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I never read the Harry Potter books, but the movies are pretty much always blockbuster hits. I'll be seeing this for sure this weekend.
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So far, with the exception of Prisoner of Azkaban, the movies have kinda sucked compared to the books. Being a Stephen King fan, I am used to that. Hopefully with the last 3 movies covering the last two books, they remain more faithful to the books.
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In their defense though the books are really long and have a lot of info which will not always work in a 150 minute movie
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My motto is that if a book is longer than 100 pages, and at least 25% of the pages aren't just pictures, I don't read it. |
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I read the books and really enjoyed them. Goblet of Fire is easily one of my favorites though the movie didn't do it justice. It was the first one where I felt too much was left out. Plus they answer the mystery of the movie at the very begining, unlike the book which kept you guessing
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Then take HP. Book 5 had an awesome climax and resolution. The book barely scraps it. It should have been 2 movies just like 7. The Minstry battle was absurd with little blobs flying around. Ugh, it was pathetic. I could go on for hours about the movies being utter wastes of time. For now, I'll just say I await the remakes when people who grew up reading them make the movies rather than filmmakers who are capitalizing on the wave of those reading and growing up on them. I think those future movies will slaughter these. At least we both agree #4 is worse than the rest. Though I would substitute: "a bag of dog shit is better than 4" instead of "okay".
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1. In Azkaban, they never explain who created the Marauders Map. That ends up being fairly important in the remaining books. 2. Then end of Order of the Phoenix, the book is about a billion times better than the movie. In the movie, all the kids come away completely unscathed, the book was a lot more realistic. |
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07-08-2009, 01:45 PM | #2817 |
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Damn I didn't know there was such hatred towards the movies.
Maybe its better to watch the movies first then read the books? Obviously I was kidding about my earlier statement about how I only read short books. |
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But yes, that's what I'd advise. The books are way better. And for those that think the writing is juvenile or whatnot, Stephen King lauds them. That's good enough for me.
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Ugh, don't get me started. Sirius' death? Lame.
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