[HPFGU-Movie] RE: Hallows

[Child of Midian]

I like to not look at the films from the bias of a book-reader. By that token, the first and second films where sluggish and stagnant with some horribly dialogue (“there’s only one place for that, Diagon Ally” – as if the other wizards wouldn’t have ever been there or already known that’s where they would go.) The third was the most “cinematic” and though they cut a ton from the book it felt like a complete story, the acting / dialogue improved 10X. The forth film was a mess, it was just 5 parts joined weekly together, the Quiddich world cup, thee tri-wizard challenges, Yule ball, end; however, Hermione’s “I’m not an owl” line was perfect. I liked OOTP and HBP, as films, I didn’t care much what was lost, but I did feel jerked forward a bit by the overly-fast pacing. Part one of the DH was near perfect, proving they had the write director and just needed to have a more complete script, but DH2 was a little short of plot due to the pace it was Gringots, battle of Hogwarts, the end.
 
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md
 
From: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com [mailto:HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michelle Tague
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:29 AM
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Subject: RE: [HPFGU-Movie] RE: Hallows
 
  
I totally agree! HBP really was the worst for me…very disappointing… so many really crucial things just completely removed from the movie. Although I will admit to be a bit relieved with them for not including the funeral, I would have been a blubbering idiot in the theater and made an ass out of myself… I cried for what seemed like hours after I finished that book (at 1 am) … my husband still giggles about how devastated I was over Dumbledore’s death…

Michelle




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