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“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
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HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE — Page 8
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Originally posted by: Mike O
That's what I thought.
That's what I thought.
That would probably be easiest.
Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.
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War does not make one great.
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“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
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War does not make one great.
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“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
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There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
How about George Lucas?
How about George Lucas?
I think I would probably cry, cuz he would then figure outta way to SE all the other ones. He would probably give Voldemort clown hair, and make a pixie hit Hermione before she freezes all of them. Of course using CGI to accomplish it all.
LMFAO Gaffer Tape
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
George Lucas on the set of OOP: "Alright, Daniel. When you enter the Wizengemot court room, I'm going to insert a thousand digital house elves falling down from the ceiling with magical parachutes all wearing 'Potter Stinks' badges. But then Chris Rankin is going to get pissed off and shoot them with his wand, causing them to explode in a giant fireworks display that covers you with house elf gooze. And then I want you to say, 'I hate house elves. They're coarse and irritating, and they get everywhere.' And then I want you to fart really loud and mug the camera."
George Lucas on the set of OOP: "Alright, Daniel. When you enter the Wizengemot court room, I'm going to insert a thousand digital house elves falling down from the ceiling with magical parachutes all wearing 'Potter Stinks' badges. But then Chris Rankin is going to get pissed off and shoot them with his wand, causing them to explode in a giant fireworks display that covers you with house elf gooze. And then I want you to say, 'I hate house elves. They're coarse and irritating, and they get everywhere.' And then I want you to fart really loud and mug the camera."
Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.
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I used to question why Dumbledore suddenly suspected mad-eye was possibly a spy. now I finally figured it out; it's rather simple too. If mad-eye's the only person responsible for putting the Cup in the maze, he'd be the only person who could have bewitched it. That with how Dumbledore notices how generous mad-eyes is to Potter by pointing out which direction to start through the maze, must have been enough to give dumbledore a reason to suspect he may have put harry's name in the goblet considering he's been seen helping him along.
At muggle.net, gosh there's a lot of complaints about this. Not even adigitalman could help it. The whole explanation for why the wands can connect is completely glossed over. I hope it's given proper explanation in the next film.
I love the extended dance, Adigital man. now it doesn't seem so awkward that hermione's so angry at ron for not asking her to go first. With more time between when he implies Victor's only interested in her for her body and the rest of their argument, it seems as though Ron's been bothering her all throughout the dance and she finally snaps. It's much better this way.
So out of all the potter movies, this is my favorite. It could have stuck a little closer to the source though. i can't wait to see the next movie and how they figure out how to get Fred and George enough money to buy their own store. they were supposed to be given it in this film, but maybe they'll get a loan from harry in Ootp instead. who knows.
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“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
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Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.
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“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Originally posted by: Mike O
With the exception of the spectatuclar finale, I thought that HPB was, by and large, the weakest of the six books thus far. I do agree, however, that Columbus should be kept away from the franchise now.
With the exception of the spectatuclar finale, I thought that HPB was, by and large, the weakest of the six books thus far. I do agree, however, that Columbus should be kept away from the franchise now.
I always thought book 2 was the weakest one. Well, at least we agree about keeping Columbus away.
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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
I always thought book 2 was the weakest one. Well, at least we agree about keeping Columbus away.
Originally posted by: Mike O
With the exception of the spectatuclar finale, I thought that HPB was, by and large, the weakest of the six books thus far. I do agree, however, that Columbus should be kept away from the franchise now.
With the exception of the spectatuclar finale, I thought that HPB was, by and large, the weakest of the six books thus far. I do agree, however, that Columbus should be kept away from the franchise now.
I always thought book 2 was the weakest one. Well, at least we agree about keeping Columbus away.
Maybe you're right. Chamber is ripping good yarn, but outside of revealing a single Horcrux, it does little for the overall narrative. The same is true, to a lesser extent, of Stone. Prisoner and Goblet are sort of The Empire Strikes Back of the series and to a lesser extent, Order. I think that Order and Prince were showing cracks in the narrative a bit. After book seven, I'd be glad to eat my words if the whole thing is connected! Columbus is, to me, kind of like Lucas. He's sort of a poor man's Spielberg. His adaptations of the book are just that: he doesn't really add many touches of his own, unlike, say, Caruon. There are some impressive action set pieces (the rough bludger sequence, for example), everything feels so stiff and doesn't move or flow the way that the almost agonizingly suspenesful narrative in the books do. The Bassilisk, far from being frightening, sort of looked like a reject from Jurassic Park. Columbus is too wham-bam, and he is faithful to the letter of the book, but not so much to the spirit. He's a good technician and a good producer (look at the third film), like Lucas, but he is not much of a storyteller. Caruon had a very clear vision, even if it did not corralate with my own. But then again, I've always thought that that was something of a bad argument. No two peoples' vision of a book ar going to be exactly the same, and nothing even the most gifted filmaker can create will ever measure up to my own imagination. Doubtlessly, as I reread HBP, I will come to appreciate it more.
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). He changed the wands. He added those weird letters. He made it more of a Wizarding World, than just a place were magical folk go. I wish that he wouldn't have changed were the Whomping Willow and Hagrids hut were. But who cares. He also added more emotion to it and molded the trio into better actors.You know whats funny if you think about it. That 20-30 years from now they will be remaking them.
I personally can't wait till the 6th movie comes out. I loved the book, although it was a bit rushed with its pacing it was by far one of the best. I think one of the reasons that some people here don't like it is because we don't have the second half of the story. JKR said that 6 and 7 are like two halfs of one book.
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Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.
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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
Cuaron managed to bring out emotion without being oversentimental like Columbus. I don't think it's wrong to be faithful to the letter of the book, I think Columbus's problem was that he simply didn't have the skill to pull it off. In the hands of a more competent director, a faithful to the letter approach may have looked better.
Cuaron managed to bring out emotion without being oversentimental like Columbus. I don't think it's wrong to be faithful to the letter of the book, I think Columbus's problem was that he simply didn't have the skill to pull it off. In the hands of a more competent director, a faithful to the letter approach may have looked better.
I mean Columbus did do good to start off the movies but I'm glad he is not in it anymore. I don't think he is good at adapting things. I mean he did a good job with RENT but it could have been so much better. Well anyways back on topic to HP
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The only thing I worry about now is how the movies deal with existing supporting characters, primarily the teachers. For the past two movies, you only see classroom scenes with the new teachers. And Kloves always seems to have trouble figuring out new ways to work McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick, etc. into the movie while keeping the plot going. I admit that it'd be hard. We've already seen with GOF that certain characters have had to be sacrificed in order to keep the plot going for the timespan of a movie.
There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
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C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
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