Escape to the Movies: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
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the oscars became a joke when forest fing gump won the best flick oscar over pulp fiction with was 10x better ;P. bunch of old asshats on the oscar board pf was too risky too edgy and too over the top for the nod so they went with the cheesy sappy stupid gump train.Slimshad said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this considering how many people here seem to have not liked the third one. Perhaps it's because it didn't exactly follow the book or maybe because of the different feel, but Alfonso Cuaron is such a talented director that he managed to give the Hogwarts environment a very surreal and almost otherworldly feel to it. Like Bob said, it's one of only two that could really stand alone. It's easily my favorite so far.SpiderJerusalem said:
Anyway, I've seen every one in the theater except for the first one because my ex-girlfriend was a Potter fanatic. If #7 is really that good I pretty much have to see it, and look like an idiot being a 30-year old guy watching it by myself.
Dammit.
Ahh it's not that far fetched, almost every fantasy setting has had some sort of society/academey/council of wizards or sorcerers, it's just that Harry Potter is set in the modern age, so it only makes sense that it is the way it is, ie secret and a lot more corporate, them wizards gotta move on with the times. I mean they do get quite dark and mature in the end, and they're worth watching as pop corn flicks if nothing else, although the first one is dodgy as fuck.Stabby Joe said:
OT: I'm actually quite intrigued now, I havent watched the 5th 6th one, and I stopped reading after the order of the phoenix, as I didnt really enjoy the books anymore then, but I might get hold of the 6th movie to catch up and watch this, because surprisingly, I dont actually know what happens in HP past the 5th book at all, and even then the 5th book is very hazy, I somehow managed to avoid all the spoilers up to this point.
I just want to say this really fast:
I was a big fan of HP up until like summer after Sophomore year, and the reason is probably because I was disappointed with the last book. It didn't change my opinion of the other 6 books, but it did dampen my enthusiasm for the series as a whole. Also, when the first movies came out a decade ago, my mother was going through her Christian moral superiority phase. She'd labeled the whole thing a symbol of devil worship, and she wouldn't let me see any of the movies, let alone read the 5th book when it came out. So there was a big gap in my HP fandom around my preteen years while my mom came back to her senses, and by then I'd sort of lost interest, especially because we didn't watch a lot of movies anyway, and I hated reading. So when I finally got through all the books that summer and realized that the opinion of the series I had was someone a product of rose-colored glasses, I realized I wasn't interested in reliving the whole thing in movie format.
In short, I just don't care about Harry Potter. But I still want to see this movie a little because Emma Watson is God damn hot.
I was a big fan of HP up until like summer after Sophomore year, and the reason is probably because I was disappointed with the last book. It didn't change my opinion of the other 6 books, but it did dampen my enthusiasm for the series as a whole. Also, when the first movies came out a decade ago, my mother was going through her Christian moral superiority phase. She'd labeled the whole thing a symbol of devil worship, and she wouldn't let me see any of the movies, let alone read the 5th book when it came out. So there was a big gap in my HP fandom around my preteen years while my mom came back to her senses, and by then I'd sort of lost interest, especially because we didn't watch a lot of movies anyway, and I hated reading. So when I finally got through all the books that summer and realized that the opinion of the series I had was someone a product of rose-colored glasses, I realized I wasn't interested in reliving the whole thing in movie format.
In short, I just don't care about Harry Potter. But I still want to see this movie a little because Emma Watson is God damn hot.
Dude, that's exactly what happened to me.elvor0 said:
Small world eh?
My friends are really balling out over this movie. I've never really noticed all the hype surrounding Harry Potter until recently to be honest.
My mind must be playing tricks on me... makes me think I just saw Bob comparing "Ron" Weasley with Bruce Wayne. That didn't happen in the review .... did it ?!?
You cant really call them kid movies anymore sure that worked for the 1st 3-4 but after that things started getting uglier.
Part 6 is not a kid or "family" movie anymore. I know a lot more adults and people in their 20s who enjoy these movies then 10 year olds. But that also has to do with the audience growing up since the 1st book came out.
Part 6 is not a kid or "family" movie anymore. I know a lot more adults and people in their 20s who enjoy these movies then 10 year olds. But that also has to do with the audience growing up since the 1st book came out.
I'll wait until both are released, or first part released on DVD and then watch the second part in the cinema. I just can't stand to wait.
I didn't say it was far fetched, I'm basically saying the premise is too "kiddie" for me personally.elvor0 said:
I agree. The people who died were a bit random, but then again, you can't choose who lives and who dies in real life; their actions determine that. Was very very disappointed with the last book, but will probably see the film.Aiddon said:
I just got back from seeing it. Great movie, great review.Best movie in the series (if you were following it. otherwise it's just not understandable).
