Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Movie SPOILERS!

[Sweet Rabbit]

hells yeah

 

[agen_kolar]

Hi-res! Woo!

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My favorite shot of the TV Spot is "Dinner, Nagini."

 

[Buttmunch]

Every time I see the "Part 1" its like a kick in the nuts. I thought they'd be more subtle about the fact they are blatantly ripping us off by breaking this up into 2 parts. If they had renamed one of the parts it would have been better, but advertising a film only as "part 1" is just so pathetic.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Every time I see the "Part 1" its like a kick in the nuts. I thought they'd be more subtle about the fact they are blatantly ripping us off by breaking this up into 2 parts. If they had renamed one of the parts it would have been better, but advertising a film only as "part 1" is just so pathetic.

wrong.

getting a movie that missed half of the important stuff because they couldn't fit it all would be crying shame. stop being cheap. $20 to see the whole story is better than $10 to see one with half the material left on the cutting room floor.

 

[Buttmunch]

wrong.

getting a movie that missed half of the important stuff because they couldn't fit it all would be crying shame. stop being cheap. $20 to see the whole story is better than $10 to see one with half the material left on the cutting room floor.

As long as the 1/2 of the material on the floor is the mind-numbing camping, then that is just fine. Too much camping in the book. Cutting that down would have slimmed it down enough for 1 film.

The ONLY reason they made this into 2 films was to cash in twice. If they really cared about getting all of the important material in the films, they would have started dividing them up with Goblet of Fire. Heck, Order of the Phoenix was the longest book in the series, but ended up as the shortest movie in the series.

Plus they are releasing the 2 films too far apart. Just far enough they can justify putting Part 1 back in theaters a week or two before part 2 for you to go see it again. And if they don't put out the DVD before then, it will make even more people go again just to remember what happened in part 1. Its all about the money with this.

 

[YoNoSe]

Nice! Thanks for posting, Agen. My wife and I were just wondering when it was hittiing.
I'm glad it's two movies. I love this series. I know some people hate Yates but I think he's found a perfect voice for the material. Although, IMO, the real savior of this movie franchise is Cuaron. His contribution to the aesthetic of these films is immeasurable.

 

[Buttmunch]

Nice! Thanks for posting, Agen. My wife and I were just wondering when it was hittiing.
I'm glad it's two movies. I love this series. I know some people hate Yates but I think he's found a perfect voice for the material. Although, IMO, the real savior of this movie franchise is Cuaron. His contribution to the aesthetic of these films is immeasurable.

Yeah, he totally ruined what the first 2 films set up and everyone after him was just too lazy to change anything back or anything new of their own. PoA was a good film, but I just hated (and still hate) how everything changed so much. The dress code is practically non-existant, the grounds changed so much, and a certain amount of 'magic' was lost after the first two films. Still a better than average series, but I hate the mark Cuaron left on the franchise. He had too much of his own vision and not enough of Rowling's.

 

[YoNoSe]

Yeah, he totally ruined what the first 2 films set up and everyone after him was just too lazy to change anything back or anything new of their own. PoA was a good film, but I just hated (and still hate) how everything changed so much. The dress code is practically non-existant, the grounds changed so much, and a certain amount of 'magic' was lost after the first two films. Still a better than average series, but I hate the mark Cuaron left on the franchise. He had too much of his own vision and not enough of Rowling's.

Chris Colombus is a hack. Cuaron added a much needed dose of realism. Hogwarts looks like a real place, Hagrid is actually huge (not just shot from low angles), magic is commonplace to the inhabitants of that world. There's a reason no one has gone back to the style of the first two (bloated, slavish) movies.

 

[Agent0028]

The first two fit very well for the first two books imo. They are the ones that read the most like children's literature. By the time PoA rolled around things were getting darker and the themes were getting heavier--Death, Betrayal, Insanity.

The non-existant dress code bugs me though. Robes aren't just what they wear as a uniform, robes are the normal fashion for wizards. Now they all dress like muggles.

