Watching the Harry Potter goodbye featurette and crying.
teary now
Yes. Lucky for you, people may be in danger.
Buffy ,'Him'
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quester - Jul 21, 2011 9:33:03 am PDT #15589 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
quester - Jul 21, 2011 5:48:00 pm PDT #15590 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I rewatched Prisoner of Azkaban tonight. It really is the most perfect of the movies to me. Everything about it is so well thought out. The scene transitions, the character notes...perfect. I wish Alfonso Cuarón had directed more of them.
le nubian - Jul 21, 2011 6:04:15 pm PDT #15591 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm with quester. totally. I love the 3rd film. I watch it once or 2x a year. it did not mimic the book - there were things the scriptwriter left out, but kept all the important parts and made an elegant movie.
apparently the movie took a LOT out of him. He knew he couldn't handle another movie.
seriously the movie comes closest to my imagination, if that makes any sense. the rest of the books "looked" like that movie. I think book 5 was the one that was out when the 3rd movie came out? anyway, that whole book I "saw" Hogwart's through Cuaron's eyes.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 21, 2011 6:05:19 pm PDT #15592 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
One piece of advice to everyone everywhere: don't go watching student movies you appeared in back in the day. One way or the other you're going to feel bad. In my opinion.
To clarify:
Yay! I still had hair.
Boo!!!! What a terrible performance.
smonster - Jul 21, 2011 6:06:13 pm PDT #15593 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Agreed, quester and le nubian.
quester - Jul 21, 2011 6:15:18 pm PDT #15594 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
apparently the movie took a LOT out of him. He knew he couldn't handle another movie.
So sad, but he did such a good job with it!
And the "look" of the film is what really does it for me! Just a beautiful job!
Amy - Jul 21, 2011 6:17:31 pm PDT #15595 of 30000
Because books.
Azkaban was my favorite, too.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 21, 2011 6:29:28 pm PDT #15596 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And the "look" of the film is what really does it for me! Just a beautiful job!
Well, I think his look carried into the rest of the films. The first two were from Harry's perspective where everything magic was new. The third was when he really lost his innocence and had to stop trusting the received wisdom, so it makes sense. Though I wish Hogwarts had been a little more foreboding in the first two movies (yes, I'm looking at you Chris C.).
DavidS - Jul 21, 2011 8:14:43 pm PDT #15597 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wish Alfonso Cuarón had directed more of them.
When you read the interviews with the kid actors, it was definitely Cuaron's influence that raised their game. That was the movie where they really began to understand what they were doing, and what they needed to move towards. He demanded more from them and they responded.
DavidS - Jul 21, 2011 8:19:22 pm PDT #15598 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(yes, I'm looking at you Chris C.).
I'm going to plump for the much maligned mister Columbus, because those first two movies are Matilda's favorites and they were Emmett's favorites until he got older. Not only did Columbus get the casting absolutely right, I don't think there would've been a series without the success of his movies which were very young kid friendly.
Aesthetically, the series gets better when it gets darker. But the lighter tone, the cuddliness even, are things which draw in very young viewers who become life long fans.