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Well, no one can accuse us HP fans of being a dispassionate bunch, now can they? XD I just finished reading through all 120 comments… I love this fandom and how enjoyably argumentative we can be. I think the wide variety of opinions on the films really shows that we all interpret the books differently which is actually a huge compliment to Jo! I mean really, the fact that clearly so many different people with such diverse ideas can relate to the Potterverse and make it their own is really incredible. In short, rock on HP fandom ;)

I’m agree with Tony!, OOTP was good, not great! I think that Yates did a good job, but it coud be better . I’d love to see a different style in DH movie and I think that Del Toro is perfect ot direct it!

I think that we should all see Sweeney Todd and consider the possibility of Tim Burton directing DH (it has 3 HP cast members- Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, and Timothy Spall)

We just got the blu-ray box set…yumm… Anyway, I’m glad to see others were’t huge fans of OOP movie. I just watched it again and was (once again) so disappointed. It was one of my favorite books and I thought the movie was ho hum. I’ll be really sad if Heyman directs DH. It still bugs me that in interviews he was all boastful about making the movie so short. IMO, taking the longest book so far and make the shortest movie so far only meant that too much was lost…not that he was some great director. On the other hand, GOF was probably one of my least favorite books, but that movie - in watching it again - was actually pretty good. Effects are killer in HD, but even that aside, the plot and story was complete, character-building was nice.

HALF-BLOOD PRINCE POSTER AT DAN-RADCLIFFE.NET!!!!!!! IT LOOKS AMAZING!!!!!!!! AAAAH I’M SO EXCITED I’M TYPING IN CAPITAL LETTERS!!!!

re OotP and editing…

just curious, did it appear to anyone else that some scenes were actually shot longer, and then edited down?

for example, when Dumbledore and Harry are discussing the prophecy, did it seem as if further dialogue should have been there, but had been cut? In particular, as the films stands now it has Harry asking “why didn’t you tell me?”....which only makes sense in the film if there had been lines from Dumbledore to react to (ie, that Dumbledore knew the prophecy, that Trelawney had made it, that they had been interrupted?) Ok, yes, we know that from the book, but the dialogue in that film scene just doesn’t match up as it currently stands, leading me to wonder about the editing, and a possible extended edition someday

there were other moments throughout the movie that seemed as if dialogue had been snipped….but the Prophecy discussion really sticks out in my mind

Mike, that poster is a fake and they really should take it down. Sorry to disappoint :(

Poor Mugglenet:( I’m glad leaky didn’t get hacked:)

Well, POA grossed the least of any of the HP films, I presumed it was because not as many went back to see it a second time as the other HP films.

I know it’s a matter of taste but the auteur, like Cuaron or Del Toro seem to take many more liberties with their films than other directors. They are (in my mind) like the Impressionists in Art. That’s fine. But, for the final Harry Potter film, I don’t want to see an artsy, impressionistic film. I want to see a magical, visual interpretation of the written word; a sweeping, gut-wrenching, graceful ending to the story of the Boy Who Lived. I want to leave the theatre with the same sense of completeness that I felt when I closed DH the first time and thought, ” Yes, that was the only way to end it.”

Jeannine: I’ve always assumed that, since CoS made less money than PS, that PoA made less money because of theater-goers opting to wait for the DVDs instead, having grown accustomed to the bland adaptations by Columbus. PoA went on to sell insanely on DVD, and the films started making a lot more money in theaters again. I thank Cuaron.

Anyway, I hope Del Toro, Yates, or Cuaron direct DH!

Jeannine: I’ve always assumed that, since CoS made less money than PS, that PoA made less money because of theater-goers opting to wait for the DVDs instead, having grown accustomed to the bland adaptations by Columbus. PoA went on to sell insanely on DVD, and the films started making a lot more money in theaters again. I thank Cuaron.

Anyway, I hope Del Toro, Yates, or Cuaron direct DH!

Jeannine: I’ve always assumed that, since CoS made less money than PS, that PoA made less money because of theater-goers were opting to wait for the DVDs instead, having grown accustomed to the bland adaptations by Columbus. PoA went on to sell insanely on DVD, and the films started making a lot more money in theaters again. I thank Cuaron.

Anyway, I hope Del Toro, Yates, or Cuaron direct DH! I’d be happy either way.