First time someone in the main cast other than Emma Watson showed some acting skills, and Watson showed she probably has a chance in other movies. She's a good actress.
One thing that bothered me, and I'm pretty sure someone will make a big dig deal out of it (Not really an important piece, and if you read the book - no real spoiler here, but still):
*Spoiler Warning*
So at the Malfoy mansion, at the point where Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter, awesome as usual) tortures Hermione, that what also in the book, no problem there. But in the movie, Bellatrix uses her knife (also mentioned in the book) to carve the word "mudblood" on Hermione's INNER LEFT ARM. For those of you who aren't as familiar with the Holocaust, the Nazis tattooed a number on each Jew (and I think also everyone else, but I'm not sure. They, for obvious reasons, teach mostly on the Jewish Holocaust in Israeli schools) INNER LEFT ARM. This was one of the many ways to dehumanize people, and to destroy morale.
See the correlation?
This wasn't in the book, and it's a bit more than just a coincidence. I get the reasons behind it, and it's frankly quit clever, since the books don'y really give us to see the way Death Eaters treat muggles, and a hint for the way Nazis treated Jewish people is a smart hint.
But I can predict now that someone, somewhere, will find it offensive.
*End Spoiler and a very long analyse of it's meaning*
And for a recommendation? Well, if you've seen the ones before, you will see this one, one way or the other, right? Then do it now, since it's good.
If you haven't seen them, and didn't read the books, (*insert bad British accent*) then just go read the bloody books, they're the most important books since LotR, Bloody fool! (*end bad British accent*) And forget the movies, if you didn't care for them until now, you never will.
First time someone in the main cast other than Emma Watson showed some acting skills, and Watson showed she probably has a chance in other movies. She's a good actress.
One thing that bothered me, and I'm pretty sure someone will make a big dig deal out of it (Not really an important piece, and if you read the book - no real spoiler here, but still):
*Spoiler Warning*
So at the Malfoy mansion, at the point where Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter, awesome as usual) tortures Hermione, that what also in the book, no problem there. But in the movie, Bellatrix uses her knife (also mentioned in the book) to carve the word "mudblood" on Hermione's INNER LEFT ARM. For those of you who aren't as familiar with the Holocaust, the Nazis tattooed a number on each Jew (and I think also everyone else, but I'm not sure. They, for obvious reasons, teach mostly on the Jewish Holocaust in Israeli schools) INNER LEFT ARM. This was one of the many ways to dehumanize people, and to destroy morale.
See the correlation?
This wasn't in the book, and it's a bit more than just a coincidence. I get the reasons behind it, and it's frankly quit clever, since the books don'y really give us to see the way Death Eaters treat muggles, and a hint for the way Nazis treated Jewish people is a smart hint.
But I can predict now that someone, somewhere, will find it offensive.
*End Spoiler and a very long analyse of it's meaning*
And for a recommendation? Well, if you've seen the ones before, you will see this one, one way or the other, right? Then do it now, since it's good.
If you haven't seen them, and didn't read the books, (*insert bad British accent*) then just go read the bloody books, they're the most important books since LotR, Bloody fool! (*end bad British accent*) And forget the movies, if you didn't care for them until now, you never will.
I thought it was okay but then I wrote a review on my blog and it turned into an extremely negative rant so maybe I didn't like it but didn't realise at the time, lol.
All in all I didn't think it was anything special but it's perfectly watchable. Unsure if that's a compliment or not.
All in all I didn't think it was anything special but it's perfectly watchable. Unsure if that's a compliment or not.
I just got back from watching it, preaty good. It was nice to really see how the three main characters had developed but I think it lingered abit to long on one or two of the scenes. I mean to say it got a bit cringe worthy but it was only a second or two so it did not ruin any of the scenes.
The action scenes are good, especialy the first one, 5 minutes in, it rocks and its nice to see a kids film not hold back with the darker stuff... a scene with Belletrix and Hermione is... distressing, I mean REALLY unnerving.
The last parts going to be intense, they got most of the brainstorming done in this one so prepare for a BIG arse fight.
The action scenes are good, especialy the first one, 5 minutes in, it rocks and its nice to see a kids film not hold back with the darker stuff... a scene with Belletrix and Hermione is... distressing, I mean REALLY unnerving.
The last parts going to be intense, they got most of the brainstorming done in this one so prepare for a BIG arse fight.
So long as they cut the fanfiction-grade epilogue it'll be okay.V TheSystem V said:
I still think Askaban and Goblet should have been three films in total, if not four. They were far too overstretched and overpaced.