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Worst Harry Potter Movie

Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:09 pm
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:09 pm
Please note I didn't say best, since that's not even a real debate. It's easily The Prisoner of Azkaban, and its not even up for discussion. Granted, its a bit unfair since Cauron is a much higher caliber of a filmmaker than anyone else who touched the franchise, so I digress.

But I think there is a debate for which is the worst. The Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets stay to close to the books and don't seem to have any real heart on them. Goblet of Fire neuters the mystery by telling you who is behind everything in the first scene, and thus the tension, and also should have been as long as Return of the King. The Deathly Hallows Part 2 completely shits the bed in the final act, when its first 2/3rds are pretty excellent.

But all these films at least got some parts right, but The Half Blood Prince just fricked up just about everything. The only parts that didn't suck was when Draco was on screen, but everything else was tarnished. Only 2 Voldemort flashbacks, an over emphasis on the love story that's not going to matter in the next movie, treating the titular character as a side plot, a throughly pointless and plot hole ridden middle fight scene at the Burrow, and omitting of just some great scenes. Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to remove Dumbledore's Funeral?

And Snape and Harry's final confrontation was probably the single worst scene in all the films. In the book, it was incredible, where they both duel against each other, both filled with rage letting each other know what they really fill about each other. Harry in the film doesn't know that Snape ratted James and Lily out to Voldemort, so calling him a coward makes no sense. In the book, it seems that Snape doesn't give a flying frick about what Harry is saying to him, and his reveal of being the HBP is just a "fun fact" moment rather than it being a devastating revelation for Harry.

The only addition that was nice and worthwhile was the goldfish scene, but that's really it. Add the fact that they removed the best scene in the film ( In Noctem), and its just sad. On second thought, it makes sense that they removed this scene since it clashes with the rest of the film. The whole film should have had the tone of that scene, but instead when they saw the finished product, they realized they fricked up ridiculously bad and accidentally made the film into an anxiety teenage driven love story instead of a dark, haunting story of betrayal and despair as it should have been.

Really sad Cuaron couldn't have returned to the series to make this film. Out of all the books, this would be the one he would adapt the best. It's my favorite of the books, but they frick it up so badly that its not even recognizable.

So what's your opinion.
This post was edited on 11/15/13 at 5:31 pm
Posted by boxcarbarney
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:11 pm to
Everything after Goblet was bad IMO.
Posted by JombieZombie
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:15 pm to
Order of the Phoenix.
Posted by WeBleedCrimson
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:20 pm to
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Order of the Phoenix.
Posted by DelU249
Austria
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:21 pm to
Half blood prince.

LOTR FTW
Posted by Rza32
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:22 pm to
Too close to the book? Thats a bad thing?
Posted by Scruffy
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:22 pm to
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The Deathly Hallows Part 2
This one is the worst. It was just all around horrible.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:27 pm to
quote:

Everything after Goblet was bad IMO.


I liked Phoenix, and really liked DH Part 1. That one is a very easy second for me after PoA.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:28 pm to
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It was just all around horrible.


I think it was pretty fricking good until Harry came back to life. Can't think of a major frick-up before that point, and then there was nothing but frick-ups.
Posted by FloridianDog
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:29 pm to
quote:

Everything after Goblet was bad
Posted by craigbiggio
Member since Dec 2009
31805 posts
Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:29 pm to
DH pt 2. Just felt like half a movie. Which it was, obviously, but part 1 felt like a full movie
Posted by Tactical1
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Member since May 2010
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:30 pm to
The Deathly Hallows Part 1
This post was edited on 11/15/13 at 5:31 pm
Posted by boxcarbarney
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Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:31 pm to
I just thought everything after Goblet was boring.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:35 pm to
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Order of the Phoenix.


I have never seen a rational argument for this being the worst. I honestly think they did a good job removing the ridiculous amount of filler in Order, unlike HBP and GoF. It had the right tone, Umbridge was simply as fantastic and loathsome of a count as she was in the novels, Luna Lovegood was probably the best cast character in the entire series, and Voldemort vs Dumbledore's was great. This is one that is unjustifiably hated IMO.
Posted by MasCervezas
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:37 pm to
they all suck

I liked the books but the movies were gay
Posted by The Godfather
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:45 pm to
Your long arse post...i agree with all of it...
Posted by putt23
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Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:48 pm to
DH2 pissed me off cause the end battle and ending as a whole should of been sooo much longer and better.

How do you kill Lupin and Tonks (in the movie) and just gloss over it?

POA and OOP are my favorites.

I didn't like the first 2 cause all the kids are fricking aggravating.

"It's leveeosa not leveeosair" shut up
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:50 pm to
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How do you kill Lupin and Tonks (in the movie) and just gloss over it?


In the film's defense, the book did as well. It's that they glossed over Fred's death that pisses me off, since the book certainly didn't gloss over it.
This post was edited on 11/15/13 at 5:51 pm
Posted by The Godfather
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:51 pm to
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How do you kill Lupin and Tonks (in the movie) and just gloss over it?




Well it was glossed over in the book (which pissed me off ). The fact that they didnt show Fred dying in the movie pissed me off.
Posted by The Godfather
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 5:52 pm to
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In the film's defense, the book did as well. It's that they glossed over Fred's death that pisses me off, since the book certainly didn't gloss over it.




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