I liked Part 2, but Part 1 was a bad movie with no sense of pacing.
I didn't read the books and maybe the first half of book 7 is just that boring and pointlessly slow as well. In any event, it made for a poor film.
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Colin Farrell Joins Harry Potter Spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts'
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I liked Part 2, but Part 1 was a bad movie with no sense of pacing.
I didn't read the books and maybe the first half of book 7 is just that boring and pointlessly slow as well. In any event, it made for a poor film.
Demoncarnotaur
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The casting has been great so far, and to say I'm excited is an understatement.
That said, I'm not excited that David Yates is returning to direct.
That said, I'm not excited that David Yates is returning to direct.
NipplesAndToes23
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She's written other books since Harry Potter back in 2012? As big as she is why wasn't this made a big deal? She even went with a pseudonym when she already had a big name, why?
Pretty sure it was made a big deal of, especially when the fact it was her behind the pseudonym leaked. As far as why, I'd imagine maybe she wanted to see if she could succeed without the Rowling name and all the expectation.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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sounds like a spiritual sequel to the cult hit land of the lost
Yep.
Pretty cool cast, but I have zero confidence with him at the helm.
Dance scene works on it's own, but if you read the book it felt like pure, shameless pandering.
The Tale of the Three Brothers, here I can agree though.
To be fair, he had to deviate a lot. The books are 600+ pages, you have to make sacrifices to fit it into 2-2.5 hour movie, or you end up with another GoF. I saw it again on TV last week and I still feel it's incomprehensible without prior book knowledge, it's just jumping from one major event to another with no sense of pace.
Very disappointing, I remember reading HBP at release and loving all the Voldemort backstory. At the time I loved flashback arcs and dwelling on Voldemort's past just before the final push, knowing it's a setup for the seventh book, it felt so good. And then the movie came and it just skimmed over it.
It... kinda is. It works in book form since it's a major break from previous books, it enhances the atmosphere and you still get the eventual climax within the same book, so with the movie it might have felt disappointing. Though even in the book I felt all the camping went for a tad too long.
George Oscar Bluth II
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It hurts that The Goblet of Fire is the worst film but the best book.
Discotheque
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Lets be real here, Prisoner of Azkaban was clearly the best book, Alfonso Cuaron was easily the best director, it was a mix made in heaven.
That said, I enjoy all 8 Harry Potter movies and I believe Yates did a fine job with the adaptation, even if they felt limited, because, as always, original > adaptation.
This is the first Harry Potter universe movie made with a story 100% made for Cinema, so I am sure Yates is going to have a chance to be more creative with it, I´ll give it the benefit of the doubt.
That said, I enjoy all 8 Harry Potter movies and I believe Yates did a fine job with the adaptation, even if they felt limited, because, as always, original > adaptation.
This is the first Harry Potter universe movie made with a story 100% made for Cinema, so I am sure Yates is going to have a chance to be more creative with it, I´ll give it the benefit of the doubt.
CosmicGroinPull
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Darn. For a moment there I got incredibly excited after reading the thread title, but my eyes were playing tricks on me.
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