Went to see this a couple of days ago,great film followed the book quite well I thought,to follow the book in more detail you would have a film about 5 hours long mm not a bad idea 
.I really enjoyed the part where they meet up with Matilda Bagshott who as it turned out was Voldies snake,when it came flying back out of the hole that it had been blasted into my wife jump out of her seat as it came flying towards them,got a crack round the ear for laughing at her .Looking forward to the next one and also when it is released on DVD.
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lol, yeah. I knew it was come'n and I still flinched a little. Sometimes you just can't help it.
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Originally Posted by Prof_Radburn
I really enjoyed the part where they meet up with Matilda Bagshott who as it turned out was Voldies snake,when it came flying back out of the hole that it had been blasted into my wife jump out of her seat as it came flying towards them,got a crack round the ear for laughing at her
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See. this here is why, if I haven't read a book beforehand when a movie comes out I always watch the movie first. I have learnt from past experience that if I read the book first, I will be looking for things in the movie, that might not make it, and it lessensed my enjoyment of the movie. Whilst if I see the movie first, then read the book, the book adds to the experience of the movie. I get to find out the internal workings of the scenes, like why someone does what they do in the movie. What was this character's thought process and so forth. It also gives me voices and images for my mental screen to play off of the events in the book.|
Originally Posted by Father Xmas
I saw it, it was good. Now how many of you were mentally comparing each scene in the movie with the one from the novel? That actually was the most distracting part to me as I couldn't help myself doing that rather than simply enjoying the film.
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So far, in my opinion, what was left out of the Potter movies from the books has not affected the story much at all - with the exception of Half-Blood Prince. In the book, Hermione and Ron had done much more research on this person. They had pretty much figured out that it was Snape (which of course Harry rejected for his own reasons - dislike of Snape being a big part). In the movie, there's a mention of Hermione going to the library, and mentions/showing that Harry is rather obsessed with reading his Adcanced Potions book and that's it until the end when Snape confesses that he is the Half-Blood Prince. Comparing those two leaves me disappointed in the film's dealing with the subject. Especially since it was the name of the movie. To only have it mentioned twice in the movie really made no sense.
On the other hand some things that the movies have added have been better than the books. In the movies, we can see that in HBP and DHp1 that Draco is scared spitless of Voldie. The books didn't convey this as well to me. I also liked how in HBP we actually see Draco repairing the Vanishing Cabinet. In the book, Harry knew that Draco was doing something in the Room of Requirement (and was rather obsessed with finding out about it), but we never know what he was doing until the end, when Hogwarts is invaded.
So yeah, always watch the movie first. I have the last book, but haven't cracked it open yet - and won't until next June - just to preserve my experience of the movie. And then I will probably go and reread all the books in order before I read the Deathly Hollows.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
I saw it, it was good. Now how many of you were mentally comparing each scene in the movie with the one from the novel? That actually was the most distracting part to me as I couldn't help myself doing that rather than simply enjoying the film. Didn't really miss the parts they dropped and I liked showing instead of explaining, such as what Hermione did to protect her parents. Too many instances of "lets explain things in great detail" in the last few novels.
I also may have been in mourning over my favorite theater which was bought out back in March. For a while they were keeping all the specials from the old management including discount Tuesday's where all tickets to all showings, including 3D, was at one low price, less than even the standard matinee price along with a couple dollar discount on a small soda and popcorn. It was still in effect last August when I went to Scott Pilgrim but alas that's all gone now.  |
I think the movie caught the book's essence pretty well, and how isolated they really felt (the staticky radio captures this nicely). The main things I don't like (that they really shouldn't have left out) is Harry's maturation and also Voldemort's presence. He's there in the beginning, but Godric's Hollow and the Malfoy's manor had an added terror to them because Voldemort is coming, Voldemort is getting closer, Voldemort is there!
Still, I'd say this is one of the better Potter movies. The best two are still The Order of the Phoenix and The Prisoner of Azkaban. They managed to capture the essence of those two stories and characters, and worked quite well as movies.
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Originally Posted by Prof_Radburn
Went to see this a couple of days ago,great film followed the book quite well I thought,to follow the book in more detail you would have a film about 5 hours long mm not a bad idea
.I really enjoyed the part where they meet up with Matilda Bagshott who as it turned out was Voldies snake,when it came flying back out of the hole that it had been blasted into my wife jump out of her seat as it came flying towards them,got a crack round the ear for laughing at her .Looking forward to the next one and also when it is released on DVD. |
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Originally Posted by Samothrake
See. this here is why, if I haven't read a book beforehand when a movie comes out I always watch the movie first. I have learnt from past experience that if I read the book first, I will be looking for things in the movie, that might not make it, and it lessensed my enjoyment of the movie. Whilst if I see the movie first, then read the book, the book adds to the experience of the movie. I get to find out the internal workings of the scenes, like why someone does what they do in the movie. What was this character's thought process and so forth. It also gives me voices and images for my mental screen to play off of the events in the book.
