Prisoner of Azkaban Spoiler Thread

[AOII*Azra-elle]

I think Chris Columbus would have made a better director....but the same person that has sat with JK Rowling and wrote the screenplays was the same person that wrote this screenplay from the book.....I guess...WHAT WAS HE THINKING?

[TigerLilly]

Originally posted by AOII*Azra-elle
The guy that plays Dumbledore is the guy from Lord of the Rings. The original person playing Dumbledore died right after they started shooting.

Umm, you're right about Richard Harris (original Dumbledore) dying, but he was not replaced by Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf in LOTR. Dumbledore is now played by Michael Gambon.

chideltjen -- What you said about the director wanting to focus on time, I thought that was pretty cool, too. I liked the big clock they kept showing, except that that wasn't in the first movies! I don't like how they changed the look of Hogwarts all around...

With the time-turner, I don't think they showed enough of Hermione just randomly appearing and disappearing before classes. There needed to be more of a lead-up to the time turner than there was.

[SSS1365]

Originally posted by AOII*Azra-elle


We saw Harry's patronus was a stag...

Yes, we did see that, but there was no explanation in the movie as to WHY his Patronus is a stag. And that is a pretty important piece of information. So those who haven't read the book wouldn't understand the link between the Patronus and James, and they might not even realize that it IS a stag. I wouldn't have known what the heck it was if I hadn't read the book.

[Kevin]

So I went the theater at 8PM last night. Every showing up til 11:45 was sold out.

I want to see this movie, but I live nowhere near a decent theatre. Hate to spend the extra $ on an online ticket, that student ID still (surpisingly) works for a discount.

Movies are just too expensive.

[ms_gwyn]

re: Sir Ian McKellen....was not in PoA. I think he would make a wonderful Dumbledore, but new Dumbledore is played by Michael Gambon.

I do think that Sir Ian would make a wonderful Mad Eyed Moody, though.....I just want him in this series. I admire Sir Ian greatly.


The Stag thing....yes...it is highly important, they did show it, but not properly, because in the book the Stag runs around the dementors and then bows to Harry before he disappears, which is very significant.

Even with all these complaints, I do like this movie, MUCH BETTER than the previous two and look forward to buying the DVD.

ms. gwyn

[polarpi]

Originally posted by SSS1365
I just saw it with two friends, one who has read the book and one who hasn't. The one who hasn't read the book loved the movie. My other friend and I felt pretty much the same as everyone else on this thread-- that they left too much out.

I read a review of the movie Thursday night (while at my grandparents, since I went with my grandma yesterday morning), and the reviewer hadn't read any of the books, to come at the movies with a "clean" outlook (or something like that). I think that's why so many of us agree that TOO much was left out of the movie (even though everything that I kept saying was missing or mixed up, my grandma said was a good thing since the movie was already two and a half hours long...she's never seen the first two movies)

If I hadn't read the book (and actually, reread it before seeing the movie) I think I would've been very confused while watching the movie. I loved the connection between Lupin and Harry, the starting of the "romance" between Ron and Hermione (although some of the staging of the scenes with just Harry and Hermione at the end almost made it seem [to me] that there's also a "romance" starting between these two characters), and the scenery of Hogwarts (especially during Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class with Buckbeak).

If only there was more of the book in there (and a certain Gryffindor Quidditch Keeper ), I think this would be my all time favorite of the movies so far (I still like the first one the best, but POA beats CoS by a mile!)

Also, did anyone else reconize a scene where Harry's scar was on the wrong side? (The only reason why I saw it (from what I remember from the movie, it's right when Harry's about to face the boggart in the DAtDA classroom with the rest of his schoolmates) was that the review I read mentioned it )

[Intense1920]

I went to see it today. I'm going to have to go again cause I went with someone who really didn't want to go and I didn't enjoy myself. I agree with what has been said about the omissions. I was so waiting for the Marauder map explanation. I liked the ticking sound in the background after Hermione had used the time turner. The whole movie had a darker feel and it is definetely my favorite out of the three. I like seeing how the kids have aged especially Fred and George.

[chideltjen]

Originally posted by polarpi
Also, did anyone else reconize a scene where Harry's scar was on the wrong side? (The only reason why I saw it (from what I remember from the movie, it's right when Harry's about to face the boggart in the DAtDA classroom with the rest of his schoolmates) was that the review I read mentioned it )

Tee Hee... I started to wonder about the makeup artists and Daniel's scar during certain parts of the movie. In one scene, I think it was when he was searching for Pettigrew in the dark, it almost looked like there WASN'T a scar there. Like it was forgotten. I was like... someone fire the make up artists!

