>actors finally settled into their roles
>had one of the most creative plots I've seen
>Ron put in his place as the idiot he is
>beautiful and creative transitions
>scenery porn
>set, lighting, and tone changed to match darker content
>better sense of where everything is located in the castle
>best villains, no wizard Nazis yet
>only issue is some hiccups in pacing
>best musical score
9/10, god damn the only other Harry Potter that even compares is the 7th.
Why are all of the other movies in the series so meh?
>>68722525
It's also the perfect mix between the more literal adaptations of the first two and the way the others cut out so much of their books. It's full of little scenes and additions that make it feel like an actual movie
>>68722525
>the only other Harry Potter that even compares is the 7th
Anon pls, top fucking taste apart from that. 1 and 2 are classic kids' films. 3 is a great film in its own right. 4 is a confused mess, just like the book. Everything beyond that: average to decent films, shit adaptations.
>best villains
Yeah, peak Dementors and insane Gary Oldman. Amazing.
I maintain this is the only film in the series with quotable lines and memorable moments.
>EXPECTO PATRONUM
>HE WAS THEIR FRIEND
Compare that to, uh, Voldemort and Harry flying around Hogwarts for half an hour smashing into things?
Also aside from the fist it's the only film in the series that can stand on its own
love /tv/ Harry Potter threads
Remember that autist who would post pictures of books we should be reading all thread
Am I the only one who really couldn't give a fuck about this new shit that's coming out? Cursed Child will be unadulterated shite for sure. With Fantastic Beasts the only thing that interests me even slightly is a Dumbledore appearance.
Just make a fucking cartoon about chilling in Hogwarts
>>68722525
Only problem I have is the fact that they wear Muggle clothes.
Harry Potter was easily one of the dullest franchise in the history of movie franchises. Each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.
Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody?just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.
a-at least the books were good though
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."
I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.
>>68722525
Ron is like the Xander (from Buffy) of the Harry Potter series.
>>68722525
>Ron put in his place as the idiot he is
Ron isn't such a faggot in the books, just so you know. Film Hermoine gets all of Rons good book moments, especially in Prisoner of Azkaban.
>>68723086
You kidding? The first film had the best quotable moments.
>Yur a wizard 'Arry
>ONE MORE BLOODY LETTER
>Mr Potter... Our new celebratory...
>People will think you're... UP to something
Etc etc
But I agree that the latter films don't have anything memorable.
>>68723292
yes if only it was an anime instead.
>>68723266
I don't give a fuck about Cursed Child, but Fantastic Beasts looks like it has the same whimsical cozy tone that made the first couple of films so fun.
I just pray to god that there's no "end of the world plot," "chosen one," "ancient evil," or other such nonsense to drag it down.
>>68723292
Post the "instead of Harry Potter, you could instead watch..." pasta.
>>68723395
Yeah I thought about the first film while I was posting but cbf changing my post tbqfh senpai
Genuinely trying to think of specific lines and failing.
>>68722998
1 is a classic kid's film but I didn't think it was all that amazing, mostly because Harry doesn't question anything that happens, 2 was alright, 4 was trash. All of this is opinion of course, I never read past the 3rd book.
is revisiting Harry Potter torture for anyone else? I loved them but now it just makes me feel depressed....
>>68723395
>Film Hermione gets all of Rons good book moments
And fucking Harry's. Don't forget that in the books it was his idea to jump on the dragon in DH and in the films it was hers. And at the end of Half Blood Prince Harry tells Hermione about the locket while Ron sits in the dark fucking thirty feet away! (poetry)
how can other scores compete?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GRBx1ZTyTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cebne3MTloU
and snape's backstory explored
and his hardcore sword attack magic
and hermione carrying even harder than usual
HBP > all
>>68723554
I haven't tried rereading them for years. Last time I went back to the books I fell in love with them all over again. Not sure if it'll happen again. Every time I look at a copy of Order of the Phoenix I'm instantly reminded of summer holidays and shit, though.
