irishjayhawk |
07-08-2009 01:42 PM |
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Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding
(Post 5887483)
I never read the Harry Potter books, but the movies are pretty much always blockbuster hits. I'll be seeing this for sure this weekend.
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I'm an avid HP fan and I gotta say with the exception of #3, the movies - for the lack of a better term - suck balls. Ugh.
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Originally Posted by Swanman
(Post 5887497)
So far, with the exception of Prisoner of Azkaban, the movies have kinda sucked compared to the books. Being a Stephen King fan, I am used to that. Hopefully with the last 3 movies covering the last two books, they remain more faithful to the books.
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Originally Posted by Reaper16
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Alfonso Cuaron is the man.
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Yep. Both apply.
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Originally Posted by Oceanic815Survivor
(Post 5887510)
In their defense though the books are really long and have a lot of info which will not always work in a 150 minute movie
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See, I understand that movies need to have some liberties over their adaptations. Take I Am Legend for example. Brilliant book worthy of adaptation. I even grant the whole manickan aspect (which isn't in the book) to portray his inner mind (basically the whole book). That was clever and I bought it. The end, however, was atrocious. It's not even a bastard child of the book. It's horrendous. Period.
Then take HP. Book 5 had an awesome climax and resolution. The book barely scraps it. It should have been 2 movies just like 7. The Minstry battle was absurd with little blobs flying around. Ugh, it was pathetic.
I could go on for hours about the movies being utter wastes of time. For now, I'll just say I await the remakes when people who grew up reading them make the movies rather than filmmakers who are capitalizing on the wave of those reading and growing up on them. I think those future movies will slaughter these.
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Originally Posted by frazod
(Post 5887529)
Never read the books, either. I really liked all the movies except for Goblet of Fire, which was just okay.
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At least we both agree #4 is worse than the rest. Though I would substitute: "a bag of dog shit is better than 4" instead of "okay".
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