Oh well. Yes I think we all agree it was a bad adaptation. However it was a well done movie. And that's how I am going to look at it... just a MOVIE. Yeah I was mad that the last half hour was rushed, but the scenery, cinimentography, and art direction all made up for it.

I read a fan review. She thought that book for should be divided into two movies because so much happens. Like a Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. I think that would be a good idea because so much happens in that book. Unless of course they want to make it 5 hours long...

[TigerLilly]

Originally posted by chideltjen
I read a fan review. She thought that book for should be divided into two movies because so much happens. Like a Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. I think that would be a good idea because so much happens in that book. Unless of course they want to make it 5 hours long...

If people are starting to say this for Book 3 already, what in the world is the screenwriter going to do for the Order of the Phoenix movie? I can't see how they'll keep OotP to the length of a normal movie while including everything from that book that was important!

[polarpi]

Originally posted by TigerLilly
If people are starting to say this for Book 3 already, what in the world is the screenwriter going to do for the Order of the Phoenix movie? I can't see how they'll keep OotP to the length of a normal movie while including everything from that book that was important!

We'll either:

A1. Accept the fact that not EVERYTHING can be in the movie, and hope that the best (and most important) parts remain in the movie, or

B2. Start advocating for *two* movies for each book (the whole Volume 1/2(even 3???) sounds like a great idea....it'd almost be like watching a DVD of your favorite TV series!)

I still enjoyed the movie, and am not happy that we have to wait until November 2005 for # 4

[ms_gwyn]

I still like the movie overall...but am upset that they did not include some stuff that is very integral to both GoF and OoTP, I think I was quite clear on some of my dislikes

As for Vol 1 & 2...I wholeheartily agree that, that would need to happen with both GoF and OoTP, they would leave entirely to much out for a 2 1/2 movie.

With PoA, I didn't even notice the time, I really didn't even feel rushed or disconnected, I was just too excited, I will have to see it again in order to notice that.

Hell the 3rd task in itself should be at least 30 mins long and to much the World Cup Match and all the things that occur in to would be at least 30 min... so that would possibly leave 1 1/2 hours for the rest? Its a 500+ page book, I really hope they do it justice.

[queequek]

Went to 1:00 pm show today at Phipps, and it wasn't too crowded. Tried to go yesterday, but all shows were sold out.

I notice the Hogwart setting is different than the first two movies, and I like the third setting much better, with the big clock tower (awesome clock!) and the stonehenge area above Hagrid's hut, overlook huge opening water. (btw, I saw the filming session, when Harry flies over that lake on Buckbeak, it was in Glen Coe, Scotland. Our tour got delayed by that, but I didn't mind! )

I think it would be difficult to be as detail as the book people mention here to be in the movie. If they do, they would go for five hours! But I do agree some crucial details were left out, and I wish they were included. My friend hasn't read the book yet, and he gets confused by the scene explanation in the Shrieking place.

I like the way they start to introduce other houses than Griffindor and Slytherin into the movie, like the one with yellow Quidditch robes. In the first two movies, it seems that only two houses exist outside welcoming feast, where people are walking around, their ties always in green-lime or red-yellow colors. Well, it still does on PoA, but at least there is a hint of other houses exist.

And I really like the Maurender's Map! It has a really cool layout and labeling. I wish they revealed the big sand clock for houses points, I always have troble imagining how they would look like.

Where is Professor Flitwick, the charming prof? And where is Oliver Wood and Jordan Lee (the Quiditch commentator)? It seems odd not to see them in the movie. Oh, and good Hogsmeade setting! And I like the Whooping Willow always smacks that little blue birds

Anyway, overall, I like it. I would scale this movie 9/10.

[SoCalGirl]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned this. My favorite part of the entire movie is that Harry's hair is actually unkempt. In the first two it was always perfectly flat.









Is it really sad that I have a bit of a crush on Harry and Ron? I know their only fourteen.

[queequek]

Originally posted by SoCalGirl

Is it really sad that I have a bit of a crush on Harry and Ron? I know their only fourteen.

LOL, that's OK. I think Hermione is hot.

[AOII*Azra-elle]

Originally posted by TigerLilly
If people are starting to say this for Book 3 already, what in the world is the screenwriter going to do for the Order of the Phoenix movie? I can't see how they'll keep OotP to the length of a normal movie while including everything from that book that was important!

I think it would be okay if they did it like the LOTR movies...where they came out with the extra dvd's and put the extra time into the movie...not just the deleted scenes. I haven't heard if they are doing a movie for the rest...i had heard they were only doing the 3


ETA: nevermind...I just saw Micheal Gambon's thing and it is in filming. That's great that they are going to do that one...I'm excited