Braveheart you're confusing my statement. I'm not saying that Harry is the only thing about the books. I'm saying that since the events are portrayed through Harry's POV that it was important to establish this in the films and I thought Yates did a great job with getting under Harry's personal psychology and applying it to the vast majority of themes and events in the story.
Also I don't think the Exodus sequence was trying to be post-apocalyptic, it was just sprinkling hints of what the world could be like if Voldemort were to succeed and if his reign extended out beyond the magical realm and into the Muggle world. No, it wasn't post-apocalyptic because there has been no apocalypse yet, but it was a fantastically sublime way to hint at the future possibilities of it.
Braveheart you're confusing my statement. I'm not saying that Harry is the only thing about the books. I'm saying that since the events are portrayed through Harry's POV that it was important to establish this in the films and I thought Yates did a great job with getting under Harry's personal psychology and applying it to the vast majority of themes and events in the story.
Exactly. Harry is the heart and soul of the story. Thankfully, Yates understood that.
Every Potter fan should own the Canadian Exclusive Blu-ray steelbooks. Each release features a face of a character in the series on the cover. Stone has Hagrid, Chamber has Dobby, Prisoner has Hermione, Goblet has Ron, Phoenix has Dumbledore, Prince has Snape, Hallows Part 1 has Harry, and Hallows Part 2 has Voldemort. My copies of Stone and Chamber should arrive next week.
Here are links to the covers for each release. If you want them, you'll have to find a way to import them from someone in Canada as the store in that country doesn't import.
So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
Braveheart you're confusing my statement. I'm not saying that Harry is the only thing about the books. I'm saying that since the events are portrayed through Harry's POV that it was important to establish this in the films and I thought Yates did a great job with getting under Harry's personal psychology and applying it to the vast majority of themes and events in the story.
Exactly. Harry is the heart and soul of the story. Thankfully, Yates understood that.
I like the way the Snatcher Chase is shot. I would certainly have liked them not to cut Ron getting beaten up and the Scabior's suggestive behaviour towards Hermione. I always thought there must have been a better way to have the trio forced into running instead of Apparating, especially since they are standing so close to each other and instead of grabbing each other and disapparating like they did only a minute before at Lovegood's, they purposefully go out of their way to make it harder for themselves to apparate together. But it's definitely an improvement on the book where they are all together inside the tent and instead of grabbing the tent and Apparating away they go out of the tent and surrender. They turned into serious idiots in the book at that point. :-|
I'm glad they made Harry sufficiently disfigured so they wouldn't recognise him though, for sure. The amount of movies I've seen where a character is supposed to be "disguised" and it is so blatantly them...
Braveheart you're confusing my statement. I'm not saying that Harry is the only thing about the books. I'm saying that since the events are portrayed through Harry's POV that it was important to establish this in the films and I thought Yates did a great job with getting under Harry's personal psychology and applying it to the vast majority of themes and events in the story.
Exactly. Harry is the heart and soul of the story. Thankfully, Yates understood that.
G.G.
And this is what I meant ^^
Ah OK, I thought you were saying Harry was the only important character. My mistake.
Wow that inside art is fucking awesome, too bad I live in the U.S., aka the "Land of No Taste."
Here are some images from Stone and Chamber.
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So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
Braveheart you're confusing my statement. I'm not saying that Harry is the only thing about the books. I'm saying that since the events are portrayed through Harry's POV that it was important to establish this in the films and I thought Yates did a great job with getting under Harry's personal psychology and applying it to the vast majority of themes and events in the story.
Exactly. Harry is the heart and soul of the story. Thankfully, Yates understood that.
G.G.
And this is what I meant ^^
Ah OK, I thought you were saying Harry was the only important character. My mistake.
Oh God, no! Harry is THE most important character. Ron and Hermione are up there too.
Nah. The only multiple disc editions will be probably be Prince, and Hallows Part 1 and 2.
These are Blu-rays, just to be clear. I paid $58 for Stone and Chamber to be imported to me.
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I'm not saying Part 1 is not a great movie; in fact I appreciate it more than ever with the exception of the Malfoy Manor fiasco - it definitely feels very grim for the most part. But I just wouldn't describe it in such strong terms as post-apocalyptic.
I can see why some think it's "post-apocalyptic"; the trio are camping for the sole reason that they can't survive in general civilization as the Death Eaters are all over the place, the radio guy reading out names of the missing while telling us the "list is short", the sense of hopelessness, how the ministry is screwed, etc.
It's not literally a post-apocalyptic world, but it feels like it.
