[HPFGU-Movie] Shorthand in Film

[OctobersChild48 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/14/06 2:34:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

   Jen wrote:

> Hi there,
> I was reading your message when it struck me how very well all the 
> deleted scenes worked in the first 2 films. It seems they were cut 
> merely to get the film below a certain time limit. ABC Family shows 
> both SS/COS from time to time with all the deletes. I really enjoy 
> them.

  Sandy responds:

    I taped the two movies with the deleted scenes restored off the Family 
Channel, back-to-back on the same tape and, despite having them both on DVD, it 
is the tape that I watch. It's in right now as a matter of fact. 
       
       Jen wrote:

> I can not say the same thing at all for the deletes from GOF. 
> They seem to be abrupt, with little to get us ready for them and not 
> much to add. 

   Sandy responds:

I felt this way about the entire GOF movie. I felt the film abruptly jumped 
from scene to scene with no arcs in-between. When I went to see the movie in 
the theater I was struck by the fact that I had already seen most of it via the 
clips that had been released prior to the film, and that they had simply been 
strung together. To be honest, I was very disappointed with the movie. The 
special effects and graveyard scene are awesome, but as a whole, the film fell 
way below my expectations. I still can not say  with complete honesty that I 
like it. I don't hate it, and I paid $27 last week for the two-disc special 
edition, but it is certainly my least favorite so far. I think the special features 
disc is better than the movie.



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> Jen D. (quickly putting her hands over her head to sheild herself 
> from the blows from angry film-lovers)
> >
> 
> Sandy (who is getting ready to crawl under the coffee table to protect 
> myself from the stone throwing)
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