Movie Reviews (Was Re: Is there anybody out there?)

Severus pbyrd at soccerboyatut2004.yahoo.invalid
Tue Jun 8 00:18:41 UTC 2004


--- In HPFGU-Texas at yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gonzalez" <robgonz0 at y...> 
wrote:
> hey, I'm always up for some potter discussions.
> Hi, I'm Rob. And yes, "Hook 'Em!"
> I live in San Antonio though.
> 
> My thoughts on the movie.

> As just a movie goer. It was a pretty good movie. As a HP reader 
though it
> was lacking. I would have liked to seen just a few more lines from 
Lupin
> about his role in the map and Harry's parents lives. I wish they 
hadn't
> reduced Crookshanks role. Pettigrew was nothing like I imagined. 
And while
> it was nice that they showed Harry's Patronus as the Stag it is less
> significant without the explanation that it was his dads animagus 
form. I
> also had always imagined the stag running down the dementors not 
just
> standing there. Wish the time turner had been explained better.
> Basically just a bunch of little details were missing that I wish 
had been
> included but other than that I thought it was one probably the best 
of the
> three to date.
> 
>


Agreed, and they could have done with adding less material too.
Well, Rob say Hi a bit louder, we could barely hear you say something 
about the movie. I'm sure you said more than that.  Sorry I must have 
missed the rest of the message... *cleans ears* maybe that'll help.
 
Yes the detail you mentioned would have been good left in.  I'd like 
to add:

1) That movie was a good MOVIE.

2) That movie was very rushed. From the opening sequence with Aunt
Marje, to the ending, to the space in between. Very rushed.

3) They added CRAP. For example, the stone throwing while back in
time, the buckbeak saves Hr/H from Moony while back in time, the
unnecessary shots of the Whomping Willow, etc, etc, etc.

4)That crap would have been better served for showing book details
omitted. For example, the Fire Bolt confiscating, seeing Prongs when
conjured while back in time, reading the entire lists of insults the
Marauders Map to Snape.  Explaining the stag, and Moony's authorship.

5) The casting was EXCELLENT. I wanted more of Sirius and Lupin.
They rocked. Gambon also very good.

6) Draco, Goyle, Dumbledore, and Minerva extremely absent this film.

7) Book 4 will be terribly difficult to make into a single movie
smoothly.

8) Peter was too comically done for the drama during the Shreking
Shack. The S.S. was rushed and not scarey enough.

9) Lastly, the movie was good, but didn't hold a candle to the
greatness of the book.


What do you guys think?
*dodges all the stones thrown his way*
Patrick the Critic

ps We can talk about more than this... I like soccer.






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