So far, in my opinion, what was left out of the Potter movies from the books has not affected the story much at all - with the exception of Half-Blood Prince. In the book, Hermione and Ron had done much more research on this person. They had pretty much figured out that it was Snape (which of course Harry rejected for his own reasons - dislike of Snape being a big part). In the movie, there's a mention of Hermione going to the library, and mentions/showing that Harry is rather obsessed with reading his Adcanced Potions book and that's it until the end when Snape confesses that he is the Half-Blood Prince. Comparing those two leaves me disappointed in the film's dealing with the subject. Especially since it was the name of the movie. To only have it mentioned twice in the movie really made no sense. On the other hand some things that the movies have added have been better than the books. In the movies, we can see that in HBP and DHp1 that Draco is scared spitless of Voldie. The books didn't convey this as well to me. I also liked how in HBP we actually see Draco repairing the Vanishing Cabinet. In the book, Harry knew that Draco was doing something in the Room of Requirement (and was rather obsessed with finding out about it), but we never know what he was doing until the end, when Hogwarts is invaded. So yeah, always watch the movie first. I have the last book, but haven't cracked it open yet - and won't until next June - just to preserve my experience of the movie. And then I will probably go and reread all the books in order before I read the Deathly Hollows. |
I dunno about the Draco stuff, though. It's pretty clear in Half Blood Prince that he doesn't quite want to do what he is doing for Voldemort, and that he is doing it more for his family than anything (Dumbledore emphasizes this when he is talking with Draco). But you haven't read the seventh book yet, either, I'm forgetting. You'll see more of that.
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After seeing HP7a again today (and enjoying it just as much the 2nd time), one thing I noticed about the animation sequence...
... did anyone else get the impression how Death looked an AWFUL lot like Voldemort? Those flowing style robes, that body language... I really wonder if the animators were watching Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort when they did the modelling for Death.
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Hmmm, no I didn't. He looked like a lot of images of death I have seen, so I didn't look closely enough to see if there were similarities. I'll have to look next time. Not sure if that was a good choice if it is true, as Voldemort is trying to avoid/taunt death as much as the first two brothers (I noted that the two brothers often have skeletal hands, though, and I think the third brother is never shown to have that: he always has a very human face for the animation, whereas the others are more in outline. I rather liked that choice).
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Saw it last week, really enjoyed it.
Personally I thought the movie worked with the material a little better (more streamlined) than it was depicted in the books. Book 7 was great and all but the first half meandered and I felt the movie kept it tight and to the point.
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Late to the party, but I really enjoyed it. It definitely kept to the spirit of the book in most respects, and I wasn't harumphing in indignation when it strayed. It even ended where I expected it would. July can't come soon enough.
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Is it just me, or did they not use the invisability cloak AT ALL in the movie, where in the book they use it as much as possible?
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I would say the opposite. Being that Death has long been shown as a tall thin cloaked being usually kinda hunch backed etc. I would almost say that Voldemort more then anything has styled himself after death.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
After seeing HP7a again today (and enjoying it just as much the 2nd time), one thing I noticed about the animation sequence...
... did anyone else get the impression how Death looked an AWFUL lot like Voldemort? Those flowing style robes, that body language... I really wonder if the animators were watching Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort when they did the modelling for Death. Is it July yet? Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
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Ya the cloak was in the book much more then the movie, which like you i fail to think of a single instance of its use or mention. Seems like in the book there was something mentioned when they learned of the hallows and the "perfect" cloak that when trying to convince Herm that they were real and not just a kids story Ron or someone used Harry's cloak as an example. But its hard to think now if that was in the movie. |
Originally Posted by Arbegla
Is it just me, or did they not use the invisability cloak AT ALL in the movie, where in the book they use it as much as possible?
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In the book they used it in the Ministry, infact harry used it to move around in the ministry rather then relying on the potions. They also took to moving around under it when ron had left them to prevent them from being seen on arival before the protective charms were in place.
But ya being that it was one of the hallows you kinda would think that they would have mentioned it or shown its use at some point, as of right now Harry could have just have easily forgot to bring it along.
I saw it, it was good. Now how many of you were mentally comparing each scene in the movie with the one from the novel? That actually was the most distracting part to me as I couldn't help myself doing that rather than simply enjoying the film. Didn't really miss the parts they dropped and I liked showing instead of explaining, such as what Hermione did to protect her parents. Too many instances of "lets explain things in great detail" in the last few novels.
I also may have been in mourning over my favorite theater which was bought out back in March. For a while they were keeping all the specials from the old management including discount Tuesday's where all tickets to all showings, including 3D, was at one low price, less than even the standard matinee price along with a couple dollar discount on a small soda and popcorn. It was still in effect last August when I went to Scott Pilgrim but alas that's all gone now.
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