To celebrate the release of fantastic beasts. Post Potter Kino.
To celebrate the release of fantastic beasts. Post Potter Kino
Benjamin Diaz
Robert King
Don't get me wrong, I'd love nothing more than to celebrate the arrival of a film based on a new novel from the author of one of the dullest franchise in the history of movie franchises, but I can't for the life of me think of a related video clip to post in this thread. 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.
Gabriel Bailey
The custom contextual intro you keep adding always looks stupider each time you make a new one but it makes me laugh that you're trying to trick people into reading the pasta by disguising it like that
Xavier Rodriguez
its always bothered me that this wand looked like some kind of a sex toy,
is it just me?
Benjamin Green
Doing a marathon of the Harry Potter films before I watch this
So far, I only enjoyed the first 3,with Chamber being my favorite.
4, 5, and 6 just don't match up. I never read the books but a lot of the story seems to have been gutted or dropped for the film adaption. New characters are introduced but are never developed. Malfoy seems like a complete waste of a character after the 2nd film. Helena Bonham Carter ruins everything, and the deaths of Cedric, Sirius and Dumbledore are completely anti-climactic. Half-Blood Prince treats the title plot as a subplot, and then refuses to do anything significant with it other than do a title drop at the last second. I completely forgot about the Half-Blood Prince since they never brought up again in the 2nd or 3rd act.
A lot of the films also seems to be loaded with useless filler. This makes me wonder what I could possibly be up against with 7,a film split into 2 parts. If David Yates couldn't decide what to film and what to toss with a 2 hour and 30 minutes running time, what the hell could he do with 5 hours?
Alexander Reyes
>Helena Bonham Carter ruins everything, and the deaths of Cedric, Sirius and Dumbledore are completely anti-climactic.
wew my lad
Charles Long
hes right yknow.
Tho in the case of Cedric, I think its meant to be that way.
Ryder Myers
>hes right
'no'
Oliver Morgan
That pic is a joke right? if not, shit taste x1000000
Oliver Allen