TSMefford

Oh... I actually hated the Crimes of Grindelwald opening. Too much CGI, felt very confusing, and overall just fell way flat for me. I thought almost everything could've been better in that opening. The concept is fine, but I should've been on the edge of my seat...and I just wasn't. It didn't feel like there was enough sound, not enough music, etc. And there were times I couldn't tell what was happening. When the opening logo come on, instead and feeling exhilarated I felt like...Wait, what just happened? Oh yeah totally agree here. Batman V Superman is one of the lowest films on my list. So this was far more interesting and enjoyable by a long shot. Yeah I'll be honest, from a straightup filmmaking perspective I'd probably agree. It's fine. Not good, but fine. As a Harry Potter fan who's been to midnight book and film releases, theorized, etc. it's quite a trainwreck. I can honestly say I don't know what the heck J.K. Rowling was thinking through 70% of this movie.

At first I was like Nah. Then the second bit kicked in and I was like....Oh. Interesting.

Hmm. I think we have different viewpoints here. I don't find either film tedious at all. Chamber of Secrets especially. Of course, this varies from film to film. For reason in the first two Potters, it works. But things like Batman V Superman and Crimes of Grindelwald I find extremely guilty of being tedious / boring. It's funny. Some of the issues in Crimes of Grindelwald I feel could've been solved with certain extra scenes while shortening others, so in a way I find the leaner editing part of the problem.

I'm curious about this as well. I don't see problems with them structurally. Honestly, they appear to follow a 3-act structure closer than Azkaban does (there's nothing wrong with Azkaban btw. It just feels like it has two act threes)

Why did we need McGonagall there? As far as I can tell. We did not. Why did we need this convoluted insight into the Lestrange family tree? We did not. I would've much rathered get to know Leta more and also sure, eventually see how the Lestranges become who we see in Harry Potter...but this weird lineage story in this film did nothing of that sort. I could go on.

I disagree, but yet. Harry Potter 1 and 2 are very well-done. CoG is horridly done. Not Directing, btw, I think Yates did fine. But the problems lie at the very beginning of the process with the writing. I actually didn't have structure issues really. My main issues have to do with characters and the ridiculous retcons and references to the rest of the canon for no reason.

@Josh500 to La-La Land when he doesn’t get his set:

Hey! ...Sometimes I perform Piano on my scores...

Meh.

I've been Awaiting Shipment since Nov. 30th so hopefully I'll make the cut on the first day.

So accurate.

Psssh. Some of us make our memes. Where do you guys think I've been? I'm stocking up for a weekend of memes.

Yes. Another excellent interview. This did inspire me though to save up and buy some more specialty releases I haven't picked up yet. After Potter ships though. I don't want anything delaying that. I still need to pick these up from La-La Land alone: Home Alone (Already got the second one) E.T. Close Encounters of the Third Kind Schindler's List Saving Private Ryan Empire of the Sun Superman (When it's released) Time to save up.

I briefly scrubbed through it (I will listen in whole on my way home) and didn't hear any Potter. I look forward to the interview though!

Damn guys. I got to sleep for a bit and now I’m behind on the memes.

Right? If I’d have known I wouldve built this into my Black Friday budget. I got other NI products instead

Oh sorry. I was referring to the Knight bus scene. I saw that! Very cool. Might have to go for it.

I can’t remember how the ABC Family cut handled that scene. EDIT: They just tracked music from the beginning of the cue. Basically how it appears in the DVD

Excellent

That does sound like fun! I haven’t really seen that stuff. Got any reference to look at?

I accept this challenge

His site says he’s the one who did the Celeste solos. I bet I could check that documentary on the Goblet of Fire Blu-Ray and figure out. I’ll see.

We could bug Randy Kerber about it. Lol. I'm sure he'd appreciate that.

I can relate.