What the—? Sorry about that. My computer’s freaking out right now. O_o

i never liked POA as much as other films, so i don’t know….....he’s probably different, but by how much? PS…MuggleNet is done…......

Nick: I have no problem with art films. Please don’t assume that people dislike PoA because it’s artistic. I’m a big fan of Cauron’s work outside PoA (I actually think his “Little Princess” is better than the original novel and “Children of Men” was one of my favorite films of last year) and I love Del Toro’s as well. However his version of HP? I thought it was awful.

PoA was all artistry and no substance and as TarotX also noted Hermione and Ron have still not recovered from the hack job Cauron made on their characters. They hardly resemble themselves at all in PoA or GoF. Rupert as an actor didn’t benefit either. He’s been shoved to the side ever since as the least of the three (look at the promo stuff for CoS- Rupert actually got more attention than Emma by a bit), although Hermione’s not-at-all-resembling-her-canon-counterpart makeover did wonders for Emma’s career. It really doesn’t matter how pretty the scenery is or how lovely the cinematography if everything else about the movie is bad. Even the quality of the acting diminished greatly in PoA. It’s not good when the acting in the first two movies, when they’re preteens- is better than the acting in the third and fourth.

To the earlier commenter that said the HP movies wouldn’t be where they are today without PoA- you’re probably right. They’d be better, because PoA started them on a path of deviation from JK Rowling’s brilliant concepts and character developments that is just unfortunate. Also, PoA made the least amount of money of the HP films and to be honest most non book fans I’ve talked to about it were unimpressed. The film is just boring.

Also to this- many people who like what Yates did to OOTP confess they didn’t really like the book that much.

OotP was one of my favorite books and to be honest I disliked the movie when I first saw it. I hadn’t given it a fair chance. I went to see it again after I’d rewatched all the Potter films and it’s now one of my favorites. It made some stupid cuts that will hurt them later (i.e. the mirror) and it was not perfect. However, it felt a heck of a lot more like Rowling’s universe than PoA or GoF.

Danni: Not to mention Jo said that her favorite movie now is OotP. ^_*

TarotX: Josh Whedon for the win. I love this choice. He is a fan of the books and unlike a lot directors knows how to balance a large cast while making sure all of them are complex and multi-dimensional instead of cardboard cutouts.

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However, it felt a heck of a lot more like Rowling’s universe than PoA or GoF AND it was just a far more entertaining film. It never dragged. It was funny, was extremely successful at shifting moods (light hearted to dark), the acting was great, and the atmosphere effective. It was a better movie, simple as that. I think Yates, if he wants the job, will be back for DH. I don’t think they’d gamble on Cauron.

I have a question about Del Toro though. I have seen the “Hellboy” movie but have never read any of the comics. How true is the movie to that universe?

I would love for him to direct DH, Pan’s Labyrinth was so good, and I think he would capture the mood and making the film with care and great visuals.

I feel bad for mugglenet!

Ok I think the films should be looked first and foremost as films and shud stand alone by themselves without having to read the books to get what is going on. Just hearing my dad and other people who havnt read the books talk, columbus did a good job on making the films accessible to the movie-goes, not the harry potter fan, closely followed by goblet of fire(which i actually really liked, probably because it was my 2nd fav book[behing dh]). However, Goblet didn’t have much feel to it compared to POA and OotP. I honestly liked all of the movies, POA had the best feel, but it was the most boring of the movies. OotP was great to me as a harry potter fan, but everybody I talk to who hasn’t read the books asks me questions as to what was the deal with the dementors(which was not explained in the movie and if you watch Hidden Secrets of Harry Potter on the dvd, David Heyman asks what were dementors were doing in little wingin as if jkr was gonna answer it in the 7th book, sounds like he didnt read OotP carefully enough), and what harry was planning on doing when he went up to umbridges office(nobody explained it in the movie, harry just started saying he could use the flu network, but didnt say where he wanted to do exactly). However, i do think tat yates will mature as a director before film 7 and become better and hopefully realize that he needs to make it accessible to movie-goers. Reguardless of who is directing, DH has to have some good music, I got really annoyed with the music for the DA after a while. POA had the best music overall so far.

(and sorry for the grammatical errors, but I am a bit tired)