I've sort of given up anticipating the movies for fandom reasons. It'll be nice to see the characters and hear them again, but I have always felt the movies lacked something special from the books, that they are another, commercial and not really "real" part of canon and HP in general. Every movie has things that dissapoint. PoA was especially saddening in their presentation of Remus and Hermione.
But then again, every movie has some nice, interesting, and well done scenes that I can enjoy as a simple viewer.
I'm not all that excited about GoF. I have not been looking at all the pics, nor have I seen any trailers. The only joy it holds is the possibility of going to the premiere in London.
Remus in PoA was atrocious. The facial scars. The implied Lily/Remus. They way he completely let a Dementor appear in the class and then, five seconds later, was telling Harry 'I didn't let you face the Boggart because I thought it would become Voldemort'. And, oh god, the completely pathetic werewolf. We KNOW the ways they werewolf is distinguishable from a real wolf (pupil shape, tufted tail, muzzle shape, &2others). If it really looked like a mutant greyhound, I think Remus or Snape or James or Sirius or Hermione or JKR would have mentioned it by now.
As for Hermione - let's not go there. *is too happily in a world of Hermione, Ron and canaries at the moment to sully that with the horror that is Movie!PoA!Hermione*
:) Exactly. They made and utter shite job of my favourite book in the series, so really what more harm can they do?! The best thing about PoA were the really cool posters. Have we had any but one GoF promo poster yet?
*sigh* I do feel for you and the imminent distruction of your favourite scene. We shall cry together, ok?
Well, I'm worried now. What irritates me is that when people find out I'm a big Harry Potter fan, they immediately go on about the movies. Or then, if I ask them if they know anything about the series, they say (oh, so knowledgeably), "Yes, I've seen the films." People see the movies as a substitute, which they simply are not. I think they've made a mistake making the films while the books are still being written, personally. The Dan/Emma chemistry is testimony to that. Gah.
Yup. 'Cause Harry Potter is all about the movies and Dan/Emma.
I don't even mention it in public, nowadays. Mostly because I just know that the discussion will be about GoF coming out, or I'll spend 3/4 of the conversation supplying terms.
IP(Idiot Person): Yeah, I think we know what'll happen in the next book.
Beth: Harry'll go hunt Horcruxes.
IP: What? Anyway, Harry's got to go and find those thingies.
Beth: Horcruxes. The fragments of Voldemort's soul.
IP: Yes, that's it!
Beth: *rolls eyes* I'm looking forward to seeing Godric's Hollow.
I hear you, and it's those reasons that I don't look forward to the movies as movies, but just ... interest of their interpretation, really. The only thing I don't like about them is that people judge the series on the movies, which is plain wrong. Other than that I don't get particularly bothered about it.
But with this movie, I'm worried that they're leaving out the Molly-Harry-hug. That's one of my all-time favourite moments in the series. It's the first time Harry feels real motherly love, and the first time, to me, Molly really comes into her own. It's literally about one sentence, but it never fails to make me cry when I read it. And so far as I know, they've left it out. :p
They should really get fans to proof-read the scripts, I swear. :p x
Jules, that's one of my all-time favorite bits, too. I think it's so sweet and wonderful. I would feel awful if it was butchered in the movies. Though Molly has played so little a role in the movies that it wouldn't have the same effect as it does in the books (which is to make me want to cry).
It's telling that poor Molly's biggest scene is scolding Fred, George and Ron for rescuing Harry.
Movies and books never make me cry in the same places.
(And now a question that has been bugging me for YEARS. Is that a whale or a wave crashing around a rock or an eruption or something completely different on your icon?)
LOL. It's a little bit of whitewater. I can't even remember where I got the picture...probably I just yoinked it from a bit of advertisement for some whitewater rafting company. No whale. Just some standing waves.
I'm pretty much overwhelmed with not caring about the movies. As far as I'm concerned, they have nothing to do with canon. PoA was enjoyable as a movie and nothing else; PS/SS and CoS weren't even good movies. I'll go see GoF, but I won't really think of it as HP and I won't really expect much from it.
PoA was a decent movie if you looked at it that way. Visually it was quite impressive. I suppose that me saying the parts of the movie I remember best were the Dementors freezing the foxgloves and the Whomping Willow transition scenes says a lot.
And, at least the first time, it managed to capture enough magic for me to not notice some of the glaring inaccuracies until I thought about it afterwards.
But it wasn't Harry Potter. The stripes of colour on the shelf next to me are Harry Potter. Random fanthings I've made are Harry Potter. Marta's art and TIP and (the savoury parts of) fandom are Harry Potter. The movies are just WB trying to get money.
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But then again, every movie has some nice, interesting, and well done scenes that I can enjoy as a simple viewer.
I'm not all that excited about GoF. I have not been looking at all the pics, nor have I seen any trailers. The only joy it holds is the possibility of going to the premiere in London.
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As for Hermione - let's not go there. *is too happily in a world of Hermione, Ron and canaries at the moment to sully that with the horror that is Movie!PoA!Hermione*
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*sigh* I do feel for you and the imminent distruction of your favourite scene. We shall cry together, ok?
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I really don't want to know.
You never know - they might do a brilliant job of it. But it's so involved, and there are bits where only description and imagination may work.
We might have seen promo posters, but I haven't been looking.
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I'm feeling a bit better, today. :)
Be merry!
Rach
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I don't even mention it in public, nowadays. Mostly because I just know that the discussion will be about GoF coming out, or I'll spend 3/4 of the conversation supplying terms.
IP(Idiot Person): Yeah, I think we know what'll happen in the next book.
Beth: Harry'll go hunt Horcruxes.
IP: What? Anyway, Harry's got to go and find those thingies.
Beth: Horcruxes. The fragments of Voldemort's soul.
IP: Yes, that's it!
Beth: *rolls eyes* I'm looking forward to seeing Godric's Hollow.
IP: Where?
Beth: The Potter's house.
etc.
I'm glad you're feeling better, Rach!
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But with this movie, I'm worried that they're leaving out the Molly-Harry-hug. That's one of my all-time favourite moments in the series. It's the first time Harry feels real motherly love, and the first time, to me, Molly really comes into her own. It's literally about one sentence, but it never fails to make me cry when I read it. And so far as I know, they've left it out. :p
They should really get fans to proof-read the scripts, I swear. :p x
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Movies and books never make me cry in the same places.
(And now a question that has been bugging me for YEARS. Is that a whale or a wave crashing around a rock or an eruption or something completely different on your icon?)
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And everytime I see those Triwizard competition clothes, I start ranting. Because they are dead ugly and noncanonical.
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And, at least the first time, it managed to capture enough magic for me to not notice some of the glaring inaccuracies until I thought about it afterwards.
But it wasn't Harry Potter. The stripes of colour on the shelf next to me are Harry Potter. Random fanthings I've made are Harry Potter. Marta's art and TIP and (the savoury parts of) fandom are Harry Potter. The movies are just WB trying to get money.
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