 

[CelticPredator]

Realism? In a movie about Wizards? ____ that noise.


I'll take the first 2 over these whiny grey bleak films.

 

[YoNoSe]

Realism? In a movie about Wizards? ____ that noise.


I'll take the first 2 over these whiny grey bleak films.

Right, obviously no film with magic in it should have any realism. Have you read the books? They deal with some very real emotions. No reason the world they take place in should be any less real.

 

[CelticPredator]

I stopped after the 4th. Mostly because I lost my page, but I digress. The films are bleak, and dark, without any sort of happieness. ALL THE TIME. I would never want to visit the world of Harry Potter. It's a dark, dreary place.

 

[Agent0028]

You just totally lost all credibility in this thread.

 

[CelticPredator]

Everyone lost credibility to me in this thread. So it doesnt matter. They have no credibility to comment on my credibility.

 

[Agent0028]

Yeah, but you know how we bibliophiles are.

 

[Buttmunch]

Chris Colombus is a hack. Cuaron added a much needed dose of realism. Hogwarts looks like a real place, Hagrid is actually huge (not just shot from low angles), magic is commonplace to the inhabitants of that world. There's a reason no one has gone back to the style of the first two (bloated, slavish) movies.

The 'realism' wasn't needed. Chris Colombus made film versions of what I read in the book. Cuaron made up his own version of Harry Potter, not Rowling's. I mean, why the heck did Lupin turn into an overgrown Greyhound instead of a werewolf? Or why did Dumbledore turn into a screaming hippy? Why did Flitwick turn into Benjamin Button and deage 50+ years and get a stupid haircut?

The first 2 films captured the magic of the books, the ones after that haven't. Sure there is plenty of CGI and 'magic' all around, but it wasn't the same kind of 'magic' the books and first two films held.

That said, I'm still excited to see this last film, albiet in halves, as I have every other Potter film. And I'd certainly take 1:6 figures from any of the films. But the films just haven't felt 100% right after Chamber of Secrets. And that is all because of Cuaron's meddling and everyone after him being to lazy to correct his changes.

 

[Biojex]

You just totally lost all credibility in all threads.

fixed


Hi CelticP

 

[Agent0028]

Seeing as how werewolves aren't real I think it's very open to interpretation on how one should look. I don't recall Rowling giving any specific description, so I found the one in PoA to be just fine. Flitwick is annoying, although I like this version more. On the other hand, I recall Rowling once said that she always imagined Flitwick to have some Goblin ancestry in him and she liked that he looked a little Goblinish in the movie.

 

[Buttmunch]

My problem with the werewolf was that it differed so much from the usual look of a werewolf. He was skinny, long limbed, and not entirely threatening looking. He should have been bulkier at least. I get that Lupin isn't exactly in the greatest of health, but don't think his werewolf should be unhealthy looking. If anything it should look healthy. Like its draining the health from Lupin's human form.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Comparing 3,4 to 1,2 I like them equally. The quality of the drama itself really notches up with 3,4 while 1,2 remain the "cutest" (in a good way). I feel the ambiance flows relatively nicely. Compare 1 to 3 and there are equal amounts of the fun magical stuff. Its really when Yates comes in that all the magic is drained. Half Blood Prince was alright. Order of the Phoenix is absolutely undeniably the worst film in the franchise. Dark films don't need to be unenjoyable.

I rank the films:

3
1
4
2
6
5

The depth of the sets in 1-4 is amazing. Everything is just so fun and a riot and exciting. 5 could have been scary and bleak without draining so much soul of the franchise away. Yates cut the heart and soul of the the universe out.

For anyone that thinks #5 didn't lose the magic, rewatch #3 and look at the paintings on the walls, all the ghosts, etc. Watch #4 and the quidditch match at the start with the fireworks, etc. 5 lacks a lot of that ambiance that tells you its a magical world.