@Anime:
Poor Gary Oldman. He had to come in say 3 lines then go back to Gotham City.
And then die.
20 characters.
@Anime:
Poor Gary Oldman. He had to come in say 3 lines then go back to Gotham City.
And then die.
20 characters.
If anyone has read the "Daniel Radcliffe does not know how to move his face right" thread in SA,then you might not know this pic.
It is one the funniest things ever.
That bath scene distubed me. I don't remember Moaning Meryle being so perverted, or that over-acting. The creepy thing about her hitting on young Harry is that the actress who plays her is actually in her 30s (and it shows a bit). Couldn't they have just had him enter the bathroom and dunk his head into the water? Would've saved him some time, too.
Yeah,that scene had quite a few of my friends and I going "WTF,is that what I think she is trying to do?"
Those nipples scared me. Poor Daniel Radcliff. =(
I DEMAND TO SEE DOBBY IN THE NEXT MOVIE!!! AND I DEMAND THAT A LAW IS MADE PREVENTING MIKE NEWELL FROM DIRECTING ANOTHER HARRY POTTER FILM!!!
I think that each HP movie gets better so I really loved the 4th movie. But god dammit the cinema was so full, my friend and I waited for 2 hours (we didn't realise it) and there was such a huge crowd that it filled the cinema XD Very busy that I don't want to remember what it was like.
I would've liked to see more of the world cup cause it looked bloody awesome (very much detailed). As for the bath scene… it just didn't feel right.
But what I'm really curious about is whether the movie would've been better if it was split up (like 2 parts) cause they cut quite a lot out to make it all fit and compressed like a little box XD. None the less the movie was great.
I thought the movie was good
My favorite part in the movie was the Dragons which was my favorite part in the book
I don't understand what's in the director mind.
he cut out a lot of important parts because they don't have enough time,
yet he added some non existant, unimportant time waster (like the bath scene)
wtf???
Blech. I'm GLAD Dobby wasn't in this one. Boo-urns on House Elves!
@The:
Blech. I'm GLAD Dobby wasn't in this one. Boo-urns on House Elves!
but dobby supposed to be the one tto give harry the water plant!
and its just me or voldermort is a little bit out of character in this movie?
@The:
Blech. I'm GLAD Dobby wasn't in this one. Boo-urns on House Elves!
The problem with taking out the House Elves is the emphasis that the series places on how the generally poor treatment the elves recieve from wizards is just another sign of the overall contempt that most wizards feel for magical creatures.
Two weeks after the American premiere, it FINALLY opened here today. I saw it this morning with a bunch of my friends, and a few hundred young girls and boys.
I loved the movie, and the full cinema of kids made it twice as fun, especially in the scenes that could be mistaken as gay innuendo if you squint (i.e. all the girls laughed when Cedric suggested suggestively that Harry take a bath), and the wolf whistles when Harry was nekkid and when Cedric jumped out of the tree. Funny kids. Although I thought Victor Krum was quite cute myself…
But the most shocking moment of the film was when Ron said "piss off" in such a venomous tone. :ohmy: And the audience's reaction to that was priceless too.
They would react to that?
What was their reaction?
Well, my jaw dropped. This is Harry Potter we're talking about here, where characters previously did not swear. There was a collective gasp in the audience with a few shrieks of "Ron!" and "Woahs!"
This is Harry Potter we're talking about here, where characters previously did not swear.
Draco - "…he fell on his fat ass!" from Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's Stone.
There's also all the 'bloody hell's" from Ron throughout all the movies too.
I suppose, but the delivery added to it too. =)
I didn't like the build up to Quidditch action then abrupt cut to game aftermath. Maybe there's extra quidditch scenes in the DVD.
Heh,a couple of my friends and I have decided to use Ron's "Bloody Hell!" in his tone of voice as our new catch phrase.
"Bluh-day ell!"
I saw it over on it's first release down here with a shit load of mates. I don't know whether or not it was through audience participation or just the movie itself, but the experience had to be my best cinema outing where I actually watched the movie.
We started queing an hour early yet we were still half way across the streets and it was amazing to see just how far it stretched. Newspaper cameramen stood taking shots of the mass of people and the entire several thousand seats of the cinema were packed.
