Watching Harry Potter 3 now

Pigman II

.... I'd forgotten how shíte it is. Certainly the worst of the 4 movies made so far. The ending is pathetic too.

emeraldstar

no way is it the worst...it's better than the first two anyway

Faith

I'm watching it too. I'm not a big fan of any of the movies. This one seems alright, but I wouldn't call it good.

Faith

Okay, that's the worst werewolf I've ever seen. The producers should be ashamed. It looked like fúcking Gollum, not a wolf!

Mushy

Describe a werewolf then? Iv no idea what they look like either. Its definately not the worst of the 4 out so far, I like it quite a bit anyway

Soby

luvd it.wen i first got hots for Hermionie[spelling]

sionnach

Mushy wrote:

Describe a werewolf then? Iv no idea what they look like either.

Faith sees werewolves every day when she rides her unicorn to the North Pole to work for Santa Claus.

NoDayBut2Day

Pigman II wrote:

.... I'd forgotten how shíte it is. Certainly the worst of the 4 movies made so far. The ending is pathetic too.

most people think it's the worst one made.
i think it's just a bit choppy ... but not bad. never bad.

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funky penguin

I thought it was better than the first two at any rate. Fourth has definately been the most impressive.

Saying that though, they're all pretty mediocre.

quickbeam

I'm not a big fan of any of the movies, but this one was definitely better than the first two. Thewlis and Oldman were great in their respective roles.

Mushy wrote:

Describe a werewolf then? Iv no idea what they look like either. Its definately not the worst of the 4 out so far, I like it quite a bit anyway

If I remember right, Rowling described the werewolf a being almost indistinguishable from a real wolf. I have to say that they way it was portrayed in the film was a big disappointment.

delphie rex

I still prefer to read the books. Movies do not often do justice to the plots and characters but they are good publicity though.

Faith

sionnach wrote:

Faith sees werewolves every day when she rides her unicorn to the North Pole to work for Santa Claus.

Why would I ride a unicorn to the North Pole when Santa already has ready-made flying reindeer?

quickbeam wrote:

If I remember right, Rowling described the werewolf a being almost indistinguishable from a real wolf. I have to say that they way it was portrayed in the film was a big disappointment.

That's what I had in mind too, and that's how werewolves are nearly always portrayed on screen.

One review I read of the movie had this to say: "Lupin's werewolf alter ego, that ends up looking rather ridiculous, as an anorexic weird short haired gangly thing that my daughter mentioned reminded her of a mole rat. "

The Bollox

delphie rex wrote:

I still prefer to read the books. Movies do not often do justice to the plots and characters but they are good publicity though.

Harry Potter is just one of those stories that is nearly impossible to transfer to the big screen well. It's not the story that keeps us intersted, it's the way she tells it

Sleepy

The only movie so far to capture even some of the 'magic' of the HP world for me has been the Philosopher's Stone. There's a sense of wonderment in the cinematography is fantastic and Hogwarts looks amazing. The third movie looks more like a film about the famous five tbh.

J.R.HARTLEY

did anyone see TG4s Irish Dubbed version, was certainly no worse than the english version, but the ridikulus (or whatever warped way they spell it in the book) spell was gas in irish, "Sheafoideachais"

nando

O God I thought the dubbed version was horrendous! And they also showed "Harry Potter agus an Seomra Diomhar" (Chamber of Secrets) over Christmas too. You could recognise half the voices from Ros na Rún characters and the kids sounded like adults.

I read Philosophers Stone in Irish though - "HP agus an órchloch". Not a bad translation - much better and more accurate than the French one anyway.

Mushy

Harry Potter in Irish, hmmm...might have to check that out. But Id need the English one beside me so might be pointless

J.R.HARTLEY

book or movie, cause the movies have subtitles, which was nice

Mushy

Actually, yeah, the movie/movvies would be better off. I like listening to irish

Stench Blossoms

I like one to and three but i hated the fourth. It was my favourite book and i just thought they ruined it tbh.

bonkey

I didn't and don't like the move away from robes as the successive movies have been made. I dunno if the directors (or someone) think its needed to identify with the characters, but it takes away from the overall effect IMHO.

Faith

bonkey wrote:

I didn't and don't like the move away from robes as the successive movies have been made. I dunno if the directors (or someone) think its needed to identify with the characters, but it takes away from the overall effect IMHO.

Yeah, especially as JK emphasises how bad magical folk are at dressing in muggle clothing. It's one thing for Harry and Hermione to be running around in jeans, but Ron has no need for loads of muggle clothes. Actually, none of them really have any need to bring muggle clothing to school with them.

KamiKazi

yeah i agree, it was a terrible idea to stop dressing them in robes, it just goes against the books so much.

fonpokno

professor lupin scared the crap out of me in that film... i'd always imagined him as a kinda liam neeson type person but then he turned out lookin like a paedophile... that moustache... *shudders*