So I just saw the new Harry Potter movie...

[Turtleboy1017]

And it was without a doubt the most boring, most expensive waste of nearly 3 hours I have ever had to endure in my life. And the weird part was that it wasn't even the movie that ticked me off, it was the complete lack of logic in anything that happened in it.

Just some quick examples, why do they only use their apparating thing like once a day? Is there some kind of cool down time on it? And another, if Voldemort knows TWICE about where the motley gang of rebels are and what they will be doing, why the FUCK does he just send in like... 5 guys to try and fail at killing them one by one? Does the fact that muggles are inferior or some shit mean that explosives kill wizards any less effectively? And why do they only knock people out? And why do they have designer clothes during their long 6 month trip?

Nevermind. There are a trillion things I could go on complaining about, but I can really summarize it like this... Does the fact that a book is fictional or fantastical allow it to ignore sound, basic logic?

 

[Instant K4rma]

I think you have some previous quarrels with the Harry Potter series before this film if we are nit picking the brand of sweaters they are wearing...

As for me? I thought the film was quite good. I enjoyed it most of the time, even if most of it's cringe worthy attempts at humor fell embarrassingly flat.

If nothing else, Emma Watson made it worth my 6$.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I've always found the fact that they don't use conventional weapons as well rather dumb, yes. But as for this particular movie, it's the only one I've actually enjoyed.

 

[Turtleboy1017]

I think you have some previous quarrels with the Harry Potter series before this film if we are nit picking the brand of sweaters they are wearing...

As for me? I thought the film was quite good. I enjoyed it most of the time, even if most of it's cringe worthy attempts at humor fell embarrassingly flat.

If nothing else, Emma Watson made it worth my 6$.

Not at all. I read all the prior books, saw all the prior movies. I freaking love the first 4 movies and movies, and from there on it just turns... illogical. I think it just has more to do with the fact that after that invisible point at the end of the fourth book, the gang went into the "real world" instead of just Hogwarts. And due to the fact that in the real world the logical fallacies I pointed out made so much more sense, it feels a lots stupider when they don't carry around guns, or bother having a defense force for just that kind of thing.

Seriously, the fate of the wizarding world rests on the shoulders of portly middle aged men and their wives? Wizarding SWAT teams would have been so awesome.

 

[SimuLord]

I just saw the new Harry Potter movie as well. And I think it was well worth my ten bucks. Not because the movie was good---it was Waiting For Godot with magic wands---but because my date was a delight. Never underestimate the power of a good date to improve an otherwise below-average film.

 

[viranimus]

not that im a huge fan of the series, but spoilers would be nice for someone who is

 

[SimuLord]

not that im a huge fan of the series, but spoilers would be nice for someone who is

It's uber-predictable Hollywood tripe based on a book that came out what, four years ago? And I say this as someone who before tonight had never read a Potter book nor seen any of the films. It was just her night to pick the movie.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I liked the movie.

what do you expect? this is what the last book equates to. If you liekd it, you have to like the movie. Thre wasnt alot going on in the last book, so there's not alot here. All the action will be in the next movie. So stop your bitching because remember, you're judging half of a movie in reality. and that the movie is supposed to be like this. Its supposed to reestablish the characters. its supposed to make us emotional and feely. Its supposed to be a fetch quest.

 

[BoredRolePlayer]

I never read past book 4 but to me the movie felt like they were repeating things over and over again. Never really explaining much (and I did see the movie 5 and 6 after to see if I missed anything, and I felt like the middle two had no real purpose), nope the only thing I didn't know was why they were chasing these objects of "power". It just felt like a long quest of walking here and try to find this item.

 

[JWRosser]

And it was without a doubt the most boring, most expensive waste of nearly 3 hours I have ever had to endure in my life. And the weird part was that it wasn't even the movie that ticked me off, it was the complete lack of logic in anything that happened in it.

I too was disappointed with the film.
As a whole, I think Harry Potter is definitely overrated. Whilst I enjoy the films in general, I think this one was one of, if not the, worst so far. I think what made it worse was the massive hype and build up for it. People were pretty much 'gasming over this film. I went to the première in London to pretty much just watch celebrities, and the cast was huge. Sadly, a lot of them only had very little screen time (which I know is because it's based on the book, obviously). But yeah, I don't understand, personally, how people can rate this the best one so far - it has nothing on 3, 4 or 5.

