Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

I'll be seeing this on Friday. Excited

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BobbyDigital wrote::fp: @ grown ass men getting over emmotional about the film version of a childrens book mayne.

It is what it is, if the book was good why you upset bout a film you ain't seen yet???

@ BobbyD getting emotional over people getting emotional over a film version of a kids book. Mayne.

Seeing this on Thursday.

DIRECTOR'S HALL, ladies and gents. Leather couches, bar, awesome! 8-)

Books - 4 > 3 > 5 > the other ones.

Movie - The changes to the plot do sound a bit rubbish, but I'm not that bothered. I mean, you already know the plot. You only watch the movies for a bit of fun and to see how they filmed the better bits from the books, it's not like you're really emotionally invested in what happens.

Corazon de Leon

strawberry float the haters, I'll watch this and probably enjoy it.

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_po ... od_prince/

:shock:

What...the...hell...

That site also claims Toy Story 2 is the second best movie ever made.

Memento Mori wrote:That site also claims Toy Story 2 is the second best movie ever made.

Nothing wrong with that statement 8-)

I should be seeing this on Thursday. Looking forward to it. :mrgreen:

Kanbei wrote:http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_half_blood_prince/

What...the...hell...

I expect it to be good, but nowhere near that good

That happens with any half decent new film (or game, with Metacritic) though doesn't it?

Kanbei wrote:http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_half_blood_prince/

What...the...hell...

wow

Skarjo wrote:Books 2+3 were pretty dull, but it's hits a stride at the end of 4 that it doesn't lose until the train station.

"Lol describe well".

Fm wrote:
Skarjo wrote:Books 2+3 were pretty dull, but it's hits a stride at the end of 4 that it doesn't lose until the train station.

"Lol describe well".

I thought it was!

Alright, it was streets ahead of 2, which was a real slog, but it still trailed 5 onwards.

But it has TIME TRAVEL in it.

Books
3>6>4>7>1>5>2
Though I really, really like them all

Films
3>2>1>5>4
Third film was pretty great, 2 was really good, 1 was good, the other two were terrible, I'm pretty convinced this one will be gooseberry fool as well. Gambon as Dumbledore :fp:

There's nothing wrong with Gambon as Dumbledore son.

Memento Mori wrote:There's nothing wrong with Gambon as Dumbledore son.

Yes there is, he is FAR too imposing

Herbi wrote:
Memento Mori wrote:There's nothing wrong with Gambon as Dumbledore son.

Yes there is, he is FAR too imposing

Neither of Harris or Gambon has nailed Dumbledore in my eyes - they've got parts of him down, but he's not the person I imagined when reading the books. Harris had the gentleness, but was too wispy and insubstantial, and you couldn't imagine him fighting. Gambon looks the business in duels, but is a bit too much like a dirty old man and not half as quirky as he should be.

And book 3 is clearly the best, as all the others have obvious flaws. It's the best stand-alone one and it's core "mystery" is the most involving - HBP is good, but the actual mystery of who the Half-Blood Prince is, is relatively unengaging. Deathly Hallows is by far the worst, as it really suffers from removing the trio for the classroom environment that made the others so enjoyable. You just feel too detached from Hogwarts and the stuff that's happening there doesn't really impact on the story as much. Plus, the main quest (or mystery), about the Deathly Hallows is, again, not really that interesting.

I'm going to make a bold statement here and say that I don't think anyone could pull off the Dumbledore from the books. He is far too complex of a character! I feel that an actor would always disappoint when portraying Dumbledore. However, Gambon is a giant leap ahead of Richard Harris, who was absolutely abysmal (RIP in peace).

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