that just make you so sad? Thanks for helping me get SB's tears Ly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Mmm, yummy, you guys... tears of infinte sadness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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