When we got in, we realised just how few a children there were, I guess they'd either gone to the matinee or the parents had shyed from the rating. Regardless, it was a teen to OAP audience with a few brats spotted aroung and a generally good vibe going through (The amounts of HP carfs were a nice touch). The camera man then tried to sneak a few shots of the audience from the balcony(Bearing in mind the cinema doubles as a theatre) but unfortunatly for him, people always caught on an all he got was shots of us lot doing mexican 'leg' waves.
As soon as the trailers started, people were whistling and clapping. Full on cheers louder and longer than the trailers shown deserved, but it egged on the atmosphere, much to the annoyance of the perculiar woman (Okay, she was probably the only normal person there…) sat two rows ahead of me...
And when the movie started? People were even louder, whooping whoops as long as screams, it was hillarious. Didn't get to hear much of that first sequence mind, the whole cinema was at that point made up of people hissing, "Shhhhh~!" Only succeding in heightening the noise level.
Now, once everyone was a tad bit calmer, Ron came on, insert mass off orgasmic sound affects hear. People wolf whistled and murmerd "Oh yeah baby." Etc. Nice. Still, it was good, and the laughter within the audience itself was brilliant.
Then for the collapse after the port-key, when Amos(?), Cedric and co. came down all gracefull like. That recieved a big laugh, what can I say? People were hyper.
The biggest laugh probably came from Filch's run down the hall, it was ridiculous... It had the audience cackling like the idiots we all were. So David Bradley's performance quickly became an audience favourite, the audience awaiting the next blunder or oddity to laugh at. (Luckily, there being pleanty, eg. The dance with Mrs. Norris, the cannon etc.)
I was saddened by the cut of certain material, Goblet of fire was the last one I had read before I declared myself forever seperated from HP (I'm currently reading the fifth, keep it to yourself) so it would have been nice to have some of the inclusion... Although I have to say, Movie Dobby annoyed the hell out of me, so I wasn't too saddened at that particular cut.
I wish they had included Peeves in the movies, an old favourite of mine (A list compiled with Peeves, Lupin, Filch and Sirius) wouldn't have gone amiss, and I think it a tad bit of a loss to the story, letting go of one of my favourite moments in the fourth book. (The moment with Snape, Filch and Moody on the stairs) but hey, I can cope without.
Cedric's passing was sad, I'll admit that, inevitable, but sad.
Again on audience participation, there were particularly big laughs on Lord. V's rebirth (Someone wolf whistled in the silence, we had to laugh) and when Harry brought Cedric back to the grounds, you know, the music starts, maybe we laughed with irony, or maybe we were just insensitive and stupid. Shrug
Overall, I did enjoy it, alot was cut out and as an ex-fan I felt the anger, but also, rather distanced, I was able to enjoy it.
Quick question : What the hell was Draco doing in that tree? Why have him there? Was he picking apples?
And the suggestive... Yeah, I mean, Myrtle and the ferret Draco in Crabbe/Goyle's trousers (Don't know which)... Even the constant licking... O_o
I would have liked to see more of the adult actors though, they have a great British cast there, and they just aren't using them. Comeon, Rickman, he's been in so much... Maggie, she's an alround great! Bradley, one of the best in British theatre... Dawn French?!
Mneh, I'll live.
~Saito
To be completely honest, I found myself disappointed by the movie. In the end, it's the exact same problem I had with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. As a stand-alone movie, it was good. Few problems with it in that regard. It's when I inevitably wind up comparing it to the book that the disappointment begins.
I know full well that Goblet of Fire is a HUGE book. So it comes as no surprise that much would be removed for the sake of time constraints (it was a 2+ hour movie as it was). And there wer some cuts and changes I noticed but had no problem with being taken out or glossed over. But still, I can't help but feel that TOO much got removed. Again, for the most part, it was nothing major taken out (or at least anything that has yet to affect later books). There are only two missed points I can think of off-hand that come up again later that weren't brought up now when they were in the book.
Still, the visual effects were very good. And the characters were mostly well done. Though, to be honest, I found Dumbledore to be more (for lack of a better word) aggressive at times then I've usually pictured him being (excluding the one time he's supposed to be aggressive, of course). But as it's based on my picture of him, that's hardly an objective comment.
I did like how they did the girls of Beauxbatons and the young men of Durmstrang schools. Madame Maxime was done well, though she was skinner than I expected, that was likely to show off her height more.
Anyway, the movie was good, but in the end I was less than impressed. But as always that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
Still, the visual effects were very good.