I'm not saying Part 1 is not a great movie; in fact I appreciate it more than ever with the exception of the Malfoy Manor fiasco - it definitely feels very grim for the most part. But I just wouldn't describe it in such strong terms as post-apocalyptic.
I can see why some think it's "post-apocalyptic"; the trio are camping for the sole reason that they can't survive in general civilization as the Death Eaters are all over the place, the radio guy reading out names of the missing while telling us the "list is short", the sense of hopelessness, how the ministry is screwed, etc.
It's not literally a post-apocalyptic world, but it feels like it.
Exactly. The atmosphere is definitely "Post-Apocalyptic"
I still like GoF and think it's entertaining, I'm just making my case for anyone that thinks it has less comedy and dumb moments than HBP, which actually has very little.
I really love the Grey Lady sequence. My only issue is that she goes from one place to another. Just stop moving, please!
See, this is what helped make it great for me. The acting, the cinematography, the brilliant background score, but with her moving and Harry's panicking; that's what really made it more interesting and fun to watch, rather than a boring conversation. And I loved how they moved it to where Harry comforted Hermione in HBP, rather than a boring hallway. Yates is such a visionary.
Yates would have to suck Cuaron's balls for haters to like him. the thing about Yates is that his films have the best character moments and the best development to me. I can't recall a single instance in any films prior to Hallows Part 1 that contained Harry and Hermione development on the same level as them dancing during a time of depression and loneliness.
This is perhaps my favrotie bit from Prince.
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Yates does not need recognition from anyone. He made the greatest Harry Potter Films and some of the best films of their respective years; whether people like it or not.
Yates does not need recognition from anyone. He made the greatest Harry Potter Films and some of the best films of their respective years; whether people like it or not.
Yates does not need recognition from anyone. He made the greatest Harry Potter Films and some of the best films of their respective years; whether people like it or not.
I could care less about the haters.
G.G.
Best of the year? My dear fellow, Yates made favorite movie of all time: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Yates does not need recognition from anyone. He made the greatest Harry Potter Films and some of the best films of their respective years; whether people like it or not.
I could care less about the haters.
G.G.
Best of the year? My dear fellow, Yates made favorite movie of all time: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Not only is Yates’ stellar direction seen through character moments in the film, it’s also on display through its visuals. The man knows how to direct and he has consistently outshined his predecessors, particularly Christopher Columbus and Mike Newell. The action sequences are vivid and intriguing because of his talent, along with aid from cinematographer Eduardo Serra, whose camerawork is on par with what he achieved in Hallows: Part 1. It’s interesting to compare the visual sense from the beginning of the saga and the end and note the completely different direction the series took. It began with innocent direction (fitting, but quite bland) to reflect Harry’s introduction to the world, and ended with a bold and frantic nature to symbolize that everything is at stake."
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So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
He's an average, good at best director. Nothing more and nothing less. There is no point in pretending that he is a great one, simply because he directed Potter. He doesn't even hold a candle to most other directors, and yes... he is uneven. Incredibly so at times.
Lord Stafford.
He's miles ahead of Columbus and Newell though, even if you have the opinion that he's average.
I wouldn't say Columbus, look at how good he has done outside of Potter? Yates is a director of Potter, but mainly... he is a TV director! Newell is also someone who has done well outside of this series.
Lord Stafford.
See, that's where facts disagree with what you're saying. Other than Potter, Columbus hasn't had a film with mainly positive reviews since 1993 and for Newell, the same going back to 1997. Outside Potter, both haven't actually done well...
And since Yates hasn't done anything since Potter, that's the only thing we have to grade him on. And that grading? A very, VERY good one.
Other than Part 2... the three films beforehand that Yates did, received just as bad, if not worse overall reviews than the all earlier ones. Both Columbus and Newell are known outside of Potter, can we say the same for Yates? The answer is no, we cannot!
Lord Stafford.
Well that's 100% absolutely FASLE! Here's RT info
Columbus Percy Jackson - 50% I love beth cooper - 15% Rent - 47% Bicentennial Man - 38% Stepmon - 44% Nine Months - 25% Sorcerer's Stone - 80% Chamber of Secrets - 83%
Newell Prince of Persia - 36% Love in the Time of Chloera - 26% Goblet of Fire - 85% Mona Lisa Smile - 35% Pushing Tin - 48%
Yates Order of the Phoenix - 78% Half-Blood Prince - 83% Deathly Hallows Part 1 - 79%
And....wait for it....
Deathly Hallows Part 2 - 97% MOTHER FUCKING PERCENT!
LOL, I see Stafford conveniently ignored this post.
