28-11-2002 00:22									#1
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Two weekends ago, Harry Potter made $88 million. That's 3rd in history behind Spiderman and Harry Potter 1.

I just saw it, and wow! Very nice indeed. Kenneth Branaugh was wonderful as Gilderoy Lockhart. And although I would have liked to see more of Creevy and Ginny in the movie (it was already close to 3 hours long), it was really nice, especially the big fight at the end!

It only gets more and more darker, with more killings. I wonder when the first PG-13 Harry Potter will come out (apparently they had to make some cuts to make this movie be PG) .

	28-11-2002 00:29									#2
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I'm still waiting for Torg Potter and the Chamberpot of Secretions.

	28-11-2002 00:32									#3
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Actually, I thought that that Torg Potter thingy was one of the least inspiring things they've done in Sluggy Freelance for some time - though those Christmas elf thingies come close.

It's still a good comic, mind.

	28-11-2002 00:49									#4
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Who do you think they will get to play Dumbledore's character now that Harris is dead?

	28-11-2002 00:51									#5
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Who do you think they will get to play Dumbledore's character now that Harris is dead?

Santa claus.

What is Torg Potter?

	28-11-2002 00:58									#6
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quote: Originally posted by statusperfect What is Torg Potter?

Harry Potter parody.

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It was a much better movie than the last one, from my p.o.v.

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quote: Who do you think they will get to play Dumbledore's character now that Harris is dead?

I'm not entirely sure. It has to be someone with a British accent, of course.

I'm really wondering who is going to be Sirius Black in PoA.

	28-11-2002 01:14									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui I'm not entirely sure. It has to be someone with a British accent, of course.

Who would you like to see play him then?

	28-11-2002 01:20									#10
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I'm not entirely sure. Sir Alec Guiness (when he was alive of course) would have been perfect.

Wouldn't it be funny if Ian McKellan became Dumbledore? Actually that's probably who I'd like to see play the role.

	28-11-2002 01:43									#11
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The stupid platinum blond kid cannot act, I just wanted to throttle him.

And I really do not get DM and Floyd thinking I look like the quiddich captain

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What about the guy that plays Gandalf in LOTR (i've forgotten his name). He could play Dumbledore.

Alternatively: What about Peter O'Toole??

Asmodean

	28-11-2002 03:14									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Asmodean What about the guy that plays Gandalf in LOTR (i've forgotten his name). He could play Dumbledore.

That's Ian McKellan, Imran mentioned him earlier.
He'd be the obvious choice, it'd be funny if it was him.

Is the second film actually good then. I love the books, but thought the first film was crud. I didn't think the script writers did a good job, they sucked all the humour out of it.

The books get better and better as they go along (darker and more mature), so hopefully the film's will too.

When the hell is the 5th book coming out??????????????????

	28-11-2002 03:17									#14
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blah. Harry Potter is crap.

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The second book has always been my least favorite, but the second movie is, without question, a vast improvement on the first film.

My fiancee and I were talking about a new Dumbledore, and we both thought of McKellan... I think that's definitely a decent possibility, because isn't LOTR owned by the same studio? I also thought of Sean Connery... that would certainly be a change for him. Patrick Stewart could do it, but he would have to get a lot of makeup to make him look sufficiently old.

Speaking of looking old, I want the actor/actress who plays McGonnagal in the Harry Potter death pool. Christ, she looks old.

	28-11-2002 06:14									#16
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Although I'd give HP2 I was disappointed in it.

As the movie did become darker, it squeezed out almost all of the humor. Gilderoy was wonderful. But Dooby wasn't funny, merely pathetic. And Moaning Murtle rarely wallowed in self pity but instead went around yelling at people. Such fun scenes as the "Deathday" party understandably had to be jettisonned to save time.

The guy playing Lucius was stupendous--what a great villian. But Ron, who was the best of the child actors in HP1, now seems to have only one emotion: terror. And while everyone is praising Emma Watson for now acting more naturally, Herminie is supposed to be a snooty character, and now she's just coming across as an "everygirl".

