Harry Potter movies
we all remember what happened when j.k Rowling game Warner brothers 100 creative control the first movie was good but then it started to get a disaster.
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But then, I've never read the books. Maybe they ruined something that I'm not aware of.
Harry Potter and the order of phoenix was pathetic they cut 75% of the book and it was the largest children book in history 900 pages instead of making 2 films of order of phoenix their making a 2 film part harry potter and the deathly hallow. Plus order of the phoenix was a very dark film.
The first two HP movies had a lot of the books' plotlines in them, but they lacked soul and magic, and were far too long and poorly paced.
HP3 was a much better film - lean, well paced, good cinematography and not too long. Darker edge too.
HP4 (the best of the books, IMO) was a good enough film, but still dragged a bit.
HP5 is the worst of the books. It might be 900 pages long, TomSuperman, but in those 900 pages NOTHING HAPPENS! It's terrible. The only plot worthy stuff is in the last 100 pages. That said, I'm stupendously amazed at how good the film compares. They cut out 99% of the crap of the book, all of the tedious subplots and just got to the meat of what happened in the book - and it made the film somewhat watchable!
HP6 (book) is also long and tedious - 800 or so pages and it's 99% backstory, and not plot! HP7 was a much better book, and did well at pulling together loose plot threads from the previous books as well as introducing new information to drive its plot forward.
I will still see the remaining films, but I still reckon getting Alfonso Cuaron back would be a good move. David Yates (HP5) is supposedly directing the remaining films, which may be OK, I guess, but I think Cuaron captured the dark edge needed...
So, about those Bone movies?
Many people didn't like Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix film because it was very dark.Maybe it was suited to a TV series.Point is that they would probably do that to the largest bone book and they weren't given 90% good review for the films despite the massive budget while many low budget films are liked better than harry potter and i do mean many.
Of deathly hallows.
EDIT: Damn you Eh! Steve! I was too late!
The 1st 2 films are good family films but not great movies, when they brought in the new directors and made the series darker, it became more worth watching and closer to the books. JK doesn't hide the darknress of reality just because it's a kids book, thats one reason why kids love it so much. She doesn't bullshit them.
You'd call Voldemort's head coming out the back of Quirrel's light hearted?
In my opinion, HP5 was is the best film so far. The whole direction of it was excellent, especially Harry's nightmares and going in his and Snape's mind. It also sounds awesome in the cinema.
I think 4 did it best. (Although the book is still infinitely better, of course.)
Jurassic Park, for instance, might have made a terrible direct/episodic adaptation. Reinventing content to improve the film is a good thing, and the books will still be there
However I will concede that so many characters die in the Deathly Hallows that it will be an absurd sapfest in a single film, so good for them for splitting it up.
Yes, but Spielberg isn't directing the Harry Potter movies
Also, the rock band was referenced within the books. Personally, I enjoyed that scene because everything Jarvis Cocker touches is gold, as far as I'm concerned.
Everything Cocker touches to me, turns to poop to me.
But having the rock band makes it more like a realistic teen prom/dance. How may parties are you going to go to and there will be classical music or something playing? Hows how kids par-tay.
They were human and even if you were going to put them you would expect them to be very flashy and breaking all the laws of science like no gravity.Anyway the whole film of book 5 was fine.Sure some people do not like dark but when any story isn't horror and it becomes as dark as horror then it always sucks.Anyone remember lemony snicket's series of unfortunate events.
what are you really saying that if a story (film, game, novel, tv show) is dark(as a horror) and not part of the horror genre it is automatically bad?
because if you are then i disagree there are many examples of very dark mediums that are considered to be good or better by myself and others.
Anyone in the 90% on rotten tomatoes.
schindlers list
children of men
pulp fiction
blade runner
full metal jacket
good enough
I tried to read Lemony once but it irrated the shit out of me. Every 3rd sentance was like 'something's bad's gonna happen' well duh. Kinda of said what happened before it did.
The books are alot better than the movies anyway.
Probably was, it just annoyed me. Alot.