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Originally Posted by Oaxan Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban Only got one movie under my belt today, but considering that I was juggling back and forth between FFXIII and moderating a 30,000+ member FB group that was marked for bombardment by trolls all day today, I'd say that's good enough. I guess I liked it, but I still don't see why everybody loves Harry Potter so much...

its the books man if you read the books youd get it. the first 2 movie did a great job representing the books after that each movie after kinda drifted further from the books and alot of interesting and key stuff was either left out or changed.

i felt the way you did until i took the time to ead the books then i was hooked. i hear the books on tape are pretty good too but bloody expensive.

Originally Posted by lokizz its the books man if you read the books youd get it. the first 2 movie did a great job representing the books after that each movie after kinda drifted further from the books and alot of interesting and key stuff was either left out or changed.

Well, the books just kept getting longer and longer, but the movies didn't, so they became more like basic plot synopses. And if the director wanted to focus on a few scenes, he had to leave even MORE out. So the books got better as they went (mostly) IMO, but the movies got worse (generally). Although I haven't seen the last two movies yet.

I've never been a fan of Harry Potter and I have read all the books and saw all the movies except the last two. Also, the character of Harry Potter is awful imo.

Originally Posted by moon_knight Also, the character of Harry Potter is awful imo.

Agree on that for sure. If you didn't like them then why did you read more than 1 or 2 books? Same for movies?

I grew up with the books/movies, but after the 5th book I kind of stopped caring and finished the series just to see how it would end. The movies, after the 4th, I watched because I either had nothing better to do or friends wanted to watch them.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

First one I was able to sit all the way through without interruption nor the sudden urge to do something a bit more stimulating; like watch paint dry.
I guess I'm liking the series better as I watch more, damn thing is growing on me.
Also sorta looking forward to tomorrow when I marathon the shit out of the last 3 movies. (Not bothering with DH pt.2 until it comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray Nov 11th)

The Big Lewboski! Finally got around to watching it on Netflix. I guess Swingers is next!

Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith.

This one I actually really like. There's some crummy dialogue here and there, but overall it's pretty damn good IMO. Only semi-major flaw is Anakin's fall feels a bit abrupt, but that's more a fault of them wasting so much time on pointless crap in the first two prequels.

Again, the prequel trilogy could have been much better if they'd combined the first two movie's plots into one, and spent two movies on the clone wars and Anakin's fall.

But overall, they got it mostly right in this last one IMO and it's the one of the prequels worthy of the Star Wars name.

Originally Posted by Oaxan Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire First one I was able to sit all the way through without interruption nor the sudden urge to do something a bit more stimulating; like watch paint dry. I guess I'm liking the series better as I watch more, damn thing is growing on me. Also sorta looking forward to tomorrow when I marathon the shit out of the last 3 movies. (Not bothering with DH pt.2 until it comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray Nov 11th)

That's the only one I wasn't bored during. Every movie after that is incredibly boring. I don't know why I watched them, but I regret it. Terrible movies, I don't understand why they're so popular.

I like all the Harry Potter movies personally. The books are better, but all the movies were good IMO. Certainly didn't find any of them boring. But to each their own and all that.

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 The Big Lewboski! Finally got around to watching it on Netflix. I guess Swingers is next!

i need to watch lebowski as well ive always been curiious what the hype was all about. swingers is an awesome film.

Originally Posted by lokizz i need to watch lebowski as well ive always been curiious what the hype was all about. swingers is an awesome film.

Swingers x10. The Big Lebowski is hilarious and incredibly re watchable.

Originally Posted by dmaul1114 Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. This one I actually really like. There's some crummy dialogue here and there, but overall it's pretty damn good IMO. Only semi-major flaw is Anakin's fall feels a bit abrupt, but that's more a fault of them wasting so much time on pointless crap in the first two prequels. Again, the prequel trilogy could have been much better if they'd combined the first two movie's plots into one, and spent two movies on the clone wars and Anakin's fall. But overall, they got it mostly right in this last one IMO and it's the one of the prequels worthy of the Star Wars name.

The novelization does an absolutely fantastic job at portraying Anakin's fall. I don't know how they could've put the stuff from the book in movie form but it's worth a read. I don't want to give away the stuff that goes into it but it's chilling and supremely tragic as it unfolds.

Forgot to mention that Episode 3 looked amazing on Bluray. The first to looked good, but the 3rd is among the best looking blurays I've seen.


Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope.

Great movie and looked very good on Blu for an older movie. Seemed like they tweaked the Greedo scene again and now they shoot at the same time. Definitely better than in the original SE version where Greedo learly shot first.

Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix and The Half Blood Prince

Didn't manage to start Deathly Hallows Part 1 last night, I pissed around all day and wound up passing out right after The Half Blood Prince was over.

Surprised you didn't pass out during Half Blood Prince.



Also saw Drive yesterday. I was highly impressed. I've been hesitant to watch not very popular movies that get high praise ever since the highly overrated No Country For Old Men, but I was highly impressed with Drive. Easily the best movie I've seen so far this year.

Hard Boiled - 9.0

Awesome action and a chilling soundtrack but I thought the story was a bit weak.

Originally Posted by dmaul1114 I like all the Harry Potter movies personally. The books are better, but all the movies were good IMO. Certainly didn't find any of them boring. But to each their own and all that.

I never read the books, to which everyone always tells me that's why I don't enjoy the movies.

But to that I say if I have to read the book to enjoy the movie, then it's not a very good movie. A good movie can stand on it's own.

I saw and enjoyed the first 3 movies before I read the books.

I thought those 3 were okay. I really started finding them un-enjoyable after Goblet of Fire. Seemed like too much nothing was happening.