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new Harry Potter film
I hated it. it is a dark and grubby movie with dark and grubby "realistic" sets.
the director stripped nearly all the magic out of the film ... and stripped out all the fun and warmth. yech.... Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
new Harry Potter film
I hated it. it is a dark and grubby movie with dark and grubby "realistic" sets. the director stripped nearly all the magic out of the film ... and stripped out all the fun and warmth. yech.... Ingrid Glad I decided to wait until it was on TV to watch it, if it is that yucky. |
new Harry Potter film
wrote in message ... I hated it. it is a dark and grubby movie with dark and grubby "realistic" sets. the director stripped nearly all the magic out of the film ... and stripped out all the fun and warmth. yech.... Ingrid What about Shrek 2? BV. |
new Harry Potter film
It wasnt as good as the first. like MIB 2 wasnt as good as the original. but at
least they didnt put in a Kafkaeske overtones and make it an "edgier" movie. a lot of the critics use terminology when describing this HP that is really a cover for all that it lacks. England is lush and green and foggy and that is why it is a good setting for magical, for Stonehenge, for the Arthurian tales. Cuaron created this overly bright, rocky steep sloped setting and light it so that every pimple shows. on everything. everything looks old and old in a worn out and unloved way. double yeck. Ingrid "Benign Vanilla" wrote: What about Shrek 2? BV. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
new Harry Potter film
wrote in message ... It wasnt as good as the first. like MIB 2 wasnt as good as the original. but at least they didnt put in a Kafkaeske overtones and make it an "edgier" movie. a lot of the critics use terminology when describing this HP that is really a cover for all that it lacks. England is lush and green and foggy and that is why it is a good setting for magical, for Stonehenge, for the Arthurian tales. Cuaron created this overly bright, rocky steep sloped setting and light it so that every pimple shows. on everything. everything looks old and old in a worn out and unloved way. double yeck. Ingrid Sounds like you are as passionate about this as I am about the LoTR series. BV. |
new Harry Potter film
Wow, really sorry to hear that. I had read that they had stripped the movie
of all but the bones of the book (which explains how the longer book could be a shorter movie).... The books however do get darker as they go along.... still this should not take away from the magic.... Changing directors ruined Aliens III in my book. I hope they get their act back together for the following ones. wrote in message ... I hated it. it is a dark and grubby movie with dark and grubby "realistic" sets. the director stripped nearly all the magic out of the film ... and stripped out all the fun and warmth. yech.... Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
new Harry Potter film
I dont know where they get the idea of "darker".... the later books have more serious
parts as the kids grow older. People get really hurt, people die. English childrens books are not as "fluffy". The lemony snicket (sp?) series is supposed to show kids with difficulty (which I will read if I can get em back from my step sister!). Rowling is a very VERY tight writer. on her website she even talks about characters she has dumped cause while interesting they didnt forward the story properly. so stripping stuff out of her books for the movies is very hard indeed. they have dumped this director for one more like chris columbus from the first two, but then I hear they are doing GoF in a single movie, not two which is going to be very hard indeed seeing how everything is so tight already and the book is 600? pages long. Rowling balances the good with the bad. this last movie stripped out all the good and focused on the bad. Like the quiddich game where he falls when the dementors get in (they left this in). But after he learns the patronus charm the next quiddich game Malfoy et all show up looking like dementors but HP zaps em good and wins the game to great celebration (they left this out). some of these directors are morons. I dont think many of them had a nice childhood so they are going to ruin every one elses .... it isnt like we dont have enough of horror in reality without trying to poison and destroy the fantasy world too. Ingrid "dkat" wrote: Wow, really sorry to hear that. I had read that they had stripped the movie of all but the bones of the book (which explains how the longer book could be a shorter movie).... The books however do get darker as they go along.... still this should not take away from the magic.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
new Harry Potter film