>>68722525
I'm not a fan of Harry Potter but Prisoner of Azkaban is a great movie in its own right.
Shows how much a movie can be elevated beyond its means by a good director.
>>68723616
HBP's soundtrack was great. Just a shame Ginny can't act for shit (not her fault getting cast at ten years old but she's really fucking awful)
>>68723616
HBP was honestly my least favourite film, even taking GoF into consideration.
>color grading so miserable that some scenes are practically black and white
>climax of the film is ruined; instead of a battle between Death Eaters and students, the Death Eaters just run through an empty school kicking over plates and shit
>everything feels rushed, even more than in the other films
>awkward teen romance antics fails as both comedy and drama
>that stupid Burrow fight scene in the middle of the film that exists for no reason
It's a mess.
>>68723826
>that stupid Burrow fight scene in the middle of the film that exists for no reason
fuck this shit honestly
Goblet of Fire is so weird. So much shit that comes out of nowhere and never comes up again. Shit, remembered a quote.
>THAT'S MY BOY
Cuaron is a great director t b h
>>68723605
Film Hermione is a legitimate Mary Sue. She made the other two characters useless in comparison.
Film Harry wasn't too bad, but film Ron is just a waste of space.
>>68723895
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL28nE2gxVY
That's a great scene tbfh. I'll admit that I teared up a little when I first saw it.
>>68723895
I never got the hate for GoF. I liked it, it was a middle ground between the whimsical first two movies and the dark & gritty later ones.
THAT'S MY BOY is probably the best scene in the series just for how heart-wrenching it is
![Harry+Potter+hair[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/eJPsIH5.jpg "Harry+Potter+hair[1].jpg")
>>68724141
That hair though.
fug ;_:
>>68724273
I was in my hair-growing phase when GoF came out so I always liked the hair
>>68724043
Ron is useless through the the films. At least with Neville it's played for laughs and he redeems himself in the end. Ron is dead weight.
>>68725089
Yeah, Ron's a useless fuck in the films, but in the books he's a little better. He's much more charismatic and is generally the social one of the group.
Whenever the trio break up, for whatever reason, Ron always finds people to handout with, while Harry or Hermione become friendless loners without him. I can't imagine that ever being the case with film Ron, 'cause he's so obviously the third wheel of the group.
I've heard it said that in the books you're supposed to laugh with Ron, while in the films you're supposed to laugh at him.
>>68722525
>7th.
you mean 6th, right?
>>68725510
In the 4th and 6th ones kind of show him having his own life outside of the trio
>>68725700
6 a shit
3 > 1 = 2 > 8 > 7 > 4 > 6 > 5
>>68725848
3=7>1=2>8>6>5>4
>>68725510
>Whenever the trio break up, for whatever reason, Ron always finds people to handout with, while Harry or Hermione become friendless loners without him
kek, so true.
>>68725848
>not acknowledging that DH part 2 utterly, irredeemably raped the ending
God the Epilogue is so shit. Just about ruins the series for me, I have to just pretend it doesn't exist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgCClW3473c
>>68729226
>>68729187
Why do people not like the epilogue? The name thing was corny but other than that I remember tearing up a bit in the theatre.
>>68724043
This scene always made me really uncomfortable to watch around my parents
>>68730980
>it was right out of fanfiction
>massive cognitive dissonance from the characters suddenly being in middle age
>Albus Severus Potter
>>68731073
>Albus Severus
every time
>>68731237
its ebony darkness raven dementia way tier
>>68731073
You know Rowling wrote the epilogue before she even wrote the first book?
>>68723980
This desu. The Harry Potter novels are garbage and the movies are twilight teir save for the 3rd
>>68731073
Naming kids after dead relatives is pretty fucking common. Though naming him after Snape is pretty dumb. Shoulda been Rubeus Remus or something kek
>>68722525
D R O P P E D
>>68722525
emma watson in her prime
