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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:20 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:57 am
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:11 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:49 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:04 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:53 am
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:39 pm
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Belladonna 2086 Oh, I agree! I was somewhat satisfied with the first Harry Potter movie, but when the rest came out, I was horrified. How could they cut out such important events? In the second movie, I was really looking forward to Nearly-Headless Nick's Deathday party....and it wasn't there. What the hell?? And then in the fourth movie...cutting out the Quidditch World Cup game like that? No Veela? No Winky? Showing ol' boy junior there in the beginning in Harry's vision/dream? NO. I, too, understand that certain things had to be cut to allow for time, but to rearrange the story like that? That was bogus. Personaly the third and fourth ones pissed me off like no other. The third book was my faveorate out of the whole series, and continues to be so I had high hopes for it as a movie....
silver buck becomes a white pulsateing sheild, dementors can now fly rather than float, wearwolves are not hairless last time I checked. scream
and in the fourth one, the only reson I even saw it was to watch Draco Malfoy bouncing around the dungen like a demented-farrot-pinball.... no... now he just floats up and down for a little wile. stare
quite frankly, I am hesitent on seeing the fifth one now. The only reson I want to see that one is to watch Fred and George turn the third floor corrador into a swamp then fly out like heros into the sunset on their brooms. Somehow I doubt thats going to happen
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:48 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:09 am
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:19 am
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:02 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:04 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:27 pm
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I think the problem with this is that people try to treat the book and the movie as the same entities, when they are not.
The book has one voice: the author's.
In the movie, the author's voice is the basis, but it is the director's story to tell, and they must tell it in a way that is emotionally resonant to them, as well as, in some cases, pleasing the people providing them the money to make it.
I agree there are some times when bizarre changes are made, and I don't doubt some of it is simply pandering or dumbing-down. The movie Eragon comes to mind on this one.
On the other hand, the changes made in The Lord of the Rings generally had reasoning behind them. Also, the arc of the story was essentially intact. Yes, certain events were cut - I particularly missed The Scouring of the Shire - but ultimately I think the movie still worked. The only change they made that I felt was contrary to Tolkien's intention was having Frodo push Gollum off the ledge, because that destroyed the point Tolkien was trying to make: That Bilbo's mercy was ultimately what saved the world. Still, most audiences want a hero, not an abstract moral construct like mercy, to save the day...oh well.
As far as Harry Potter goes, I thought some of the changes were ill-conceived when put in the context of the whole seven-year arc (the loss of the Marauder's Map history in particular). But to complain because favorite scenes were cut from the movie is silly. Yes, Draco bouncing around as a ferret is awesome, but it contributes nothing to the plot, other than showing that Moody is watching Harry's back - which they movie did in fact show in a shorter and more succinct form.
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