wrote in message ... I hated it. it is a dark and grubby movie with dark and grubby "realistic" sets. the director stripped nearly all the magic out of the film ... and stripped out all the fun and warmth. yech.... Ingrid Harry Potter is the work of the Devil and should be shunned for the deviant filth it is. http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1199/potter.html |
new Harry Potter film
Harry Potter is the work of the Devil and should be shunned for the deviant filth it is. Go away Troll. |
new Harry Potter film
"Evil Noodle" wrote in message news:5Yrwc.144$SC4.67@newsfe5-win... wrote in message ... I hated it. it is a dark and grubby movie with dark and grubby "realistic" sets. the director stripped nearly all the magic out of the film ... and stripped out all the fun and warmth. yech.... Ingrid Harry Potter is the work of the Devil and should be shunned for the deviant filth it is. http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1199/potter.html Perhaps a troll, but the web site is hilarious! Jacqui |
new Harry Potter film
I have used the term 'darker' because that is the word that others use
(English is not my first language despite the fact that the U.S. of A is where I was born and raised - maybe I should say because this is where I was born and raised...). It is odd that I thoroughly enjoy the Harry Potter books as an adult but still see them as "children's" books and for that reason find myself shocked when a "good" character actually dies or when it seems that evil wins out or gets stronger. I suppose that this is what I mean by getting darker... As the series develops the "dark side" seems to gain more and more power and even though Harry continues to conquer his problems, there is the feeling that he has won a small battle only to develop the strength to face the bigger one facing him in the near future. Each ending seems to have more of a sense of suspense and greater danger ahead. I suppose that is just life but it is not what I think of as the ending of "children's" books. It is certainly appropriate though and very well done (except Damn it where are the 6th and 7th book!!!! How much suspense are we expected to deal with! :) ). Anyway, I will have to see the 3rd movie and enjoy it for the characters themselves - filling in the missing and necessary parts in my minds view. I may though now not go to the theatre and just wait for the DVD to come out to voice my opinion of them cutting things to the bone with my $$$. I'll see what my son says tonight (he and I have the same read on things). IMO It really is insane of them not to make 2 movies out of the larger books. Once they have things set up and rolling, the return on the money has to be far greater doing 2 movies rather than one. If nothing else, they should do an extended version they can sell on the DVD as they did for LOTR. Sighhh - I hope this doesn't turn into them doing things on the cheap because they think they have a captive audience. wrote in message ... I dont know where they get the idea of "darker".... the later books have more serious parts as the kids grow older. People get really hurt, people die. English childrens books are not as "fluffy". The lemony snicket (sp?) series is supposed to show kids with difficulty (which I will read if I can get em back from my step sister!). Rowling is a very VERY tight writer. on her website she even talks about characters she has dumped cause while interesting they didnt forward the story properly. so stripping stuff out of her books for the movies is very hard indeed. they have dumped this director for one more like chris columbus from the first two, but then I hear they are doing GoF in a single movie, not two which is going to be very hard indeed seeing how everything is so tight already and the book is 600? pages long. Rowling balances the good with the bad. this last movie stripped out all the good and focused on the bad. Like the quiddich game where he falls when the dementors get in (they left this in). But after he learns the patronus charm the next quiddich game Malfoy et all show up looking like dementors but HP zaps em good and wins the game to great celebration (they left this out). some of these directors are morons. I dont think many of them had a nice childhood so they are going to ruin every one elses .... it isnt like we dont have enough of horror in reality without trying to poison and destroy the fantasy world too. Ingrid "dkat" wrote: Wow, really sorry to hear that. I had read that they had stripped the movie of all but the bones of the book (which explains how the longer book could be a shorter movie).... The books however do get darker as they go along.... still this should not take away from the magic.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
new Harry Potter film
I've not yet seen the latest HP movie, but this may be in keeping with the
