#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 The special effects, direction etc has a joie de vivre that the other films lack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Must be the Spanish passión or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Cuarón is Mexican, you half-wit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Well, Mexican fiesta flavor then. None of that stiff upper lip or sugary family nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yeah! Shrunken heads galore (why didn't we ever see those again!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Well we never saw the Knight Bus or that shop at Hogsmeade again either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Azkaban is my favourite film because out of all the five I've seen it was the one that truly felt like a Potter book while I was seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I disagree. It's my favourite Potter film precisely because it doesn't feel like the book. It's the only Potter film that rises above being a mere "adaptation" and manages to feel purely cinematic. The closing section of the movie especially (all the time turner stuff) is far more exciting than it is in the book (in which it all happens in the space of one or two brief chapters). Also, Steef nailed it when he used the term "joie de vivre". That's exactly what this film has. When watching the first two films, while they are nonetheless very good, I can see where each chapter of the book ends and the next begins. It makes the films seem a little pedestrian and ploddy. The later films suffer by cutting too much out of the books and losing some of the youthful fun in the process, therefore feeling like poor adaptations (films 4-6). Azkaban manages to get all the main points of the story across in a fluid, stylish, and cinematic way, without ever losing sight of the child-like excitement and fun. Is it perfect? No, of course not. I still wish they'd found a moment to explain who Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs were (it would have made more sense of Harry's climactic Patronus scene). BUT, as a pure movie it is easily the best of the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brónach 1,302 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I disagree. It's my favourite Potter film precisely because it doesn't feel like the book.Really? It's got all the main points and the humour and all! The tone is pure Potter. It's the only Potter film that rises above being a mere "adaptation" and manages to feel purely cinematic. The closing section of the movie especially (all the time turner stuff) is far more exciting than it is in the book (in which it all happens in the space of one or two brief chapters). Also, Steef nailed it when he used the term "joie de vivre". That's exactly what this film has. When watching the first two films, while they are nonetheless very good, I can see where each chapter of the book ends and the next begins. It makes the films seem a little pedestrian and ploddy. The later films suffer by cutting too much out of the books and losing some of the youthful fun in the process, therefore feeling like poor adaptations (films 4-6). Azkaban manages to get all the main points of the story across in a fluid, stylish, and cinematic way, without ever losing sight of the child-like excitement and fun.I agree. Is it perfect? No, of course not. I still wish they'd found a moment to explain who Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs were (it would have made more sense of Harry's climactic Patronus scene). BUT, as a pure movie it is easily the best of the series.I didn't really miss that in the film, but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Miss it or not, it would have taken literally 15 seconds to explain, and wouldn't have HURT the film in any possible way, but would have HELPED the film in many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I do miss that. Every time I watch the scene where Lupin is packing his belongings away at the end of the film I keep expecting him to turn to Harry and say "Oh by the way..." but it never happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Miss it or not, it would have taken literally 15 seconds to explain, and wouldn't have HURT the film in any possible way, but would have HELPED the film in many ways.I know, but other than the patronus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Miss it or not, it would have taken literally 15 seconds to explain, and wouldn't have HURT the film in any possible way, but would have HELPED the film in many ways.I keep hearing this argument a lot about many things left out of the Potter movies. But don't you think adding just a small line would lead to a dozen more unanswered questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 It explains why the map exists, why Lupin knew what it was, and reminds the audience of how James Peter Sirius and Lupin were all great friends and the lengths James Peter and Sirius went to to help their friend Lupin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 All that in 15 seconds? I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 A few well chosen lines scattered throughout the film would have worked well, allowing the audience to get used to the idea, and to make all the associated connections. I would have liked Mooney, Wormtail, and Padfoot to have been explained earlier in the film (after the shrieking shack of course). Then after the climactic dementor scene with the stag, Lupin could have told Harry about his father being Prongs. It would have been a lovely emotional moment. Actually, it would all have to have been explained at the end, wouldn't it. There's no time for Lupin to talk to Harry after the shrieking shack... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 A few well chosen lines scattered throughout the film would have worked well, allowing the audience to get used to the idea, and to make all the associated connections. I would have liked Mooney, Wormtail, and Padfoot to have been explained earlier in the film (after the shrieking shack of course). Then after the climactic dementor scene with the stag, Lupin could have told Harry about his father being Prongs. It would have been a lovely emotional moment.Actually, it would all have to have been explained at the end, wouldn't it. There's no time for Lupin to talk to Harry after the shrieking shack...Interesting.I never fully understod why Harry's patronus had that form anyway. If Harry already knew the story he might hav been thinking on it subconciously. But if he didn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yeah the Patronus thing is not explained very well at all.The film never makes it clear why Harry is so convinced that it's his father who saved him and Sirius. All we see is a stag-like figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Must be the Spanish passión or something. Latin (or hispanic) passion better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Something like this?