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--- Quote from: LeeZion on 12 Jul 2007, 11:43 ---It also would have been fun to see Harry's failed date with Cho, the swamp on the fifth floor, the nifflers and the flying brains.

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Agreed. I think the part I was looking forward to most was Fred and George's departure and they left out the swamp and the firecrackers exploding when people would try to curse them. I was also looking forward to all the rooms that were mentioned in the book when they went through the different doors, but oh well. They did get some of the other awesome parts in there, though, like the Patronus charms flying around the room and Umbridge being carried off by the centaurs. Also, the fight scene was really interesting and well done, but I don't think I cared for the way they killed Sirius in the movie compared to the book. It wasn't supposed to be "OMGZ NOOOOO", but more of a "Where'd he go and why didn't he get up?" (But Sirius was one of my favorite characters, so that's probably why. I was expecting to be really sad about it, but I didn't even get teary eyed. Which for me is really weird.)

Mnementh:
Definitely not the worst, definitely not the best.  It felt rushed, the timing was off, and the climax was too abrupt.  Almost Terry "Oh shit I forgot a plot for this book and now I have twenty pages to stuff all of it into" Prachett abrupt.  And it definitely wasn't dark enough.  Sirius dies people, why the smiles at the end, and the cliched "we've got each other" line.  This was supposed to be the Empire Strikes Back of Harry Potter movies.

That said, I still enjoyed it, though every time Alan Rickman is on screen I think of Hans Gruber, and the "I am going to penetrate your mind" gave me bad flashbacks to Harry Potter slashfic.

Oh and when Hermione and Ron faced off with wands in the practice room I was sorely tempted to pull out my harmonica to set the mood properly.  I doubt any one in the theatre would have gotten it though.

Eris:
About the soundtrack, I'm pretty sure I'll have to see it a few times to be able to make a definite comment on the music. The first time I see movies it's normally "Ooh, pretty music! Back to the actors now", but once I know what's going to happen it's easier to listen to what the soundtrack's trying to do. That being said, I like what I paid attention to a lot.

I also thought it was going to be darker, and some of the lines were disgustingly cheesy. Groan inducingly bad. but it's been like that in all the movies, so I was expecting at least one of them. One of the people who I saw it with was getting all indignant about some of the spells used, but it's gotten tot he point where you go 'It's just a movie, it was never going to be exactly the same as the book, as some things just won't work. Stop whingeing."

Storm Rider:
I haven't seen any of the movies since the first one, and the fifth book is by far my least favorite of the series so I have no plans to see this one.

TrekkieTechie:
StaedlerMars, you really think that someone with no prior LOTR knowledge could sit down, watch Return of the King, and come away understanding what happened and why? I guess I need new movie buddies. Then again, one of the people I saw it with has read the first four books and claims to have not understood anything that occurred on-screen... but then again again, he's not the brightest crayon in the drawer.

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