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Festax0333

NEVILLE VS A WHOLE ARMY!
http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/ss-exclusive-video-nick-moran-gary-oldman-and-tom-felton-talk-deathly-hallows-ii-80481/

Richard

Not much gary oldman

TheDoctor

"a very very funny scene"

Nick

the thing that stuck out to me is matthew lewis said it.....WAS A FUNNY SCENE.....seems there turning the battle of hogwarts into comedy time im officially pissed

aaron

Let's boycott the movie.

Richard

yeah make a boycott thread for those who will boycott. Nick you up for it?

Richard

we are kidding vance LOL

Nick

Let's boycott the movie.

lmao!!!!! aaron your so funny :-D

Pensieve Seeker

the thing that stuck out to me is matthew lewis said it.....WAS A FUNNY SCENE.....seems there turning the battle of hogwarts into comedy time im officially pissed

You seem to get easily set off by the slightest thing, Nick.

Bane

the thing that stuck out to me is matthew lewis said it.....WAS A FUNNY SCENE.....seems there turning the battle of hogwarts into comedy time im officially pissed

You're probably making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Jason

Take it out of context and it looks bad.

"Nick Moran: Yeah, we had a lot of fun. I don't want to spoil it for anybody, but Scabior comes back with an army, and you know, it was terrific. It's a whole army, and it's just facing Neville - Neville fending off a whole army. And it's a very very funny scene, a really good action sequence."

Sounds like he means it was just a fun thing to do and the idea of Neville fighting off an army by himself is funny to him.



Sounds really exciting if anything.

aaron

It sounds to me like this scene is going to be the largest display of Neville-badassery there will be in the entire saga.

YodatheHobbit

I bet the funny bit will be Nevile channeling a bit of his old self and maybe he'll have a small "oh blimey!" moment at the amount of people charging towards him. Then he'll get over that, and start kicking ass. At least that how I can picture whatever it is in my head.

Richard

omg i just hope they dont make it funny funny.

TheDoctor

Or the "funny" could originate from the fact that it sort of is just funny to see one guy (Neville) standing against this whole army.

I just hope the "funny" isn't Scabior and any henchmen being portrayed as idiotic villains.

LupinTheGreat

hmmm the thing that i read that worried me was Sirius's part in Dh2. Now i haven't read the books but from what i've seen, that scene is supposed to be a touching scene in which Harry speaks to Remus,Sirius,Dd and his parent's correct? Gary Oldman doesn't sound too excited about it.

TheDoctor

I don't think there's anything to worry about. The scene really isn't THAT long in the books, and I imagine for an actor like Gary Oldman, just that once scene is a "blink and you'll miss it" role. I don't think there's anything to worry about from him not sounding too enthuastic.

I'm sure the scene will be great.

blackvenom

Yeah I'm not worried about the forest scene with Sirius. He only has a couple of lines in the book, anyway. And he's just there. It's mostly between Harry and his parents.

Anyway, I think that the scene with the Snatchers will be cool. Logically, the army of Snatchers runs in the forest and they fight with the Hogwarts people as we saw glimpses in the June trailer. And do you remember that bridge they created in Swinley Forest? I guess that this is very close to the castle and Neville is standing there and it's the moment where he battles Scabior and he blows up the entire bridge, making a lot of Snatchers fall down and die or something. I guess that's why it is quite funny for a guy to knock out so many enemies. Dunno..

Carne

I just hope "funny" means that he had fun shooting it, and the scene itself not being funny.

Oh, who am I kidding. It's Yates, of course they'll throw in as many jokes as possible.

Ash

I just hope "funny" means that he had fun shooting it, and the scene itself not being funny.

Oh, who am I kidding. It's Yates, of course they'll throw in as many jokes as possible.

/sigh. Took the words right out of my mouth. Here's hoping, though.

SwedishSkinJer

I just hope "funny" means that he had fun shooting it, and the scene itself not being funny.

Oh, who am I kidding. It's Yates, of course they'll throw in as many jokes as possible.

I disagree with this. Perhaps that's because I'm a huge fan of Yates, so our perceptions diverge strongly there, but still...

Anyway, looking at the full context of the remarks, I'm guessing that Moran is talking from perspective. Scabior arrives with the Snatchers, looking like they will be a force to reckon with, and Neville shows them the door to next week. I'm guessing he meant the scene itself is seriously played out, but for him as an actor, it was funny to essentially be taken down by a character who only comes into his own during the film, especially since Moran has done some action-heavy films where he is seriously badass himself. Role reversal and all.


