OOTP movie (maybe spoilers)

[Alia]

Originally Posted by The Upright Man

i wanted more of a point to his death and not harry's seeking out for revenge crap..cmon he was zapped then harry fcuked off sumwher to fail a spell...after that chapter in the book i was dumbfounded for upto an hour afterwards, it made me stop reading for that long ino...sum powerful shaite...in the film it was like this

bella:avarda kedavra (she used expeliamous [??] in the book)
[flash of green light..siruis looks at harry even though death was meant to be instantaneous and whoosh he was gone]
a SINGULAR second passes and wham harry has tried to punish bella

all of that took about 15 seconds

You wanted more of a point to his death? Again, did you miss the inner struggle Harry had? This story isn't about Sirius, it's about Harry!

BTW, Moderators here on this forum might not take kindly to your spelling of curse words you may want to use * instead of the actual letters.

[The Upright Man]

all i see is fcuked and shaite and that aint swearing its using softer words for the same meeaning

same and gosh and egards

and i no its about harry but still his inner struggle wasnt shown well on film as the scene was over in seconds

[Majimaune]

Oh whats the problem? What inner struggle. You can't hear any of his thoughts in a movie. If you hadn't read the book I doubt you would have got much of the movie.

[Alia]

Originally Posted by The Upright Man

all i see is fcuked and shaite and that aint swearing its using softer words for the same meeaning

same and gosh and egards

and i no its about harry but still his inner struggle wasnt shown well on film as the scene was over in seconds

*shakes head* And how old are you? 13? Upright you have been warned. This is a family site and words that 'resimlbe' other words with the same meaning aren't favored here! Those words are NOT the same as gosh and egards.

[Majimaune]

Sensor those words as well.

Back to the thread now....

[Commonmind]

I see Alia's point, but that does not mean I disagree with you Upright. The way we perceive something is subjective, and obviously you thought differently of the scene in question. I think they did a beautiful job translating the emotion on-screen through Harry's actions, and I felt their change in the details of events also suited the film. It would have been campy and superfluous to carry on the scene any longer than it had already been, simply to appease the audience of readers, when we, of all people, understand exactly how Sirius's death made us (and Harry) feel. The part of the audience that did not experience Harry's turmoil through the literature likely felt their own twinges of pain; quite a few of them were attached to Sirius as well, just by his presence and relationship to Harry from the preceding films. Three of my close, personal friends are fans of the movies, and have yet to pick up any of the H.P. books. All of them were deeply saddened by Sirius's demise -- one even cried (quite obnoxiously) and ranted about how very unfair it was.

Critiques of the film are definitely welcome in the thread, but if you feel very strongly that the filmmakers made a drastic oversight, at least try to be a bit objective about it, and think for a moment of how difficult a task it was to do what it was they were doing. Even then, if you still feel as if they didn't pay justice to the books, then call it a bad show and move on, rather than make an argument of opinions. Apples and Oranges, as the adage goes.

[Alia]

Originally Posted by Commonmind

Critiques of the film are definitely welcome in the thread, but if you feel very strongly that the filmmakers made a drastic oversight, at least try to be a bit objective about it, and think for a moment of how difficult a task it was to do what it was they were doing. Even then, if you still feel as if they didn't pay justice to the books, then call it a bad show and move on, rather than make an argument of opinions. Apples and Oranges, as the adage goes.

Something we tend to forget is, a movie is just another way of telling a story. This was the director's point of view of the same story. Of course it's going to be different in some ways. It doesn't make it wrong, just different.

Commonmind, your words are perfect! Thank you!

[Commonmind]

And your avatar rocks

[Majimaune]

I didn't like most of the stuff in the room of requirement that much. I thought that was a bit poorly done.

[The Upright Man]

yes it was...it was meant to be full with books on spells and fluffy cushions and the whistle

[The Upright Man]

THE KISS sucked big time as well

[Majimaune]

Yeah. I didn't like that at all. Big anti-climax after all they were building it up to be.

[PTeppic]

Trying to remember back that far: it didn't seem too bad for (certainly his) first kiss, in fact it was a bit confident and experienced for a first one. As for the Room, it took weeks and weeks of computer artistry to remove all the shots of the crew from the mirrors, and baked like an oven too. But cushions, as written, would have been useful.

[kythe]

I just saw the movie, and I really enjoyed it. I hadn't liked Prisoner of Azkaban because I felt the pacing was off and it emphasized the wrong parts. Order of the Phoenix made some changes to the story, but I liked the theme and how it really concentrated on Harry and Voldemort.

I loved the special effects too. The movie was visually stunning without taking away from character development. Good acting all around, though Daniel Radcliffe in particular has really grown in his acting ability.

Oh, and I agree about the first kiss. It wasn't that it was bad, it's that it was too good to be a first kiss. :/ Oh well, can't have everything.

[Majimaune]

Originally Posted by kythe

though Daniel Radcliffe in particular has really grown in his acting ability.

Its good though because now instead of having zero acting capacity he has about five.