author's feeling that things were going to be "darker" in the series (although I thought she meant in HP 4, with the first death of a character). I do confess, though, that I was dismayed to read somewhere that the author "does not know if Harry will live to be an adult." As for the other movies (further down in this thread), hubby & I were charmed by Shrek on DVD, and exclaimed that it was so great to see a movie that we could enjoy with our granddaughter! Neither of us ever having read LOTR, we managed only about 10 minutes of the first (DVD) movie before we gave up. Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC wrote in message ... I hated it. it is a dark and grubby movie with dark and grubby "realistic" sets. the director stripped nearly all the magic out of the film ... and stripped out all the fun and warmth. yech.... Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
new Harry Potter film
"axeman chris" wrote in message ... "Evil Noodle" wrote in message news:5Yrwc.144$SC4.67@newsfe5-win... wrote in message ... I hated it. it is a dark and grubby movie with dark and grubby "realistic" sets. the director stripped nearly all the magic out of the film ... and stripped out all the fun and warmth. yech.... Ingrid Harry Potter is the work of the Devil and should be shunned for the deviant filth it is. http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1199/potter.html Perhaps a troll, but the web site is hilarious! I almost thought it was real. BV. |
new Harry Potter film
I have used the term 'darker' because that is the word that others use
(English is not my first language despite the fact that the U.S. of A is where I was born and raised - maybe I should say because this is where I was born and raised...). It is odd that I thoroughly enjoy the Harry Potter books as an adult but still see them as "children's" books and for that reason find myself shocked when a "good" character actually dies or when it seems that evil wins out or gets stronger. I suppose that this is what I mean by getting darker... As the series develops the "dark side" seems to gain more and more power and even though Harry continues to conquer his problems, there is the feeling that he has won a small battle only to develop the strength to face the bigger one facing him in the near future. Each ending seems to have more of a sense of suspense and greater danger ahead. I suppose that is just life but it is not what I think of as the ending of "children's" books. It is certainly appropriate though and very well done (except Damn it where are the 6th and 7th book!!!! How much suspense are we expected to deal with! :) ). Anyway, I will have to see the 3rd movie and enjoy it for the characters themselves - filling in the missing and necessary parts in my minds view. I may though now not go to the theatre and just wait for the DVD to come out to voice my opinion of them cutting things to the bone with my $$$. I'll see what my son says tonight (he and I have the same read on things). IMO It really is insane of them not to make 2 movies out of the larger books. Once they have things set up and rolling, the return on the money has to be far greater doing 2 movies rather than one. If nothing else, they should do an extended version they can sell on the DVD as they did for LOTR. Sighhh - I hope this doesn't turn into them doing things on the cheap because they think they have a captive audience. wrote in message ... I dont know where they get the idea of "darker".... the later books have more serious parts as the kids grow older. People get really hurt, people die. English childrens books are not as "fluffy". The lemony snicket (sp?) series is supposed to show kids with difficulty (which I will read if I can get em back from my step sister!). Rowling is a very VERY tight writer. on her website she even talks about characters she has dumped cause while interesting they didnt forward the story properly. so stripping stuff out of her books for the movies is very hard indeed. they have dumped this director for one more like chris columbus from the first two, but then I hear they are doing GoF in a single movie, not two which is going to be very hard indeed seeing how everything is so tight already and the book is 600? pages long. Rowling balances the good with the bad. this last movie stripped out all the good and focused on the bad. Like the quiddich game where he falls when the dementors get in (they left this in). But after he learns the patronus charm the next quiddich game Malfoy et all show up looking like dementors but HP zaps em good and wins the game to great celebration (they left this out). some of these directors are morons. I dont think many of them had a nice childhood so they are going to ruin every one elses .... it isnt like we dont have enough of horror in reality without trying to poison and destroy the fantasy world too. Ingrid "dkat" wrote: Wow, really sorry to hear that. I had read that they had stripped the movie of all but the bones of the book (which explains how the longer book could be a shorter movie).... The books however do get darker as they go along.... still this should not take away from the magic.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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