If David Yates directed...

Pumpkinjuice

Cool videos:

Philosopher's Stone:


Chamber of Secrets:



Prisoner of Azkaban:



Goblet of Fire:



Order of the Phoenix (oh wait...):

HorcruxWanderer

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Richard

I like the SS oneand OOTP ones lol

NimbusGold136

I notice if David Yates had directed these, then Nicholas Hooper would have composed the soundtrack to them all )

Braveheart

Nah he would have made them all original. The openings to all his movies have been pretty different.

Richard

Nah he would have made them all original. The openings to all his movies have been pretty different.

yeah.

SwedishSkinJer

If these videos were trying to be even remotely funny or clever, they missed the mark. Half Blood Prince's intro is great for very different stylistic and emotional reasons - and what makes it great is not even represented well in any of these videos, in my humble opinion. The PoA one is the worst and makes absolutely no sense.

Pumpkinjuice

If these videos were trying to be even remotely funny or clever, they missed the mark. Half Blood Prince's intro is great for very different stylistic and emotional reasons - and what makes it great is not even represented well in any of these videos, in my humble opinion. The PoA one is the worst and makes absolutely no sense.

I think it was meant to be a tribute to an outstanding opening scene. So no, in that regard, he/she did not miss the mark.

Braveheart

However, they did miss the mark on the fact that tonally, a lot of those don't fit. Like the POA one. And what makes the openings to Yates's movies so strong is that they are all very different. They don't stick to some formula. What made HBP opening so great was that it was actually relevant to the main character relationship in the movie.

Pumpkinjuice

I agree that he is good at crafting good opening scenes that set you in the right mood. If only they had ended just as strongly...

seamus

Wooow! :O I like PS opening even better than the original one..

Jason

I love the OOTP one.

Lord Stafford

I agree that he is good at crafting good opening scenes that set you in the right mood. If only they had ended just as strongly...

He has the worst endings.

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Braveheart

I agree that he is good at crafting good opening scenes that set you in the right mood. If only they had ended just as strongly...

Yeah I've always thought his movies generally start strongly then lose focus. I think that's most noticeable with HBP.

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Lord Stafford

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He is being serious, unfortunately.

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Ash

I'd have liked a full Potter's death scene opening Philosopher's Stone.

Lord Stafford

I'd have liked a full Potter's death scene opening Philosopher's Stone.

I don't mind the way we see it in PS, as it has a sense of saying that we will see more of it in the latters. It's a shame that we got what we did in Part 1 and 2.

Lord Stafford.

Martin1

I said this a lot in past reboot discussion, but I would LOVE the first scene of PS in a reboot to be the Potter's Death.

Braveheart

It's strange that they went to the trouble of re-filming the Potter's death scene for Part 2 and yet reused shots from PS for their actual death.

Braveheart

I said this a lot in past reboot discussion, but I would LOVE the first scene of PS in a reboot to be the Potter's Death.

I would love that too, but just as long as they didn't show everything. It would be great if they showed us just certain bits at the start of PS, and then gradually show us more as the movies go on, revealing all of it in the last movie.

Martin1

It's strange that they went to the trouble of re-filming the Potter's death scene for Part 2 and yet reused shots from PS for their actual death.

Are you sure they filmed the Potter's death? It looks like they only filmed for the Prince's Tale.

Even so, I'm sure they could have filmed the death easily. I suppose they simply did not want to or wanted to keep the flow between the two films? Who knows, but I'm sure they probably discussed it at one time or another and decided against it.

Lord Stafford

I said this a lot in past reboot discussion, but I would LOVE the first scene of PS in a reboot to be the Potter's Death.

I would love that too, but just as long as they didn't show everything. It would be great if they showed us just certain bits at the start of PS, and then gradually show us more as the movies go on, revealing all of it in the last movie.

Something they should have done, yes.

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Martin1

I said this a lot in past reboot discussion, but I would LOVE the first scene of PS in a reboot to be the Potter's Death.

I would love that too, but just as long as they didn't show everything. It would be great if they showed us just certain bits at the start of PS, and then gradually show us more as the movies go on, revealing all of it in the last movie.

Something they should have done, yes.