The best two scenes were the two in the Malfoys' manor. I could have sat and watched the Deatheaters talking for ages. Apart from that though....meh.

Also at the end people in the cinema clapped and I BLOODY HATE IT when people do that.

 

[PurplePlatypus]

A lot of the problems you stared are to do with the partly bad adaptation and the consequences of separating this off into two movies.

As for the whole muggle weaponry thing, this is made much more explicit in the books but wizards have gone to extraordinary lengths to keep themselves secret. It was going a little to pot even in the books during the war but at that point muggles still really didn?t know if there was something to fight. Wizards could have picked up the technology but they never did, in some ways it has held them back. Even in the book though it is very extreme, overly so, how separated the wizarding culture is to the muggle.

 

[Jellly]

I've always found the fact that they don't use conventional weapons as well rather dumb, yes. But as for this particular movie, it's the only one I've actually enjoyed.

Conventional muggle inventions like electricity does not work around magic I believe. I vaguely remember Hermonie saying something about it once. This would mean guns would not work either.

 

[voetballeeuw]

I thought it was Harry Potter on a camping trip. Like Bear Grylls without the surviving but with magic. But then again that's what the first have of the book was. I did enjoy the jokes though.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I've always found the fact that they don't use conventional weapons as well rather dumb, yes. But as for this particular movie, it's the only one I've actually enjoyed.

Conventional muggle inventions like electricity does not work around magic I believe. I vaguely remember Hermonie saying something about it once. This would mean guns would not work either.

I really don't see how shooting Harry would not work. His reaction time can't possibly be fast enough to deflect a bullet.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I've always found the fact that they don't use conventional weapons as well rather dumb, yes. But as for this particular movie, it's the only one I've actually enjoyed.

Conventional muggle inventions like electricity does not work around magic I believe. I vaguely remember Hermonie saying something about it once. This would mean guns would not work either.

I really don't see how shooting Harry would not work. His reaction time can't possibly be fast enough to deflect a bullet.

because it wouldnt be good plot wise.

I'm pretty sure we had this thread before. and it was quite popular if i remember.

Just think of it this way. having magic essentially puts protective bubble around you that makes you invincible to modern technology. and if that doesnt solv eit, remmber, its a book. In theory, yes, bullets could kill harry potter or any other magician. But, in theory, voldamort didnt hav eto use a spell on harry. he could hav ejust stabbed him in his bed with a knife.

 

[Jellly]

I've always found the fact that they don't use conventional weapons as well rather dumb, yes. But as for this particular movie, it's the only one I've actually enjoyed.

Conventional muggle inventions like electricity does not work around magic I believe. I vaguely remember Hermonie saying something about it once. This would mean guns would not work either.

I really don't see how shooting Harry would not work. His reaction time can't possibly be fast enough to deflect a bullet.

No, what I am saying is that Magic affects muggle inventions (such as a gun) and causes them to malfunction. This is stated somewhere about muggle inventions not working around Hogwarts due to magical interference or something.

Although if for some reason you got around this, I suppose you COULD shoot him but that is stupid from a literally point of view.

 

[Nazulu]

I thought it was alright even though I still found it disappointing. I like how the charm died and went straight to horror, it was creepy as hell, but for some reason it felt like it was lacking something. I can't put my finger on it, however I have to say their quest wasn't really that good and there was less interesting magic moments than the previous movies (excluding six).

And no, I haven't read the books.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

I just saw the new Harry Potter movie as well. And I think it was well worth my ten bucks. Not because the movie was good---it was Waiting For Godot with magic wands---but because my date was a delight. Never underestimate the power of a good date to improve an otherwise below-average film.

i have to agree with this guy for the same reason, only i actually enjoyed the film, it was soo much better than number six

 

[Wither]

I feel like the wands are just guns, different only in that they also fill plot holes with magic. They stopped using words for spells half the time, and instead the scenes are just like everyday gunfights. That's not necessarily bad, as i think it in part helps facilitate the shift into more gritty realism, but it also feels like a bit of the magic is gone, too.

 

[Merkavar]

i thought it was a bit long and uneventful but seems fine. hope the 2nd part is better