Favorite Harry Potter movie
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Er, I think Voldy waking up was "the most important scene in the book."
Shhh ... stop ruining my hyperbole, willya?Voldy waking up was "the important scene in the book."
Sure... as soon as you admit that GoF is the series' second-best film.Shhh ... stop ruining my hyperbole, willya?Voldy waking up was "the important scene in the book."
Well ... in that case ... carry on pointing out my hyperbole ... then I'll be able to point out that GoF is without a real antagonist and has the series' worst plot hole: If Crouch-as-Moody's whole scheme was to get Harry to touch a portkey, on Hogworts grounds, to deliver Harry into the clutches of Voldemort and the Death Eaters, why contrive such an elaborate plot (the entirety of the Triwizard Tournament), contingent on both chance and the intervention of multiple chaotic personalities when he could have, simply, turned a pen on his desk into a portkey and had Harry grab hold of it during the first days of school?Sure... as soon as you admit that GoF is the series' second-best film.Shhh ... stop ruining my hyperbole, willya?Voldy waking up was "the important scene in the book."
Yeah, Dumbledore reforming the Order was an AMAZING scene in the book that totally built excitement for the next one, particularly since I read 1-4 for the first time in a row, then I had to wait for 5!
Another vitally important missing scene; Dumbledore explaining the entire plot of the series to Harry at the end of Phoenix.
Another vitally important missing scene; Dumbledore explaining the entire plot of the series to Harry at the end of Phoenix.
My favorite movie is the first one, because it introduced me to the entire HP franchise.
Prisoner of Azkaban is definately my favorite book, but the movie seemed too fast paced and skipped too much. I became less and less impressed with the movies as they went on because they felt so abbreviated. It was like watching the Reader's Digest Condensed version of the books.
Prisoner of Azkaban is definately my favorite book, but the movie seemed too fast paced and skipped too much. I became less and less impressed with the movies as they went on because they felt so abbreviated. It was like watching the Reader's Digest Condensed version of the books.
I never read the books, so I have only judged the movies on their own merits.
One thing that really disappointed me with GoF is that the first part of the book, before arriving at Hogwarts, just went by in incomprehensible flashes. I can't imagine how anyone who hasn't read the book, could make any sense whatsoever of what was going on at the Quidditch World Cup. It was difficult enough for me, and I've read the book several times. Were you able to make any sense of the Pre-Hogwarts scenes at the Quidditch World Cup? IMHO, another 10 or 15 minutes of screentime, could've made all the difference to those scenes. (OotP was pretty incomprehensibly condensed as well, but, nearly so bad as GoF).
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the only one that developed an interesting visual style and established a steady pace, so it gets my vote. It really stands apart from the other installments as a film.
Having said that, I don't think any of the other films are particularly bad, but splitting the final installment into two really hurt the saga's conclusion. The two parts work as installments in a series, but as individual stories they feel woefully incomplete. I don't know why an extended version combining the films hasn't been released yet; I imagine it would improve my opinion of the two immensely.
Having said that, I don't think any of the other films are particularly bad, but splitting the final installment into two really hurt the saga's conclusion. The two parts work as installments in a series, but as individual stories they feel woefully incomplete. I don't know why an extended version combining the films hasn't been released yet; I imagine it would improve my opinion of the two immensely.
You could watch them back to back...
A combined version would be a more complicated exercise than simply putting the two films back to back, I think. The availability of both on home video certainly allays certain problems of the movie-going experience, though.
(No interest in making fan edits; and from seeing a few, little interest in watching them. The creative compromises necessary in editing a film without the original elements just isn't worth it in most cases, I find.)
I think every other movie managed to tell a good, complete standalone story. It just felt like OotP was dumbed down and weird.
I admit that I did NOT like OotP the first time I saw it. I found it confusing and lacking a central plot. It was mostly just a sequence of events that didn't seem to tie together very well.
However, the second time I saw it, I had a much better appreciation for it.
That is actually the reaction I had to most of the Harry Potter films. So much happens so fast, and they can be difficult to follow the first time through.
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