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The books are good, but a bit overrated.
For some actually fantastic fantasy, read George R. R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series.
Bellatrix is barking and Helena Bonham Carter is fantastic when given free reign.
Alan Rickman owns Snape. He is the perfect Snape, especially considering how JKR wrote Snape in the end.
I don't think HBP was the worst - the worst is easily 7. She wrote a lame fanfic of a book. In fact, I've read better, more thoughtful fan-fictions. There are a handful of great scenes thrown around a hasty, ill-explained or prepared plot. Bah.
I cry very easily these days - is the ending the same as the book? Do I need Kleenex?
The books are good, but a bit overrated.
For some actually fantastic fantasy, read George R. R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series.
I saw some eyes getting wiped when Dumbledore got whacked. Unlike the book they didn't end with the funeral.
Bellatrix is great and so is Snape. I also liked Dumbledore and how his acting in the series has evolved. The scene where he begs Harry to stop giving him the water is great. GOF and POA are my favorites in the series but this one is right up there as well.
OK, thanks for the heads up. I'm probably going to be surrounded by children tomorrow. I will have to drug SFIE to get him to go with, sigh.
Rickman is normally very good as Snape...but I did not like how he played the role during the early scene with Narcissa and Bellatrix...it did not make sense to me in light of what his role is in book 7...
My impression was that he got trapped on that one by Bellatrix. He went into it thinking he was taking the vow just to to help and protect Malfoy...Bellatrix added the part after the fact about completing the mission if Malfoy couldn't or didn't...
No, no no.... I knew what I was doing. Dumbledore wanted me to kill him.... he didn't want Malfoys soul 'ripped apart' from the act that Voldemort was putting him up to. And he was dying anyway from the cursed ring (hence why his hand is blackened). Thats why he pleaded with me at the end. Not to save him, but to put an end to his misery.
I loved the movie, but I can't stand Helena Bonham Carter in this role. I know Bellatrix is insane, but I think she's turned the character into something far too...cartoony, for lack of a better term.
Favorite scene in the movie: Harry's final appeal to Professor Slughorn for information on Tom Riddle, and Slughorn's description of Lily Potter's gift. I teared up a little. Jim Broadbent gave a fantastic performance as a character I didn't really like all that much in the books.
Also, this is probably the first movie in the whole series that Gambon gave a really good performance as Dumbledore.
We saw the midnight screening...I loved the movie up until the end, where was the big battle scene??? Lots of build up to nothing *sigh* hopefully the next two movies will be phenomenal.
-Ginofan-
Sure...if he ever publishes the fifth book. It's been in limbo for what, three years now (ever since they split the fourth into two books)?
Looking forward to seeing HP6 tonight. So far I've been able to keep the books and the movies as separate en ies in my head. So I haven't been as annoyed by anything lost in translation. Kinda like LOTR.
Wow, lmao. Talk about spoiler! Well I saw it tonight, thought it was one of the better movies of the series-i thought the last one was soooo ty (order). Goblet was wesome, azkaban had its moments, chamber was awesome, and the first is of course pretty cool. Im not a HP addict so i don't read the books, but i find the movies pretty good adventures and really unique compared to other movies out, def one of the better movies this summer.
I was a bad boy though, as soon as I got home i wikipedia'd deathly hallows to see what happens, and what the spoiler poster above pointed out was somewhat of a surprise but not all that much because snape has always been a tough character to figure out. Im glad as i wiki'd it instead of reading the spoiler on here. I definitely think the movie should play out cool though, rowling said that snapes character she thought about from day one of writing the books and you can tell because he has so many secrets and alterior motives-im glad it turned out like it does in the last book with snape.
That is what I heard from a friend who is a huge fan of the Harry Potter books.
But it shouldn't have mattered. He already knew he was supposed to whack Dumbledore at some point.
I think it would have played better had he done it showing cold annoyance with Bellatrix for doubting him.
Still think Richard Harris defined the role, but I agree Gambon did a better job this time around.
Broadbent did make him a more "decent" character than in the books.
I know it didn't follow the book well, but I liked the larger exploration of the relationships between the trio than was present in the book.
And tell me you've never known some psycho chick like the Lavender Brown character...
I got stalked by one like her when I was a freshman in college...we hooked up a few times...I moved on, she went psycho stalker. It was bizarre.
And tell me you've never known some psycho chick like the Lavender Brown character...
Well, various issues arose so I wasn't able to see it this weekend and I refuse to pay premium prices because they are so outrageous - looks like it'll be next weekend for me.
I just saw the movie last night and Im very disappointed. I have read all of the harry potter books and this is what I have to say : So much that was in the book was cut out. Especially crucial parts like the dementors that attacked Dudley dursley, the formation of Dumbledore's army, the funeral, the exclusion of Angelina black and Crabbe and Goyle. And so much other stuff was excluded.
the dementors attack and Dumbledore's army were in the previous movie.
Who's angelina black? Did you mean Angelina Johnson? She's not in the 6th book.
But i agree, the final battle should have been in the movie.
I think I must have been mixing part 5 and part 6 up, thanks for the correction. Yea and I think it was Angelina Johnson. In the book Angelina was a tall, black girl who was on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Yo Btw, did you see Rupert grinn(Ron) and Tom Felton (Malfoy) ? Dudes have really grown. Daniel radcliffe still looks the same.
Btw, in HBP, Draco was mostly with this Tall, skinny black kid instead of Crabbe and Goyle. Do you know who that kid was supposed to be in the book?
the tall black kid is Blaise, he's the guy who is in the slug club in the book.
can't remember if he has an important role though.
I think I may have to read Half-blood prince over...
My favorite out of the movies so far has been "Prisoner of Azkaban". It sux that Sirius is gone.
didn't like Prisoner... coz they cut the marauders story
I actually liked that they chose not to have yet another movie with a battle scene but instead ended the film on a more reflective note.
People always complain about things left out, but you simply can not include everything from a 700 page book in a 2 1/2 hour movie.
The best movie in the series was "Order of the Phoenix," for two reasons:
1. Harry and Sirius's dialogue in the tapestry room.
2. Dumbledore vs. Voldemort. OMG
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