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It's finally ending, Harry
pwhodges:
Who's going to admit to queueing up at midnight to buy any of the books on release? I'll start the ball rolling by admitting to having done that at least twice <blush>, but I'll recover slightly from the embarrassment by pointing out that I did it for my wife, who got to read them before going to sleep.
Jimmy the Squid:
I went to the midnight screening of this on Tuesday (I suppose the one good thing about Australia is that we get some films earlier than usual) and it was awesome. Yes they cut a lot out but the pacing was great and they kept everything important and did it really really really well. The 3D was great, probably the best I've seen since Avatar but definitely catch the 2D if you get motion sickness.
I loved the books and the films. I don't much care that they weren't the best written books or the most well-acted films, frankly. The world was something I truly wanted to be a part of, the characters were all interesting and multidimensional (well, main characters anyway) and the whole thing, from the first book to the last film, has brought me enough joy to keep me re-reading and re-watching for a while yet.
sean:
just got back from seeing it, still collecting my thoughts. i definitely liked it, but the movie felt really really rushed to me. and im not sure why, but im really bugged by the fact that they kind of brushed over the fact that fred died. i dunno why, just seems like something that shouldn't of been cut.
Lupercal:
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 15 Jul 2011, 05:04 ---
Bear in mind that the first book is tiny and a lot easier to make into a film. You try taking a book as thick as Order of the Phoenix and making it into a film that doesn't skim over most of the finer details. Even Rowling said: "It is simply impossible to incorporate every one of my storylines into a film that has to be kept under four hours long."
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Yep, this is why I feel that Part 1 was great, because they spent time doing things. Scenes of just characters remembering, like the part where Harry has his final look at the cupboard under the stairs. If this was just one film, they definitely wouldn't have time for scenes like that. Almost makes you think they should've been two-parters since Goblet, but it obviously isn't viable.
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 15 Jul 2011, 07:02 ---I'm hoping to go in a couple of weeks, when it won't be so crowded and my brother will be here to visit. The first book came out when I was six, and one of my most vivid memories of being younger than about 11 was bounding along next to my mum all excited about this book which someone had brought into school - it was the second book, so I must have been about eight at the time. I was asking her if we could get it, not knowing that she had already bought it for me. I think I read it on holiday and then went back to read the first one.
It is very odd to have grown up with a series in this way. I feel like I'm exactly the right age - I was old enough at the beginning to enjoy the books, and I'm young enough now to still enjoy the films and books in a very similar way without all kinds of adult life getting in the way. It amazes me when my peers say that they have never read the books or seen the films; how on earth did they grow up at the same time as me, in the same country, and miss something that big?
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This is weirdly similar to how I got into the series - a day when my primary school had a book company come in and set up stands in our hall, and I remember looking at the Chamber of Secrets cover and thinking "this looks COOL" so read that, then the first book, and my love for the series continued on from there. It is entirely weird that people I know have missed Harry Potter, especially when the majority of the actors, the writer, and the films themselves are all from Britain. Props to JK, she made sure that although the films were financed by a Hollywood company, they were made in England.
pwhodges:
I just read that the HP films have taken more than all the Bond films ever or all the Star Wars films ever.
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