WALK THE LINE

[Holiday Rambler]

Wait, what the hell movie are we talking about

[Metalfreak]

Wait, what the hell movie are we talking about

lol I was talking about the Harry Potter movie! somehow this thread turned into a HP thread....

[Mike]

I could follow the movie just fine

you didnt think it was strange that as soon as they got to the world cup, the very next scene was them going back into the tent after it was over, little shit like that is what pissed me off. they could have made the movie 5 minutes longer and told about how crazy that game apparently was. the book really went into it and i think it would have made a much better movie.

yeah I got a bit annoyed with that too but you got to think, if they used more stuff from the book, the movie would have been 5 hours long (that's not a bad thing) I'd say about 300 pages out of the book were used in the movie.

I really liked the movie anyway though. It's been a while since I watched the first and second ones...I have the 3rd and I'd say the 3rd is still my favorite. The 4th is a close one though. (I suppose if you haven't read the books, it would be somewhat hard to follow.)

a special they had about this movie said that they took the 700 pages of the book and cut it down to 170 pages for the movie, THAT IS ALOT OF SHIT MISSING.

Screenplays are written where each page is about a minute of screen time. And I just checked and the movie is 157min, so that's sounds about right. I haven't seen the movie yet, but obviously a lot is gonna have to be cut out otherwise it'll end up being a 6 hour mini-series.

[holly]

I could follow the movie just fine

That doesn't make having just enough embellishment to sustain the plot acceptable.

You saw a movie that condensed the life of a 71 year-old man into a 90 minutes, and wanted better plot?

Next, you'll be telling me that The Passion of the Christ seemed a little "far fetched".

That was about Harry Potter.
& The Passion wasn't far fetched; it was hilarious.

[andyb]

I could follow the movie just fine

you didnt think it was strange that as soon as they got to the world cup, the very next scene was them going back into the tent after it was over, little shit like that is what pissed me off. they could have made the movie 5 minutes longer and told about how crazy that game apparently was. the book really went into it and i think it would have made a much better movie.

yeah I got a bit annoyed with that too but you got to think, if they used more stuff from the book, the movie would have been 5 hours long (that's not a bad thing) I'd say about 300 pages out of the book were used in the movie.

I really liked the movie anyway though. It's been a while since I watched the first and second ones...I have the 3rd and I'd say the 3rd is still my favorite. The 4th is a close one though. (I suppose if you haven't read the books, it would be somewhat hard to follow.)

a special they had about this movie said that they took the 700 pages of the book and cut it down to 170 pages for the movie, THAT IS ALOT OF SHIT MISSING.

Screenplays are written where each page is about a minute of screen time. And I just checked and the movie is 157min, so that's sounds about right. I haven't seen the movie yet, but obviously a lot is gonna have to be cut out otherwise it'll end up being a 6 hour mini-series.

my point was that the movie could have easily been a little longer. the other three were pushing three hours, and all the lord of the rings movies were just over 3 hours, gangs of new york was almost 4 hours. i think we have a higher tolerance for time. could have been longer. they did good with what they had. but could have been longer.

[BlazeTSU]

i don't know why i've just never had the urge to read any of the harry potter books. its probably b/c i've seen the movies first and i'm not usually into reading books of movies that i've already seen. it just kinda kills what my imagination has to offer. i see the characters as they are in the movie and it takes the fun out of the book.

[andyb]

well shoot out and get the next movies book, order of the phoenix, hurry before its too late,

[Mike]

I could follow the movie just fine

you didnt think it was strange that as soon as they got to the world cup, the very next scene was them going back into the tent after it was over, little shit like that is what pissed me off. they could have made the movie 5 minutes longer and told about how crazy that game apparently was. the book really went into it and i think it would have made a much better movie.

yeah I got a bit annoyed with that too but you got to think, if they used more stuff from the book, the movie would have been 5 hours long (that's not a bad thing) I'd say about 300 pages out of the book were used in the movie.

I really liked the movie anyway though. It's been a while since I watched the first and second ones...I have the 3rd and I'd say the 3rd is still my favorite. The 4th is a close one though. (I suppose if you haven't read the books, it would be somewhat hard to follow.)

a special they had about this movie said that they took the 700 pages of the book and cut it down to 170 pages for the movie, THAT IS ALOT OF SHIT MISSING.

Screenplays are written where each page is about a minute of screen time. And I just checked and the movie is 157min, so that's sounds about right. I haven't seen the movie yet, but obviously a lot is gonna have to be cut out otherwise it'll end up being a 6 hour mini-series.

my point was that the movie could have easily been a little longer. the other three were pushing three hours, and all the lord of the rings movies were just over 3 hours, gangs of new york was almost 4 hours. i think we have a higher tolerance for time. could have been longer. they did good with what they had. but could have been longer.

I agree. I'm not saying making it longer would be a bad thing.
Problem is, the next one will probably be similar because I think this is the best money-making Harry Potter so far. So there's no reason for them to listen to any complaints.

[WREKage-Paul]

Gotta agree with everyone else -- the books are well-worth reading. You should be able to find copies at most used bookstores if you don't want to spring for them new.

A 63-year old co-worker (!) got me started on the books long before the first movie came out, so I got in before all the hype. They really ARE excellent. It's become fashionable in the literary fantasy community to diss J.K. Rowling and her books (like metalheads do with bands that 'make it,' against all odds), but she deserves a lot of praise for getting an entire generation back into reading. Hell, she deserves credit just for getting kids to think about reading, instead of vegging in front of the teevee.

[andyb]

I agree. I'm not saying making it longer would be a bad thing.
Problem is, the next one will probably be similar because I think this is the best money-making Harry Potter so far. So there's no reason for them to listen to any complaints.

the reason its making more is because more and more people are into the movies now, have read the books, and are expecting good things to happen, they cant say it made more because it was a better movie, because no one that paid to see it, has seen it yet (does that make sense?) what i mean is, people went to see this movie because the others were so good, so why stray from that formula??

[holly]

I agree. I'm not saying making it longer would be a bad thing.
Problem is, the next one will probably be similar because I think this is the best money-making Harry Potter so far. So there's no reason for them to listen to any complaints.

the reason its making more is because more and more people are into the movies now, have read the books, and are expecting good things to happen, they cant say it made more because it was a better movie, because no one that paid to see it, has seen it yet (does that make sense?) what i mean is, people went to see this movie because the others were so good, so why stray from that formula??

Truth.