Did anyone doubt that it would look incredible? It is the most expensive movie ever made, after all. I love those special effects.
Oh yeah, and I loved the entrance of Durmstang.
Draco was in the tree talking to Rita Skeeter.
@EvilGamerX:
It was good I guess.
I didn't really give a shit of when I would see it, and I still saw it before most, if not all of you.
(Although it is a few days late, cut me some slack cause i just got my account back)unless you live in LA, i got you beat. I went to the midnight screening in LAand was tired as hell and almost fell asleep(cause that was the day i flew out from New York on a totally unrelated matter). I didnt feel it really came together until the end when cedric died and it got very dark very fast. I guess that is why i enjoy books 5 and 6 more than the first few cause they have a decidedly darker toen
I saw it over on it's first release down here with a shit load of mates. I don't know whether or not it was through audience participation or just the movie itself, but the experience had to be my best cinema outing where I actually watched the movie.
We started queing an hour early yet we were still half way across the streets and it was amazing to see just how far it stretched. Newspaper cameramen stood taking shots of the mass of people and the entire several thousand seats of the cinema were packed.
When we got in, we realised just how few a children there were, I guess they'd either gone to the matinee or the parents had shyed from the rating. Regardless, it was a teen to OAP audience with a few brats spotted aroung and a generally good vibe going through (The amounts of HP carfs were a nice touch). The camera man then tried to sneak a few shots of the audience from the balcony(Bearing in mind the cinema doubles as a theatre) but unfortunatly for him, people always caught on an all he got was shots of us lot doing mexican 'leg' waves.
As soon as the trailers started, people were whistling and clapping. Full on cheers louder and longer than the trailers shown deserved, but it egged on the atmosphere, much to the annoyance of the perculiar woman (Okay, she was probably the only normal person there…) sat two rows ahead of me...
And when the movie started? People were even louder, whooping whoops as long as screams, it was hillarious. Didn't get to hear much of that first sequence mind, the whole cinema was at that point made up of people hissing, "Shhhhh~!" Only succeding in heightening the noise level.
Now, once everyone was a tad bit calmer, Ron came on, insert mass off orgasmic sound affects hear. People wolf whistled and murmerd "Oh yeah baby." Etc. Nice. Still, it was good, and the laughter within the audience itself was brilliant.
Then for the collapse after the port-key, when Amos(?), Cedric and co. came down all gracefull like. That recieved a big laugh, what can I say? People were hyper.
The biggest laugh probably came from Filch's run down the hall, it was ridiculous... It had the audience cackling like the idiots we all were. So David Bradley's performance quickly became an audience favourite, the audience awaiting the next blunder or oddity to laugh at. (Luckily, there being pleanty, eg. The dance with Mrs. Norris, the cannon etc.)
I was saddened by the cut of certain material, Goblet of fire was the last one I had read before I declared myself forever seperated from HP (I'm currently reading the fifth, keep it to yourself) so it would have been nice to have some of the inclusion... Although I have to say, Movie Dobby annoyed the hell out of me, so I wasn't too saddened at that particular cut.
I wish they had included Peeves in the movies, an old favourite of mine (A list compiled with Peeves, Lupin, Filch and Sirius) wouldn't have gone amiss, and I think it a tad bit of a loss to the story, letting go of one of my favourite moments in the fourth book. (The moment with Snape, Filch and Moody on the stairs) but hey, I can cope without.
Cedric's passing was sad, I'll admit that, inevitable, but sad.
Again on audience participation, there were particularly big laughs on Lord. V's rebirth (Someone wolf whistled in the silence, we had to laugh) and when Harry brought Cedric back to the grounds, you know, the music starts, maybe we laughed with irony, or maybe we were just insensitive and stupid. Shrug
Overall, I did enjoy it, alot was cut out and as an ex-fan I felt the anger, but also, rather distanced, I was able to enjoy it.
Quick question : What the hell was Draco doing in that tree? Why have him there? Was he picking apples?
And the suggestive... Yeah, I mean, Myrtle and the ferret Draco in Crabbe/Goyle's trousers (Don't know which)... Even the constant licking... O_o
I would have liked to see more of the adult actors though, they have a great British cast there, and they just aren't using them. Comeon, Rickman, he's been in so much... Maggie, she's an alround great! Bradley, one of the best in British theatre... Dawn French?!
