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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Jul 14, 2007 20:50:35 GMT -5
With the patronuses, how did they look odd?
Mrs. Figg coming out of nowhere, well they might have at least explained who she was as they walked toward the house but whatever, she's not THAT important.
I can understand the lack of Grimmauld Place because it's really not terribly important and same with Lupin(at least in this book).
I thought the DA was alright, the sackings were rushed/way too early. Them knowing about the room was also stupid.
The Weasley escape was, I must admit, good. Who really cares about the lake, it's not really important they did a decent job with that.
We could've done with more centaurs and house elves seeing as harmony between magical beings is a major theme of the septology.
The Ministry duel with the flying death eaters was really awkward/made up.
I actually liked Albus vs. Voldemort and Harry being possessed.
The conversation could've been so much better.
*blames screenwriter*
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Post by Gigi on Jul 14, 2007 21:12:27 GMT -5
I went to see the movie today and I rather liked it. I agree with Dear Dairy that it advanced the plot of the whole series. Granted, there were things that were cut. You can't get around that. If I could have chosen cut scenes that were restored, I definitely would have put back in St. Mungo's. Seeing Neville and his parents would help show why he feels the way he does.
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Post by Persnickety Raven on Jul 14, 2007 21:16:54 GMT -5
With the patronuses, how did they look odd? Remeber in PoA? A bright, pearly white patronus effect is what we saw there. Much like how it was described. Now, they're very blue and indistinct and are flying all over the place. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2007 21:29:20 GMT -5
no, they were described as like shining animals or w/e. PoA got them dead wrong.
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Post by Persnickety Raven on Jul 14, 2007 21:37:36 GMT -5
no, they were described as like shining animals or w/e. PoA got them dead wrong. I feel otherwise. And, can you honsestly say that the OotP style is closer? The animal shape wasn't very clear. I need to look at the PoA text again. Okay, I did. They're silvery. I'd call peal white closer than electric blue. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2007 22:15:21 GMT -5
No I cannot, I have yet to see OotP. But the patronuses from the released clip are much closer than the glowing ball of light from PoA.
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Jul 14, 2007 22:26:16 GMT -5
I thought they were plenty distinct in the DA room, you could clearly tell that Hermione's was an otter, as it was described in the book. I'm less interested in graphics though, than in huge, gaping plotholes.
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Post by Persnickety Raven on Jul 14, 2007 22:33:53 GMT -5
I thought they were plenty distinct in the DA room, you could clearly tell that Hermione's was an otter, as it was described in the book. I'm less interested in graphics though, than in huge, gaping plotholes. As am I of course, but it niggles me none the less. I'll conceed that neither were truly accurate to the book, but the PoA style just looks better to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2007 6:38:11 GMT -5
Now that I've seen it, the only real problem I have is that the end should have been longer. It is the shortest movie, they couldn't add 30 seconds to add the first room with all the candles? But that was alright. Of the things in the movie there is one thing that pissed me the hell off, Sirius in the fire. WTF?!! They couldn't do the same thing they did in the last movie? But other than that it was great, probably my favorite of them all, atleast top two
PoA/OotP
GoF
SS
CoS
I can't decide.
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Post by J. on Jul 15, 2007 19:07:19 GMT -5
The movie didn't seem too bad, maybe because I haven't read the book in a year.
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Post by Grace on Jul 15, 2007 19:56:07 GMT -5
OMG, they can't put everything into it! Don't hate it cause the movie can't be 25 hours long. It was good for a movie about an 870-page book. Actually, I voted "sliced bread" cuz I freakin' loved it. The only things I missed were Ron subplots, because Ron is AWESOME!
And hatram: YES. THAT IS THE PERFECT. PERFECT. ORDER OF MOVIES. KEEP IT.
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Post by J. on Jul 15, 2007 20:01:02 GMT -5
Anyway, it ranked up there with the first two movies. GoF was OK from what I remember, and PoA, when ranking Harry Potter movies, comes after Gigli, From Justin to Kelly, and Plan Nine from Outer Space.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2007 20:34:48 GMT -5
Anyway, it ranked up there with the first two movies. GoF was OK from what I remember, and PoA, when ranking Harry Potter movies, comes after Gigli, From Justin to Kelly, and Plan Nine from Outer Space. Wow, WOW. I hate people like you when it comes to this. I'm sure you're a very nice person. But Christopher Columbus is a hack that ruined the first two Harry Potters and Rent. OMG, they can't put everything into it! Don't hate it cause the movie can't be 25 hours long. It was good for a movie about an 870-page book. Actually, I voted "sliced bread" cuz I freakin' loved it. The only things I missed were Ron subplots, because Ron is AWESOME! And hatram: YES. THAT IS THE PERFECT. PERFECT. ORDER OF MOVIES. KEEP IT. What Ron subplots were cut out? I haven't read the book in so long. And I'm going to wait to see whether it goes above PoA or below, because 3-D IMAX for one of them isn't fair to the other. |
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Jul 16, 2007 21:07:33 GMT -5
The subplots of Ron being prefect and on the quidditch team weren't included.
*calmly* Guys, you don't have to bite our heads off because we hold the movie up to the standard of the book. Notice how I'm not SCREAMING! at people for not viciously petitioning the screenwriter for more book scenes in the movie. We understand the movie can't be 25 hours long, those who think like me are just confused as to why a movie like Return of the King could be 4+ hours but you can't add in, say, an hour to a movie like ootp to include key plot elements.
Those kinds of complaints are, in my view, legitimate.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2007 21:18:08 GMT -5
what key plot elements should have been put in?
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