Seriously, everything that we have seen of the battle so far looks deadly serious and incredibly, incredibly epic. I'm not discounting the possibility of some humor, but the emotional beats that we have seen (Ginny's recognition of Harry, seemingly dead, the shots of the castle exploding, etc) have utterly no hints of ill-placed humor.

GinaC

Hmmm. I am not worried about there being too much humor, and I agree with Swed's comment above. I am not sure what to think about Neville taking on a whole army by himself...that sounds a bit over the top, but we'll see. I'm sure it'll be fine.

Like others, I'm just a bit concerned at Gary's "blink and you'll miss me" comment. I know it's a short scene, but it's more than a glimpse of him, ya know. I suspect it's just a bit of an exaggeration. I think he did only have about two lines, and as long as that's there, it's fine. I somehow doubt they will skimp on one of the most heart-wrenching moments of the series.

SwedishSkinJer

When I look at the "Neville vs. an army" scene, I don't imagine they mean Neville literally striking down each Snatcher 300-style. Rather, since his setpiece with the Snatchers has been confirmed to be a bridge, it will involve Neville manipulating the bridge to take them out in bulk. For instance, if Scabiour falls off of the bridge, I can see how that would be "funny" for Moran as an actor to participate in with the technical aspect of falling in a movie. So, it'll probably be more environmental than purely physical. That's merely my theory, though.

As far as Gary is concerned, it's a really touching scene, yes, but in the grand scheme of things, Sirius has roughly two lines in the book and then just silently accompanies Harry until he's near Voldemort. He's a big-name actor, so I can imagine how that would seem "small" in a sense. Not emotionally, but in terms of screentime - absolutely, IMO.

Festax0333

yea neville wont totally take them out with spells
he will most likely stun some off them, and then blow up alot more :-D

GinaC

Okay then, that's plausible! I'm sure it'll look fine.

SwedishSkinJer

Yeah, I'm guessing that Neville will take out the bulk of the Snatcher reinforcements by doing something to the bridge itself (explosion, manipulating it with magic, etc), not just them.

EDIT:

Oh, and I just thought of something else that could potentially explain how Moran's remarks make sense in a way: when villains (especially the cocky ones) receive their comeuppance in movies, it's not necessarily a bad thing to find it funny. For example, when Hans Gruber goes out the window in Die Hard? I found that amusing because he was, much like Scabior, an unbelievably cocky sonofabitch. It didn't mean that his moment with McClane before wasn't incredibly tense and well-acted - the scene gets me every time - but much like a lot of us were laughing when the centaurs carry Umbridge off, seeing Scabior get his ass handed to him by being outsmarted by one student is in and of itself a funny comeuppance, even if the battle compotent is largely serious.

dobby_freak19

Jason

I just hope "funny" means that he had fun shooting it, and the scene itself not being funny.

Oh, who am I kidding. It's Yates, of course they'll throw in as many jokes as possible.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes at that last bit.

XDMorsmordreXD

And it's a very very funny scene, a really good action sequence.


That's shitty

Nick

lmao!!! morse

XDMorsmordreXD

I hope it's not funny.

Ash

Well let's face it, Part One was pretty much non-stop comedy. I don't expect anything different here.

XDMorsmordreXD

Well let's face it, Part One was pretty much non-stop comedy. I don't expect anything different here.

Non-stop comedy? Dobby's death? Both Nagini scenes? Hermione's torture? Hedwig's death? A lot more too. NOT COMEDY.

Your really thick. He's OBVIOUSLY kidding.

Festax0333

vance...facepalm...lolol

XDMorsmordreXD

Well let's face it, Part One was pretty much non-stop comedy. I don't expect anything different here.

Non-stop comedy? Dobby's death? Both Nagini scenes? Hermione's torture? Hedwig's death? A lot more too. NOT COMEDY.

Your really thick. He's OBVIOUSLY kidding.

You're really thick... and I don't mean just dumb. I'm obviously not kidding.

Are you calling me physically thick?

Ash

Well let's face it, Part One was pretty much non-stop comedy. I don't expect anything different here.

Non-stop comedy? Dobby's death? Both Nagini scenes? Hermione's torture? Hedwig's death? A lot more too. NOT COMEDY.

What? Dobby's death got the biggest laugh at my theater, and there was some chuckling during Hermione's torture too. Hedwig's death was another rib-tickler. Of course there were serious scenes too (George losing his ear, the Ministry infiltration, Ron's Speech). But there was a lot of humour.

HuffleBen

Seriously...i think we're all looking into this comment too much..
it was a passing comment, not a statement.. stop making uncalculated assumptions?