The vets did great: Alan Richman, Maggie Smith, and Richard Harris.

It was a good movie, but it could have been a lot better.

	28-11-2002 06:28									#17
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quote: Speaking of looking old, I want the actor/actress who plays McGonnagal in the Harry Potter death pool. Christ, she looks old.

But she does play a decent McGonnagal and looks the part wonderfully .

As for the movie, it became much darker and yes most humor was squeezed out, but I think it needed to be, because the end of the book is very dark. I did love the Hermione as catwoman scene .

Ron was cut back, but I think he wasn't as bad as you said Zkribbler. Dan Radcliff though was MUCH better than the first film.

I did miss Snape, but I think in PoA he could have a larger part. Now to cast Mad-Eye Moody, Wormtail, and Sirius Black .

	28-11-2002 08:56									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Dan Radcliff though was MUCH better than the first film.

Agreed.

quote: Now to cast Mad-Eye Moody, Wormtail, and Sirius Black .

I hope the new director realizes how much fun he can have with Moody's mad eye, spinning around, moving independently...virtually a character of its own.

	28-11-2002 09:37									#19
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Peter O'toole sounds right for Dumbledore. How about Brian Blessed for Moody?

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	28-11-2002 09:48									#21
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Who do you think they will get to play Dumbledore's character now that Harris is dead?

Dame Judi Dench.

Did you not hear the court ruling? From now on it is illegal to cast anyone but her as a character over the age of 60.

	28-11-2002 12:34									#22
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Haven't read the books yet. I'll have to find time for that.

	28-11-2002 12:41									#23
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Ah the evil Mad Eye .

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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Who do you think they will get to play Dumbledore's character now that Harris is dead?

I'd like to see Graham Crowden in the role.

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quote: Originally posted by Vanguard Peter O'toole sounds right for Dumbledore. How about Brian Blessed for Moody?

Interesting suggestion. I saw him at Stratford, playing the main "rude mechanical" in A Midsummer Night's Dream, can't remember the name of the character... he was just a riot. I could definitely see him pull off Mad Eye.

Maybe Colin Firth (if that's the guy I'm thinking of) for Lupin.

	28-11-2002 21:18									#26
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this movie sucked major ass...

THe whole damn movie boiled down to:

Harry finds a clue

"What does this clue mean?"

Harry finds a clue

"What does this clue mean?"


YAWN YAWN YAWN

And the character is completely stupid. He has no confidence, he doesn't stand up for himself, and he has all this poweR? WTF? GROW SOME BALLS!

The only reason I went to see it was for the special effects. And I was jipped. All the Special Effects scenes were in the previews. The rest of the movie is a bunch of weak dialogue and boring monotanous plot building clues. There are no twists at all. It's simply force fed.

	28-11-2002 21:26									#27
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A pile 'o bullshit as some ppl like to call it...

The whole harry potter (which btw means harry faggot in belgium (really i mean it!)) concept is overrrated and a big ripoff, maybe little kiddies like it, don't see what's so good about it for older humans...

idd that little blonde f*ckuer gets on my nerves, BIG time

	28-11-2002 22:01									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Trajanus maybe little kiddies like it, don't see what's so good about it for older humans...

I could say the same thing about Star Trek, and people on this forum seem to love that for some reason.

Harry Potter is a kid's book, no doubt about it. (When I use that term it isn't a criticism)

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quote: I could say the same thing about Star Trek

Yes, but at least Star Trek doesn't include a scene crawling with kids screaming and yelling and being annoying all the time... Harry Potter makes me think of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,... that little asian bastard made me go crazy in the head forever, i am the result of years and years of television torment (when i was a kid, i didn't like childish shows and programmes with screaming and yelling kids...)


btw: I don't see what's so great about Star Trek too, it's just a boring show, packed with bleeping lasers and heroic action such as: "John, turn on the bionic multiphasers to insert bio-organic specimen or we will be blow to pieces!!!

(tolkien and gandalf rule sci-fi big time)