I tolerated the first two films, wanted to walk out of the third one, and could only stomach about half an hour of the fourth one when I caught it on TV. Not gonna bother seeing any more.

Also I read the books.

ArvickHero

10387 Posts

November 19 2010 06:32 GMT

#22

wait it premieres tonight? Shit..

nekuodah

England2409 Posts

November 19 2010 06:35 GMT

#23

Ive completely forgotten how the 6th one went

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United States10328 Posts

November 19 2010 06:37 GMT

#24

I don't really like Harry Potter. Also I have "work" to do.

Versita

Canada1032 Posts

November 19 2010 06:40 GMT

#25

i think the last hp movie i watched is the 4th one maybe.
that and i'm attending a wedding on the weekend so i wont be home all weekend.

i suppose i'm not busy next week and i could watch it on monday before class or something

meeple

Canada10211 Posts

November 19 2010 06:40 GMT

#26

I'll probably just pirate it...

caelym

United States6421 Posts

November 19 2010 06:41 GMT

#27

I don't want to walk back for 45 minutes in the middle of the night in a city...

Nikon

Bulgaria5710 Posts

November 19 2010 06:42 GMT

#28

I don't think we'd have a premiere showing in our town. Or in our country, for that matter. Even if we had, in order to see it, I would have to travel to another city. And unless I go there in advance to get a ticket, they'd probably be sold out by the time I arrive. So I would probably have to book a hotel room in order to facilitate myself, unless I feel like traveling one way, buying a ticket, then traveling back. all in a single day.

I wish they'd reopen the old cinemas we had on the main street. I've had so many fun moments in my childhood there

Now one is in a state of permament closure, and the other one got turned into a disco club. I saw my first animated movie there; now it is a house of gluttony and lust.

This is what capitalism brought. It was supposed to be better. It was supposed to mean freedom. But does it? No. Am I truly free if I can not watch the latest installment of the Harry Potter series? We even set our parliament on fire to earn this... freedom. But are we truly free?

No. Not until we are able to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on its premiere day.

Jonoman92

United States9107 Posts

November 19 2010 06:49 GMT

#29

I too have finals tomorrow. And while I would like to see HP in theaters eventually idc that much and will probably only go if a friend asks me to go with them or something.

Equinox_kr

United States7395 Posts

November 19 2010 06:51 GMT

#30

Business exam.

And I haven't seen the movies since the ... 2nd one.

Zingerac

United States138 Posts

November 19 2010 06:54 GMT

#31

Broke as a motherfucker.

ZapRoffo

United States5544 Posts

November 19 2010 07:01 GMT

#32

The movies aren't good movies, I've seen all but the 3rd one (and this new one), and the 6th one is the only one that is even a decent coherent movie in its own right. They all suffer from a complex of needing to tell the plot of the book, so that's all they do, without any of the real charm that made the books what they are. It's like they are constructed out of duty rather than artistry. Without the backing that the books give them in terms of familiarity with the stories and sense of the characters living their lives, the movies existing by themselves would be considered to have very amateur storytelling, awkward transitions and no real flow or rhyme or reason to the course of events. They also bring no new value or perspective that's not in the books while dryly sucking the liveliness of having these things exist in the imagination. To me they were like watching the cliff notes of the novel, with a moving picture and random jokes thrown in. They are shells of movies, they look pretty much like real movies, but there is nothing at their heart that isn't just transcribed directly from the books (where it actually has the opportunity to be fleshed out), there is nothing that inspired them besides the necessity to make a movie out of everything because it's an opportunity to make money and to show off CGI effects (which is a perverse twisting of the themes about magic that are in the book, that magic is at its heart is not really about the flashy lights and explosions and doing cool tricks, the movies never really explore magic to see anything deeper than that).

That said I'll be seeing the new one Saturday night.

storm44

1293 Posts

November 19 2010 07:06 GMT

#33

the later HP movies are so damn dark like wtf is with the lighting cant see shit

Wolf

Korea (South)3290 Posts

November 19 2010 07:08 GMT

#34

Probably going to watch with family

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts

November 19 2010 07:19 GMT

#35

Watching it tomorrow in IMAX!
Wasn't actually planning to watch it in theaters (expensive these days...) but a friend of mine gave me tickets... so hey.

DarkSanta

Netherlands76 Posts

November 19 2010 07:23 GMT

#36

Watched it yesterday, I found it pretty terrible although a friend of mine hadn't read the books so she thought it was pretty good. Part 2 has to be epic though, there are only cool stuff left in the book so even I could make a good movie out of that..

Saw it in IMAX too btw

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

November 19 2010 07:31 GMT

#37

On November 19 2010 15:26 nbtnbt5 wrote:

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Oh god, if you actually read the 6th book then you'll think it's terrible. Also if you didn't read the 6th book you still might think it's terrible. The movie was bare minimum plot and nothing more.

Thats what I thought about all the movies tbh (except the first 2). The only reason I bother to watch them other then that I can for free is its always nice seeing Emma Watson on screen LOL