This post has been edited by Bond: 23 July 2007 - 05:19 PM
Harry Potter OTP Couldnt find a thread, sorry if I missed it...
#17
Posted 23 July 2007 - 05:20 PM
Shows what I know about Harry Potter, COS was my favorite. However, I don't doubt your judgment, as I'm not a fan of Harry Potter.
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This post has been edited by TheOrator: 23 July 2007 - 05:23 PM
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#19
Posted 30 July 2007 - 10:33 AM
OotP has to be the hardest book to convert to film. If memory serves it's the longest book and even though it's not technically in the middle it's the most middle-like of the books At least HBP begins the climax whereas OotP just kinda introduces the idea of a climax.
I think as with GoF they have had to be very selective about what they pick and choose to be in the movies and so far they've done a really good job.
The first hour of OotP made me remember how depressing the beginning of that book really was. Sadly it was more uplifting at the end when people started dying.
As for the battle between Dumbledore and Voldemort, I was considering writing an article about it but that's what I imagined a battle between Yoda and Palpatine should have been. It was great to see these great wizards fighting in a somewhat slow and deliberate way, more like a wizard wrestling match than a Jedi acrobatics show off.
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#20
Posted 30 July 2007 - 11:24 AM
You know what's funny about that? They had a dance instructor come in and teach them different moves to go with each spell and hex. So, in a way, it was sort of an acrobatics-off.
#21
Posted 31 July 2007 - 07:55 PM
I agree with everything Chef says about agreeing with me, and also about how the fight scenes in the STAR WARS prequels sucked. I only saw TPM, and that much-lauded fight sucked; I assume the others sucked as well, although by all reports they sucked a lot more.
#22
Posted 31 July 2007 - 08:48 PM
Actually, they had a choreographer for every one.
#23
Posted 25 November 2007 - 08:06 AM
I recently watched them again, and have this to say.
Meh, they were alright.
I guess the thrill is gone.
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Posted 25 November 2007 - 05:54 PM
#25
Posted 25 November 2007 - 06:57 PM
You HAVE to choreograph all of these things so that one guy knows to block when the other guy swings, or else your set will be littered with dead guys. The point is what happened in the prequels looked more like dancing, needlessly fast show offy dancing. The dueling in OTP, and in much of the HP series, seems to be more slow paced and more about actually fighting than just looking cool.
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Posted 07 March 2008 - 03:09 AM
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