Lord Stafford.

Maybe it wouldn't have worked. Just because we can visualize something doesn't mean it would have worked. But hey, you never know! It'll always be something I wish I could see, but oh well.

Now I'm thinking of a possible score that Desplat could have put with that and want it more than ever!

Lord Stafford

I said this a lot in past reboot discussion, but I would LOVE the first scene of PS in a reboot to be the Potter's Death.

I would love that too, but just as long as they didn't show everything. It would be great if they showed us just certain bits at the start of PS, and then gradually show us more as the movies go on, revealing all of it in the last movie.

Something they should have done, yes.

Lord Stafford.

Maybe it wouldn't have worked. Just because we can visualize something doesn't mean it would have worked. But hey, you never know! It'll always be something I wish I could see, but oh well.

Now I'm thinking of a possible score that Desplat could have put with that and want it more than ever!

Well, there is always a way to make something work, no matter what it is.

Lord Stafford.

HorcruxWanderer

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He is being serious, unfortunately.

Lord Stafford.

God Stafford. I'm not :P I'm joking :P Although they are good fan vids

Lord Stafford

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He is being serious, unfortunately.

Lord Stafford.

God Stafford. I'm not :P I'm joking :P Although they are good fan vids

I'm sorry, but it's hard to tell when it shows no signs of being a joke.

Lord Stafford.

HorcruxWanderer

Well if you misunderstand, you misunderstand

aaron

Yates has directed by far the best opening. The only other impressive opening apart from HBP, DH1 and DH2 was GOF.

Joshie

I love HBP's opening so much.

Phineas

They're good vids. The Philosopher's Stone one is the best, I don't really like that the rest of them are all 'Previously in Harry Potter!' But The Order of the Phoenix one was fairly good.

Joshie

I love Dumbledore's Farewell, it fits perfectly with those videos.

RyGuy

They're good vids. The Philosopher's Stone one is the best, I don't really like that the rest of them are all 'Previously in Harry Potter!' But The Order of the Phoenix one was fairly good.

lololol I agree with Lukey.

I loved the PS/SS and COS ones but they began to become a little too repetitive for me -_-

Lord Stafford

Yates has directed by far the best opening. The only other impressive opening apart from HBP, DH1 and DH2 was GOF.

Unfortunately, he also has the worst endings.

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Lord Stafford

I'm not talking about the final frame, i mean the final scene(s)

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Damn. Hahahaha That's really repetitive.

aaron

I think Yates has the best openings and endings. OOTP's ending is his best by far.

HorcruxWanderer

I think Yates has the best openings and endings. OOTP's ending is his best by far.

Reminds me of Philosopher's Stone for obvious reasons

Richard

Yates best ending is DH2 for me.

Lord Stafford

Yates best ending is DH2 for me.

Really?

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Richard

Yeah it really is good the epilogue and viaduct were great.

Lord Stafford

The aftermath is awful.

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HorcruxWanderer

Epilogue is just cry-fest , I love it

My fave HP ending is COS but Yates best ending is DH1, with Voldemort at the White Tomb just such a good taster for DH2

Pumpkinjuice

The aftermath is awful.

Lord Stafford.

Yeah, it seemed as if they were having a tea party rather than recovering after a war.

aaron

I also love DH1's ending. It was nice and different.

Lord Stafford

The aftermath is awful.

Lord Stafford.

Yeah, it seemed as if they were having a tea party rather than recovering after a war.

Yes, it did. The immediate aftermath was incredibly detrimental to the overall flow, but the epilogue was just great.

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Pumpkinjuice

I, too, liked the cliffhanger ending of part 1.

Martin1

DH1 is my favorite overall ending. By that, I mean Dobby's death and burial + Voldemort stealing the elder wand. It turns from the melancholy tone of Dobby's death to a foreboding one with Voldemort stealing the Elder Wand.

decarus

I wouldn't consider DH1 a cliffhanger ending.

Lord Stafford

Absolutely. But PS for me still has a special place in my heart.

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aaron

I wouldn't consider DH1 a cliffhanger ending.

It isn't. The only cliff we are hanging from is wanting to know what is going to happen next, which is the case with any Potter film.