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Harry Potter 7

Haven't seen it, will probably never watch it. I haven't even seen the last three Potter movies. Kinda like how I've never read the books, either.
 
I've not read any of the books and I didn't care much for the last Potter film. This lastest movie looks really promising, though, so I will see it while it is in the theaters - not sure when. Maybe over the long holiday weekend.
 
I haven't seen the film quite yet but I do plan on it. I read the first book and found it rather adult for a children's book but the film I just loved. The others have been pretty good to if you ask me, definitely worth a look.
 
The last one was pretty awful. I have no desire to see these next two, haven't read the books and unless my kid begs me it isn't happening. I'm glad that girl made a shitload of money off her ideas, but I think they ran out of story about three books ago and have been padding it ever since. Some critic said in this book (and the movie too)
the three leads spend a huge chunk of the center of the story hiding in tents in the desert and just talking and sharing their feelings and crap. They do occasional errands but that's pretty much it.
If I want to see boring crap like that I'll rent Ishtar. The last movie spent the entire movie building up to what was basically a non-climax, not even really much of a fight. And plot holes you could fly a dragon through.
Not to mention the total Obi Wan Kenobi "I should let the bad guys kill me, they'll never expect THAT" ripoff by Dumbledore.
Being an old guy in fantasy movies really sucks. They're like the Red shirts of fantasy fiction...
 
Just came back from seeing the Deathly Hallows Part 1.

I feel about this one the same way I felt about the last one - maybe even more so. Apparently a person should have read the books in order to understand the relevance of some places, people, and events that haven't been in the movies before but now are suddenly big plot points.

Some things happen in this movie that remind me of other movies:
1. the similarity of how the horcrux affects the personality of the wearer much like how the ringbearer was affected in the LOtR stories.
2. Dumbledore being able to interject on the world of the living, much like Obe Wan Kenobi in Star Wars.

Some times I couldn't get into the narrative because I couldn't understand what Rupert Gint was saying - in particular:
how he found and got possession of the sword that they needed to have to complete an action in this movie

Still, the movie is well made regarding special effects, cinematography, etc. There were quite a few scenes that had me anxious about the lead characters. Helena Bonham Carter is great. Ron Weasley and Hermoine Grainger are still pussyfooting around each other and it is still cute because they are still just a little on the young side, but, anyday now those two are going to jump each other big time. And, I want to know what the heck is going on with Snapes.

In other words, as lost as I felt at times, the story is still pretty compelling. I may just have to break down and read all the books.
 
Thank you! Rupert Grint's mumbling has been an issue since Goblet of Fire. It's like the directors are afraid to tell him to speak up or something. The British probably understand him better upon first hearing, but they should take the rest of the English-speaking world into account as well. (US)

It's true, the movies have been made mostly for fans familiar with the books since Prisoner of Azkaban. There's a lot of stuff they just flash for a few seconds in the backgreound and assume you will pick up on it. But I'm a fan so I don't care so much, lol.

I knew this film was going to be the bleakest of them all, but damn, it's pretty bleak. And too darkly lit, which was a problem with Half Blood Prince too. But again, I'm a fan who takes in these movies like crack so I don't have a lot of quibbles.
 
I've never read the books, but I still enjoy them. I saw this Friday night at the
drive-in, and I liked it. But then again, I easy to please, LoL. I will probably have to see it again though because the drive-in was packed, and we were pretty far back from the screen, so it was hard to focus on the picture.
 
I see that theater when I go to Palestine or Buffalo. We also go out that way for the bluebonnet trails and the festival in Ennis in the spring. Very pretty area and a great place for photographers. I'm about 75 miles to the north and west of Ennis, in the Tarrant County side of the DFW. I don't think there are any drive-ins left over here anywhere.
 
eloisel said:
Just came back from seeing the Deathly Hallows Part 1.

I feel about this one the same way I felt about the last one - maybe even more so. Apparently a person should have read the books in order to understand the relevance of some places, people, and events that haven't been in the movies before but now are suddenly big plot points.

Some things happen in this movie that remind me of other movies:
1. the similarity of how the horcrux affects the personality of the wearer much like how the ringbearer was affected in the LOtR stories.
2. Dumbledore being able to interject on the world of the living, much like Obe Wan Kenobi in Star Wars.

Some times I couldn't get into the narrative because I couldn't understand what Rupert Gint was saying - in particular:
how he found and got possession of the sword that they needed to have to complete an action in this movie
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He didn't --
The doe Patronus that led Harry to the lake where the sword was wasn't Ron's. Harry jumped into the lake to fetch the sword, at which point the horcrux tried to kill Harry. Ron then showed up and pulled both the sword and Harry out of the frozen lake. How Ron found Harry to begin with, when Harry and Hermione's encampment was under protective charms to prevent detection, was through the Deluminator that Dumbledore willed to Ron earlier in the story -- making the Deluminator a subtle Chekov's Gun.

As for Grint's mumbling, I didn't have an issue with it, compared to other actors I've heard in British cinema (I want to say Snatch had some notable offenders, but that's probably my memory playing tricks on me).

What wasn't clear to me was
the two way mirror shard that Harry kept looking into. It obviously came in handy when the trio got busted by the snatchers and tossed into the dungeon at Malfoy Manor (while Bellatrix gleefully tortured Hermione), but its significance was never explained in film, and I'd have to reread the book to remember what and why they have it.

Hope that helps.
 
Soooo.....yeah I'll be seeing it this weekend....I think I've watched one of the HP movies in total, the others I'm not sure. Am I going to enjoy it or will I be completely bored?
 
Mirah said:
Soooo.....yeah I'll be seeing it this weekend....I think I've watched one of the HP movies in total, the others I'm not sure. Am I going to enjoy it or will I be completely bored?
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I've seen the other movies but I've not read the books. This movie and the last one appear to be intended for the audience that has read the books. Many characters and events are discussed and pop up out of nowhere with the assumption that the audience knows their backstory and relevance to the current action. You may not be bored but you might be confused.
 
eloisel said:
I've seen the other movies but I've not read the books. This movie and the last one appear to be intended for the audience that has read the books. Many characters and events are discussed and pop up out of nowhere with the assumption that the audience knows their backstory and relevance to the current action. You may not be bored but you might be confused.
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I saw it, I enjoyed it, then listened to the opinion of those who have seen every HP movie. I was bored a little. Watching it at the IMAX helped.
 
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