YEAH!!....Disneykid wrote:2099net wrote:Do you really think PoA was the best Harry Potter film? It may be OK for us, those in the know, but it left out critical information. The worst offender being not naming how Padfoot, Prongs etc actually were! Plus, lots and lots of other - needed in my opinion - exposition.
I'd rather they kept this all in, and got rid of Madame Trelawny for example.
I think PoA was the worst Harry Potter film. CoS was be far the best.
I know this is an old post, but I just had to comment on it (dunno why I hadn't noticed it before). To me, Prisoner of Azkaban was the best because it worked as a film. I absolutely love SS (PS for you) and CoS, but that's mainly because of my love of the books. When looked at as literary adaptations, problems arise. SS/PS in particular plays out like a series of live action storyboards. Chris Columbus just kept trucking along from one major event to the other without making them flow, resulting in a somewhat choppy film. Admittedly, the first book is pretty episodic, and one understands that with the enormous pressure laid on Chris, he had no choice but to be safe or else have his head severed. Still, he should've taken more risks. Of all three Harry Potter films, the first would benefit the most from an extended version (from what I understand, something like 20 minutes of footage was cut, yet the DVD only gives us about 5 of that). Chris started to come into his own with CoS, though. He started embellishing, condensing, and outright omitting various things, which resulted in a much better flow and film experience. Then Alfonso Cuaron came in and took that to a whole other level. I feel that Alfonso understood the concept of storytelling better than Chris Columbus did. Alfonso pretty much tossed out all of the fat that didn't push the plot forward, yet still added his own touches, and cleverly combined various scenes into single ones to compress time. As a result, I think PoA ends up being the most cinematic of the three. The first two, as previously said, are more like moving storyboards/reader's digest outlines whereas PoA is really an adaptation not afraid of change. When I saw the first two in theaters, I always immediately noticed when something was left out or when the film took a rare deviance from the novel. I didn't notice that with the third at all until I thought about the film some time afterwards. Also, Cuaron grasps magic better than Columbus did. Magic in SS/PS and CoS was always put into the spotlight, but was practically non-existant when not the focus of the camera. PoA, on the other hand, has magic everywhere, but it's not highlighted with exclamation marks; it's all embedded into the background, thus making multiple viewings a treat. Yes, leaving out the Mauraders explanation (which would only have taken a grand total of 2-3 minutes to explain) was wrong, but from what I understand, it'll be addressed in the next film. Besides, the previous films left out little plot points that caused unanswered questions such as who gave Harry the invisibility cloak, why does Harry's scar keep acting as red flag, how did Tom Riddle use the diary to possess Ginny, why did the sword of Gryffindor randomly appear out of the sorting hat, etc. People just tend to notice the Maurader's thing more because that's what comes to most fan's minds when PoA the book is brought up. All right, I just typed A LOT more than I originally intended, but I just had to defend PoA.
As for the actual topic: The stills have me greatly excited for this.What I most want to see is Ralph Fiennes in Voldemort make-up, but I know WB won't show that before the film comes out (they didn't with movie 1's Voldie).
...Ditto on what he said!!!I LOVED PoA!!! CoS shoulda had the Deathday Scene, and PoA shoulda had Marauder's Explaination, But ill live..........
I hope that when they promote movie 4 they dont give away the ending. A lot of fans rely solely on the movies and not on the books, and having that would give away the best part of the book. I have faith in WB though, b/c they didnt ruin Movie 3 with Sirius' "goodness"
It would be cool to see some Special Featurs in the Promo Pics though! And some cool Task I and II scenes!
. I'm so excited for this movie. It will be interesting to see how they pull it off considering the book is huge. I think they will do a good job, though.
I also thought he was suppose to have long hair... Oh well. Can't wait for the movie.
