AvsGirl41
New Yorker
beau2ifulday said:All I feel is that it needed alot more Lucius Malfoy in it.
I am VERY excited to see #4 because of Lucius.
I secretly root for him in the books...
beau2ifulday said:All I feel is that it needed alot more Lucius Malfoy in it.
corianderstem said:
So yeah. What did I take away from the movie? Inappropriate hotness of young men.
Kristie said:
I also noticed there were a lot of very young children there. Like, in the 3-4 years age range. After reading the book (and seeing the PG-13 rating) I would NEVER take my children to see that in the theater, and doubly so now that I've actually seen it myself. Talk about nightmares.
corianderstem said:So yeah. What did I take away from the movie? Inappropriate hotness of young men. [/B]
AvsGirl41 said:I saw it this afternoon, I really liked it. Vast improvement over Azakaban.
My biggest complaint is Michael Gough as Dumbledore. The man has no dignity and no subtlety. Dumbledore grabbing Harry and throwing him around?? What?? And the end--he's about to give a somber speech and he's twitching with his sleeve like a drug addict. It's even reflected in his dirty, shabby costumes.
WHY didn't they get Peter O'Toole??? It's like Gough plays it just to be different than Richard Harris, rather than borrowing what was brilliant about his performance.
I loved the Durmstrang students though. Their costumes were great. I wanted to hear Victor say "Her-my-o-nin-nee" though!
Cedric was gorgeous! And Ralph Fiennes was, of course, excellent. I must have seen a fake picture of him as Voldemort--I went in going "Oh, I saw it, he's terrifying" and then was totally surprised.
And I loved seeing Lucius Malfoy again. Can't wait for #5 so he finally gets some scenery to chew again.
i feel like such a dirty girl for noticing this, too.AvsGirl41 said:Cedric was gorgeous!
i am such a sucker for that rosy skin.AvsGirl41 said:He has that beautiful rosy English skin...
lmjhitman said:
i feel like such a dirty girl for noticing this, too.
is this kid even 20??!
lmjhitman said:
and am i the only one who thinks that emma watson is a terrible actress? it seemed to me that she overacted in practically every scene. her eyebrows were all over the place when she was speaking - it was really distracting.
AvsGirl41 said:
And I loved seeing Lucius Malfoy again. Can't wait for #5 so he finally gets some scenery to chew again.
beau2ifulday said:
I hope so, since he sure as hell isn't going to be getting much in film 6
Hopefully there will be more of Draco/Lucius/Snape in the next film. I like the bad characters - they tend to being in some good comedy to it in places
AvsGirl41 said:
I was so annoyed they cut him out of POA! There was no good reason to do that. I thought, continuity wise, it was important to keep Lucius in the mix and show how much legitimate power the dark wizards had grabbed.
It doesnt sound like Jason Isaacs has read book 5 yet, and I'm shocked.
Have you been here? They have really good screen captures...
Jason Isaacs Photo Album
AvsGirl41 said:
He has that beautiful rosy English skin...
beau2ifulday said:
I have never seen that website in my life...
This one is rather good too http://www.jason-isaacs.netfirms.com/luciusscenebyscene.htm - they have alot more screen captures up
I don't even remember him being mentioned in PofA . I thought he may have shown up because he enodied the whole pantomime villain (boohiss) idea quite well, but alas, no.
Snape doesn't quite cut it as the charismatic handsome villain
GibsonGirl said:I'm not even going to see it. Why? I'm afraid it'll mar what fond memories I have of the actual book.
I grew up with Harry Potter. To this day, I can still remember exactly what it felt like being a nerdy little thirteen-year-old in the days leading up to the release of The Goblet Of Fire. So I got into the game a little later than some of the older fans did (just after The Prisoner Of Azkaban hit the shelves), but it was still quite a while before all the movie talk started.
When GOF arrived, I was beside myself with joy. I even bunked school just to get the whole thing read in one sitting (I seem to recall quite a few of my classmates doing the same thing.) At that age, the whole idea of reading a book of that length in two days seemed almost unimaginable, but I did it. And I loved every moment of it. The trip to the Burrow, the Quidditch World Cup (especially the leprechauns - I was only just getting into U2 at that time, and imagined all of them looking like Bono), the horror of the Dark Mark, the journey back to Hogwarts, the excitement of the tasks, Malfoy the bouncing ferret, SPEW, Lord Voldemort, the death of Cedric... It all just blew my mind. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
When the first movie came out, I was very excited. I thought, how cool to see my favourite characters on the big screen! But that just turned out to be a huge disappointment. I hated it that my mental images of the characters/settings were completely destroyed by a film that seemed to be concerned with only one thing - special effects.
So I don't want to risk all that I remember of GOF on some lame, half-arsed butchering of the story. I haven't enjoyed any of the movies so far (I'm so sick and bloody tired of seeing that effing CGI Dobby in my head whenever I read the books, now) and I doubt I'd enjoy this latest attempt. One of my greatest complaints with the movies is their complete disregard for JK Rowling's sense of humour. And I mean complete disregard. It's just flashy special effect here, flashy special effect there, stupid CGI character, more flashy special effects, silly scene hopping, etc.
Warner Bros. should have never gotten their filthy hands on Harry Potter. I'll just stick to the books.