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOrfiwP7L4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,687 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 A few well chosen lines scattered throughout the film would have worked well, allowing the audience to get used to the idea, and to make all the associated connections. I would have liked Mooney, Wormtail, and Padfoot to have been explained earlier in the film (after the shrieking shack of course). Then after the climactic dementor scene with the stag, Lupin could have told Harry about his father being Prongs. It would have been a lovely emotional moment.Actually, it would all have to have been explained at the end, wouldn't it. There's no time for Lupin to talk to Harry after the shrieking shack...Interesting.I never fully understod why Harry's patronus had that form anyway. If Harry already knew the story he might hav been thinking on it subconciously. But if he didn't?This is the first time I've been reminded of that since reading the book.I see so many films where a tiny bit of information or plot device that doesn't relate to the primary story, is introduced, and gives the story more significance later. It just disappoints me that the writer / director didn't see these connections, and the emotional resonance pixie mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Something like this?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOrfiwP7L4a talentless twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Great ass, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 not really, she's a whorish looking piece of trash, so many better looking hot womenplus she's done nothing to be called by one name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 That doesn't do anything to make her ass less great in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Can we please recruit a Belgian gym teacher to berate the eye candy that Joey likes to admire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I thought all Belgium gym teachers were paedophiles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 My bad. That is totally not what I meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 LOL!Don't be coy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I know what's hot and what's not, and she's not. I can say this with any desire to or not to tap it. Her ass is that big to smuggle the drugs in from her home country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I think she's quite hot. And she's a pretty decent singer.Nothing special, but still lightyears above someone like Britney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I know what's hot and what's not, and she's not. I can say this with any desire to or not to tap it. Her ass is that big to smuggle the drugs in from her home country.Fortunately, there are many men in this world who don't share your taste in women. A, because everyone needs some lovins, and 2, because otherwise the human population would die off when their Obama-care ran out, but that's neither here nor there.Besides, you make it sound like a fat ass is bad thing. There's a difference between a healthy Latin butt, which Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll certainly has, and someone like this.Drugs? Don't see no drugs, but damn, this woman smuggled her whole country with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 like I said she looks like a whore, so many better looking women out there. what is she, a singer, dancer, certainly not an entertainer.yes everyone needs love, even the lady whose picture I will not click on.Stefan, she may indeed be better than Britany, but she's not as pretty, and I think Britany's voice is better. clearly the hoochie mamma is the better bootie shaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I bought a few 12$ Blue Ray movies at costco, just to say I have a few on my shelf. I still don't plan on "collecting " moviesThe MatrixDark KnightSky CaptainWatchmen directors's cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,687 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 And you get a free score with The Matrix I still only own 4 BDs. That may change when JP comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 The only movies I desire to collect are my favorites. My list is now something like this:E.T.Indiana Jones TrilogyJawsHookCatch Me If You CanSchindler's ListAlwaysTitanicI would also get any other Spielberg production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Bought in July while visiting Schladming, Austria: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff 10 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 That's one of my favorites! Way better than Armageddon, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I've beefed up my collection considerably.I got The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, and the Coen Brothers Collection in Blu. A massive release of their catalogue titles in such a short time = Bliss.Also picked up Collateral and am waiting for a bunch of Criterion's to show up on my doorstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Was at Wally World the other day and picked up Apollo 13 on Blu-Ray. Been a long time since I had seen the film and forgot how fun it is. It also looks pretty good on Blu-Ray too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I've hit 40 blu ray films in a year and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Bought in July while visiting Schladming, Austria:THAT's how you'll remember Austria?That's one of my favorites! Way better than Armageddon, IMO.Better than Armageddon for sure, but that's not hard. I got The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, and the Coen Brothers Collection in Blu. A massive release of their catalogue titles in such a short time = Bliss.I really wish they'll release The Hudsucker Proxy someday soon. That's always been my favourite Coen, and the only DVD release it ever got was pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 THAT's how you'll remember Austria?At least it had an impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 If only there was audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I got The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, and the Coen Brothers Collection in Blu. A massive release of their catalogue titles in such a short time = Bliss.I really wish they'll release The Hudsucker Proxy someday soon. That's always been my favourite Coen, and the only DVD release it ever got was pretty bad.Hopefully the rest isn't far off. I love The Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty, probably their two worst received films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Bought in July while visiting Schladming, Austria:THAT's how you'll remember Austria?LOL, no Luckily, I've already had many chances to visit Austria, being a neighbouring country and all, so I've already been to Vienna (twice! ), Salzburg, Graz, Klagenfurt, Villach, Bischofshofen and Schladming! I know it might be slightly off-topic, but this year, I'll remember my visit of Austria mainly because of this great orchestra:It's the World Youth Wind Orchestra Project 2011, and this year we've played a lot of great wind music by Steven Bryant, Jonathan Newman, Karel Husa, Arturo Márquez, Thomas Trachsel and Oliver Waespi. It was a great, great week and I can't wait to go again next year! This was also very memorable:The Dachstein glacier and Sky-walk. Awesome experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Dagnammit, now I want to go to Austria again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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