Isn't it 'convenient' that you are forgetting that some people choose to do two things every once in a while, and these are... sleeping, and not spending all day on a forum, you see, i have a life.
Look who's talking. For voicing his very valid opinion? What did you call me again? Lord Staff infection? Now, that is pathetic, but as i've heard... there are no insults allowed. So i should think that you're the one 'asking for a banning'
I still like GoF and think it's entertaining, I'm just making my case for anyone that thinks it has less comedy and dumb moments than HBP, which actually has very little.
I agree, Aaron! You could really see Harry growing more and more desperate.
Yates is such a visionary.
According to Lord Stafford, he is not a visionary AT ALL. )
G.G.
That's because he isn't. He is a good director, yes... a visionary, no way. Whilst Cuaron is known across borders for being a true visionary. Clearly it's just opinionated, because one is and the other only apparently is.
I agree, Aaron! You could really see Harry growing more and more desperate.
Yates is such a visionary.
According to Lord Stafford, he is not a visionary AT ALL. )
G.G.
That's because he isn't. He is a good director, yes... a visionary, no way. Whilst Cuaron is known across borders for being a true visionary. Clearly it's just opinionated, because one is and the other only apparently is.
Lord Stafford.
I can't believe you're saying this. I thought you loved Yates. How dare you?
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to rip Harry's heart out.
And to Hermione, well,
he wanted to other things :>
G.G.
Also I don't think the Exodus sequence was trying to be post-apocalyptic, it was just sprinkling hints of what the world could be like if Voldemort were to succeed and if his reign extended out beyond the magical realm and into the Muggle world. No, it wasn't post-apocalyptic because there has been no apocalypse yet, but it was a fantastically sublime way to hint at the future possibilities of it.
of the story. Thankfully, Yates
understood that.
G.G.
Here are links to the covers for each release. If you want them, you'll have to find a way to import them from someone in Canada as the store in that country doesn't import.
Stone: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/harry-potter-philosopher-s-stone-future-shop-exclusive-steelbook-2001-blu-ray/m2190634.aspx?path=ffc99104755ab720b2dcfbf25b54a8a1en02
Chamber: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-2002-blu-ray-blu-ray-disc/m2190635.aspx?path=81be623eb991467e35437beafca470aeen02
Prisoner: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban-future-shop-exclusive-steelbook-2004-blu-ray-blu-ray-disc/m2190713.aspx?path=07007c2294455ae7a64e9faa3b01e9c0en02
Goblet: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire-future-shop-exclusive-steelbook-2005-blu-ray-blu-ray-disc/m2190714.aspx?path=a256843fd8c8f8f7fec143ec2909a055en02
Phoenix: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-future-shop-exclusive-steelbook-2007-blu-ray-blu-ray-disc/m2190716.aspx?path=7c23d7afe88ed5c607bd51791818a87fen02
Prince: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-future-shop-exclusive-steelbook-2009-blu-ray-blu-ray-disc/m2190718.aspx?path=85466c7211b275ee1d4461e3b0fdc415en02
Hallows part 1: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-1-future-shop-exclusive-steelbook-2011-blu-ray-combo/m2188669.aspx?path=773e1a7351652aa16bd4a45c2edf1cc6en02
here are images of my copy of Hallows Part 1
So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
favorite scene from Deathly
Hallows Part 1, and I feel like
it is vastly underrated:
SNATCHER CHASE
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G.G.
G.G.
I'm glad they made Harry sufficiently disfigured so they wouldn't recognise him though, for sure. The amount of movies I've seen where a character is supposed to be "disguised" and it is so blatantly them...
So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
Harry is THE most important
character. Ron and Hermione
are up there too.
G.G.
too cool! 2-Disc Edition?
G.G.
These are Blu-rays, just to be clear. I paid $58 for Stone and Chamber to be imported to me.
So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
It's not literally a post-apocalyptic world, but it feels like it.
The atmosphere is
definitely "Post-Apocalyptic"
G.G.
see Harry growing more and
more desperate. According to Lord Stafford,
he is not a visionary AT ALL.
G.G.
This is perhaps my favrotie bit from Prince.
So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
recognition from anyone.
He made the greatest Harry
Potter Films and some of
the best films of their respective
years; whether people like it
or not.
I could care less about the haters.
G.G.
Seriously, I love this subtitle.
So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME! UNTOUCHABLE.
G.G.
G.G.
Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
I thought you loved Yates. How
dare you?
G.G.
Lord Stafford.
joking; I know you
don't like him very
much.
BTW, I don't think he's
a saint or anything. I
just LOVE his HP films.
G.G.
Lord Stafford.