XDMorsmordreXD

Are you calling me physically thick?

No, no, of course not. :-"

Anyway back to topic. I doubt the scene will be comical in that sense. It was probably funny to Nick Moran having to do it. He was probably having a chuckle just thinking about it.

LOL, I'm not thick. I'm good and average. Not too gangly, ugly, and skinny unlike others :-"



But this scene will be amazing, I'm sure of it.

SwedishSkinJer

Well let's face it, Part One was pretty much non-stop comedy. I don't expect anything different here.

Non-stop comedy? Dobby's death? Both Nagini scenes? Hermione's torture? Hedwig's death? A lot more too. NOT COMEDY.

What? Dobby's death got the biggest laugh at my theater, and there was some chuckling during Hermione's torture too. Hedwig's death was another rib-tickler. Of course there were serious scenes too (George losing his ear, the Ministry infiltration, Ron's Speech). But there was a lot of humour.

What a compelling argument, my friend! "My theater reacted this way, so the scene is objectively ___". Well, my theater was visibly upset during the scene with Dobby, so perhaps that means it was emotionally satisfying?

Seriously, you sound like an ass whose belitting comments come off as borderline disrespectful. You state that, because you reacted to certain scenes in a particular way, Part 1 was "non-stop comedy".

SwedishSkinJer

Also, "let's face it" has to one of the most annoyingly presumptuous things I've ever heard. It's used SO OFTEN when people cannot process the idea of others disagreeing with them, as if we're all going to say, "Oh, how silly of us, of course we poor deluded souls are wrong and you are right."

SwedishSkinJer

Theaters aren't automatically a good indicator of...well, much of anything. People in my theater, for example, regularly laugh at fart jokes in comedies. Am I supposed to bow to their collective artistic judgment at the expense of my own?

EDIT:

All good points, Fury. Don't forget the numerous jokes at Gimli's expense that happened during the battle scenes (Aragorn tossing him, not being able to see past the wall at Helms Deep, etc). They weren't distracting from the overall expertise of the battle, and if everything's well-executed here, Scabior acting like...well, Scabior, Harry Potter's more morally wicked answer to Jack Sparrow, won't be indicative of how the battle as a whole is treated.

Jason

Only time in my theater where people laughed was the 7 Potters transformation, when Ron made a joke, some parts during the Ministry break-in, and when Nagini jumped from the floor towards the screen(cause they all jumped in their seats).

SwedishSkinJer

Same here. My theater reacted accordingly in all of the obviously "emotional moments" (a group of girls in the front row with me were very visibly crying when Dobby died). Ditto for the obvious comedy with the 7 Potters sequence especially.

Even so, a lot of immature jerks are in theaters because they are accompanying a relative, significant other or friend (especially teenagers that seemingly find any emotional moment worthy of derision), so I'm not going to treat their reactions as absolute artistic consensus. One theater will react completely differently to what another theater reacts to based on what kind of people are there.

Ash

Lmfao @ SwedishSkinJer

SwedishSkinJer

Lmfao @ SwedishSkinJer

Yeah, this appears to be one of the few responses that someone who can't defend the merits of their own argument is capable of: play the "let's face it" card to act like everyone either already agrees with you or needs to "See the Light", and then laugh everything else off. If you're "laughing your ass off" this easily, then perhaps the emotional moments of Part 1 aren't at fault.

You're entitled to believe whatever you want about Part 1, but "let's face it" brings me into a side that I am not on.

XDMorsmordreXD

Honestly, the only scene in Deathly Hallows that got loads of action was the MoM scene...

Ash

There was no argument, it's called sarcasm. Obviously it doesn't come across that well on the internet. :-))

XDMorsmordreXD

There was no argument, it's called sarcasm. Obviously it doesn't come across that well on the internet. :-))

Cadmus, is hilarious. If people are going to misinterpret innocent humor for something else then they need to stfu and die. This scene will be great!

Festax0333

There was no argument, it's called sarcasm. Obviously it doesn't come across that well on the internet. :-))

Cadmus, is hilarious. If people are going to misinterpret innocent humor for something else then they need to stfu and die. This scene will be great!

too far dude

Jason

There was no argument, it's called sarcasm. Obviously it doesn't come across that well on the internet. :-))

Obviously :-))

blackvenom

Um, my theater was silent during Dobby's death and I heard some people crying. And people were gasping during Hermione's torture. The only pure comedy moments were the 7 Potters, George's 'toothbrush' scene, Dobby's short speeches, some tidbits during the Ministry infiltration and that's it.