A Movie Confession....

[scatteredlogic]

I have a confession to make. I'm an HP fan, but I'm not necessarily an HP movie fan. In fact, some of you may consider it a sacrilege, but I haven't seen any of the HP movies since Goblet of Fire. Oh, I've seen clips here and there, but a full movie? No. When Order of the Phoenix was released, I'd intended to go, but I just never got around to

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[melusin_79]

GoF was the last I watched, too and have stopped for much the same reasons as you. I do like Rickman in the role, although he's really too old, but he's never been the snape i see in my head - which was fixed long before PS came out.
Perhaps there will have to be a new warning - BNR - Books not read.

[scatteredlogic]

GoF was the last I watched, too and have stopped for much the same reasons as you. I do like Rickman in the role, although he's really too old, but he's never been the snape i see in my head - which was fixed long before PS came out.

Ah, I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one, then!

Perhaps there will have to be a new warning - BNR - Books not read.

~nods~ Or movie-verse and book-verse sections so that we can know the difference in a fanfic's origins up front.

[pokeystar]

I could be very wrong, but I suspect that movie-Snape will not be given the same wriggle room to survive that book-Snape was granted. I don't think there will be attack by Nagini, I figure it will be a straightforward AK by Voldemort. Nor do I expect a Snape-gives-Harry-his-memories scene, since as far as I can tell, Lily (or anyone of her generation) hasn't been all that important to the movie plots. If there are any memories to be had, I figure they'll be Dumbledore's memories conveniently waiting for Harry in a Pensieve (or some scriptwriter-created device) somewhere along the way. But what the hell do I know? I haven't been watching the movies, after all. ;PDarn it, Scattered. I was floating down da Nile, you know

[scatteredlogic]

Darn it, Scattered. I was floating down da Nile, you know?

LOL - Well, I'm probably very wrong. What do I know, after all? They've certainly never consulted me when making the movies. ~grin~

~sighs~ I'm hoping that one of the things to go in DH1&2 is all that effing endless camping.

Oh, they'll have to cut a lot of that, surely. On the other hand, maybe that's why they're having two movies? ;P

[averygoodun]

AR and Snape didn't just get shafter, but were a drain on the movie. It was horrible.

[shefa]

I agree with you, SL. I adore Rickman and his voice, and his hands... and, oh, never mind that. He's just not my Snape. He's 25 years too old and not wiry enough. Also, the movies don't reflect the same themes and arcs that I'm most interested in, and I'm very worried that the DH films will continue on this path. So, yes, I'll see them. But I'll flinch. A lot. LIke I did through both showings of HBP. Argh.

[scatteredlogic]

I know. Rickman isn't my Snape, either. ~sighs~ He never was. He's very attractive, but he's not Snape to me.

Also, the movies don't reflect the same themes and arcs that I'm most interested in, and I'm very worried that the DH films will continue on this path.

That's what I figure, too. I understand why Warner Brothers took the direction they took with the movies - they were selling them to children, and kids don't care about the adults. They want to see the kids. Unfortunately, that meant shedding about 95% of what made the story interesting to me. ~shrug~ But then, I was never their target audience.

[scatteredlogic]

I see the movies--standing in line on the first day is part of the fun. I started doing it with Star Wars, then Indiana Jones, so the new HP movie is an event I enjoy.

I did that through the first three movies, but my enthusiasm gradually waned. By the time Goblet of Fire was in theaters, I think I saw it just before it left the local cinema. ~sighs~

I will be seeing HBP a second time because my husband never saw it, so we'll see it on our big screen. I am wondering if I'll get bored. (I usually get bored the second time through the movie.)

If I really enjoy a movie, I can see it multiple times without getting bored. If not... No. LOL

[tudorpot]

Nods, I only watched OOP last summer. Yesterday I saw HBP on sale, so picked it up. Will probably watch it when family comes for Christmas.
Funny thing is that I watched the first movie many times, mostly because my nephew- who was being treated for Leukemia at age 3, was addicted, it went to the hospital with him when he was admitted, and he would watch it a few times a day. That and Scooby Doo. We had to go to clinic for his chemo many times, sometimes four times a week, over 80 visits the first year. As we drove in the parking lot, we had to get a ticket. As a way to keep him happy, we would give him the ticket and say- "Stick to your ticket Harry" Then we would get him to stamp it for the reduced rate at clinic. His little job was a useful way to get him from the car to the clinic in the early weeks when he was so scared. After awhile he was happy to go to clinic, but the ticket routine carried on.

It wasn't until 2004, that I got into the books.

[scatteredlogic]

Funny thing is that I watched the first movie many times, mostly because my nephew- who was being treated for Leukemia at age 3, was addicted, it went to the hospital with him when he was admitted, and he would watch it a few times a day. That and Scooby Doo. We had to go to clinic for his chemo many times, sometimes four times a week, over 80 visits the first year. As we drove in the parking lot, we had to get a ticket. As a way to keep him happy, we would give him the ticket and say- "Stick to your ticket Harry" Then we would get him to stamp it for the reduced rate at clinic. His little job was a useful way to get him from the car to the clinic in the early weeks when he was so scared. After awhile he was happy to go to clinic, but the ticket routine carried on.

Awww. What a lovely way to get him through being scared.