Mneh, I'll live.
~Saito
_> That audience was kind of rude… When I watched it, there was a laugh on the funny parts here and there, but that was it...
…no Sirius...
He was in it for a few minutes…
I was somewhat disappointed by it. I didn't have any problems with faithfulness to the book or material omitted or anything like that, I just thought the movie itself seemed too rushed. It never seemed like anything had a chance to settle in, and the entire film seemed pretty disconnected to me. I think they could have afforded another 10-15 minutes in the film just to stretch things out and give it more room to breathe.
And Voldemort was pretty weaksauce, he was about as scary as Dennis Hopper in Super Mario Brothers.
I thought Ralph Finnes did a good Voldemort . . . . .
This movie gets major kudos from me for LOTS and LOTS of Weasley Twins. They made the movie so much better.
And the rest I was a little disappointed. I think the Quidditch World Cup cut pissed me off the most, but they just didn't tie things up. Like Rita Skeeter, she was such a huge presence in the book, but here she only gets a couple good scenes. (kudos to her actress though) And cutting out the dramatic scene with Hagrid, also a big BOOOOOO.
Overall it's just the problem of turning a huge book into a movie.
I thought Ralph Finnes did a good Voldemort . . . . .
This movie gets major kudos from me for LOTS and LOTS of Weasley Twins. They made the movie so much better.
And the rest I was a little disappointed. I think the Quidditch World Cup cut pissed me off the most, but they just didn't tie things up. Like Rita Skeeter, she was such a huge presence in the book, but here she only gets a couple good scenes. (kudos to her actress though) And cutting out the dramatic scene with Hagrid, also a big BOOOOOO.
Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) is great at playing evil women (and she was great in Black Adder too). I was kind of disappointed she was cast as Rita, because I was hoping she would be Bellatrix Lestrange.
I wish Fleur and Viktor had more lines. Fleur especially- her snobbery cracks me up.
Just saw it today and thought I'd give my views on it.
The world cup was rather abrupt. We have Harry, Hermione and Ron cheering and the next minute they're back in their tent?
Dobby and Winky excluded? How could they?
I don't recall ever seeing Dumbledore behave in such a ghastly manner before. Isn't he supposed to be, kind, intelligent, calm and composed?
Is it just me or did the third task seem a little less dangerous than the previous two?
What! No Vikcy? Wasn't Ron supposed to mention that nickname to Hermione?
All in all, despite everything, I still enjoyed the movie. :laugh:
What! No Vikcy? Wasn't Ron supposed to mention that nickname to Hermione?
They didn't even have "Hermy-own-ninny." =(
Yeah…watching the scene where Hermione attempts to teach Viktor to say her name would have been awesome.
That would be kind of hard to do, though. The reason it was in the books was because a lot of people originally pronounced the name as 'hermy-own' (hell, even I did, but I started reading these in the sixth grade and I didn't know better :laugh:) and wouldn'tve known how to say it until the movie came along.
Though when you see the movie, and hear Hermione being pronounced correctly… it's kind of hard to adapt it when the joke is lost :wacko:
Oh my god I forgot all about Winky! ferverent mutterings
I'm not too peeved about Dobby not giving Harry the gillyweed. It gave Neville more screen time, and I absolutely love the "I killed Harry Potter!" line.
And yeah Dumbledore's supposed to be a saint but he has his angry side too. Not Micheal Gambon's fault.
And if it wasn't so damn hard to pronounce when you read it I would give any future daughter of mine the name Hermione. I think it's really pretty. But given the flaw I think I'll fall back on Cassandra and Lorelei.
I didn't mind the Neville/gillyweed change myself. Particularly as taht was Crouch's original plan in the book and Dobby only served as back-up when Harry never sought Neville out.
Dumbledore's personality irked me too. The only time in the book's he's ever angry or aggressive or serious about things are when his students are threatened or his ability to protect them is threatened or questioned.
actually, I believe the changes is because the director is affected by book 5 and 6. The change with the neville/gillyweed is to show that neville isn't that useless after all (so that the change in his character in the 5th movie won't be to drastic)
and the dumbledore's scenes is to show that dumbledore isn't perfect and make mistakes too (book 6)
Mistakes or no, in my experience Dumbledore has usually acted flightier than he really is much fo the time. He's only been serious/angry for reasons stated above. Otherwise he's usually good humored even when he is serious.