I think my favorite part of HP6 was the scene in Fred and George's magic shop. I wish it had been a little longer, just to take in all of the wonderful props and design.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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Dana - Jul 20, 2009 8:02:14 am PDT #3109 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Scrappy - Jul 20, 2009 8:08:29 am PDT #3110 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I enjoyed it very much. I know they left a lot out, but it didn't bother me overmuch, except for wanting more Neville. I am assuming that splitting the final book into two films will let them put a lot of that stuff back in, because I fervently hope they will take care of the endless wandering about section in a short scene or two.
megan walker - Jul 20, 2009 8:25:42 am PDT #3111 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yes, I certainly hope that HP7 1 & 2, will do the editing that didn't get done for the original.
DavidS - Jul 20, 2009 8:46:35 am PDT #3112 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ION, I also watched the original Get Carter this weekend. So disappointing.
Typo alert! Should say, "So cooooool!"
megan walker - Jul 20, 2009 8:51:45 am PDT #3113 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Please.
I was really looking forward to it, but it was a hot mess.
DavidS - Jul 20, 2009 9:04:33 am PDT #3114 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Come now! How is this line not cool: "You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself."
Especially with the gut punching and all.
Plus, bleak seventies ending.
megan walker - Jul 20, 2009 9:23:02 am PDT #3115 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
How is this line not cool: "You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself."
The line is cool. The delivery, plotting, and mise-en-scene? Not so much.
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2009 9:27:18 am PDT #3116 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What characterizes bad mise-en-scene?
megan walker - Jul 20, 2009 9:29:53 am PDT #3117 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
What characterizes bad mise-en-scene?
Anything really, since mise-en-scene is almost everything (setting, costumes, lighting, staging, etc).
In Get Carter, I'd say my primary problem was the bad acting (which might have worked better if it had been more stylized) and how it was staged.
beekaytee - Jul 20, 2009 9:34:49 am PDT #3118 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Megan reminds me of the thing that really bothered me about the HPB scene in the tower. In the book, it was gripping and tense, made so much more so by Harry being constrained from acting. His sense of helplessness and anger, both precipitated by Dumbledore's binding curse were so painful to read. In the film version, he just stood there, dumbly watching the action. Which seem so counter to what he will be expected to do as the story unfolds. Much less, how he has reacted in previous movies. Given his less than strategic thinking to that point, I can't imagine he wouldn't have jumped out and tried to fight, regardless of Dumbledore's admonition. In fact, in the book, the wise old man knew Harry couldn't be trusted to behave. So he took drastic measures.
It would have been so easy to include that element.