Just saw Harry Potter 2

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2002-11-25 11:09am

I just came back from watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I really enjoyed it, there was a lot of a giggle factor in that movie, and I will let you all in on little secret (you might already know this though): there is a 10sec scene after all the credits that shows us what happened to one of the poor unfortunate characters in that movie. It's worth staying back for a little giggle, but if you'd rather get up and stretch your legs, or indeed go to the toilet, than you won't be really missing out on anything.

Anywho, my favourite highlights would have to be the way Keneth and Alan (surely I don't need to write their full names) just played off each other. Too bad the series isn't titled: Serveus Snape and.... Just for the fact that Alan is sooooo good in any role. Also Jason Isaacs plays the snickering baddie extremely well!

Anyway for all those who are going to be dragged to see it by there kids, there are a lot of moments where the kids would be frightened half to death, so I suggest you make them wear their brown undies!

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-11-25 11:10am

IS it worth the money?

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2002-11-25 11:13am

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:IS it worth the money?

I haven't paid for a movie for over 3 years now, so I have lost all prespective on the money worth factor. But to put it into perspective, I had to come into work at midnight, and it is now 3am, and I didn't think that it was a waste of my time, so there you have it.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-11-25 11:14am

Crown wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:IS it worth the money?
I haven't paid for a movie for over 3 years now, so I have lost all prespective on the money worth factor. But to put it into perspective, I had to come into work at midnight, and it is now 3am, and I didn't think that it was a waste of my time, so there you have it.

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What do you do? Sneak in?

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2002-11-25 11:15am

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:What do you do? Sneak in?

No. I have a casual job as a projectionist, so I see movies for free.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-25 11:16am

Sweet. I've gotten a few free movies thanks to a friend who works at the food counter.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-11-25 11:18am

You dogs.
I, a decent (rrrrrrright) citizen must pay to get in! Unfair I say! I must use my evil genius powers to make them bow to ME! Maybe give me a free love seat, and a chick to go with it, plus the day's taking.

All thanks to my almighty Mind Control gas!

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2002-11-25 11:33am

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:You dogs.
I, a decent (rrrrrrright) citizen must pay to get in! Unfair I say! I must use my evil genius powers to make them bow to ME! Maybe give me a free love seat, and a chick to go with it, plus the day's taking.

All thanks to my almighty Mind Control gas!

Hey, it's called; product knowledge, so it's perfectly legal and fair.

Guess who will be seeing The Two Towers before anybody else????

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-11-25 11:35am

FUCK!!!! I want to watch Two Towers but my Motherfucking NS is on the 11th, while TT opens on the 19th! FUCK!!!

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2002-11-25 11:37am

Hehe

Post by **Zaia** » 2002-11-25 01:04pm

I've seen HP2 twice so far and are planning on going again, possibly tonight. It is a fabulous movie, totally worth money to see it (although, obviously getting in for free would be preferable)--the kid who plays Ron is the cutest thing in the entire world!!

For those of you who have seen the first HP movie, this one's much better.

Love it!!

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-11-25 01:17pm

I plan on taking my nephew to see it. I took him to the last one and I really enjoyed it. In fact a lot of sophisticated people enjoy it. I think the story was just solid and well put together which helps dramatically. That and you cant go in there and act like an adult. heh.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-11-25 01:20pm

I didn't think it was as good as the first one, and I didn't especially think that the first one was great. If you are a fan of the books, it might be worth watching, or if you really, REALLY need something to tide you over until TTT comes out. Otherwise, it might be worth renting on DVD.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-11-25 01:22pm

Zaia wrote:I've seen HP2 twice so far and are planning on going again, possibly tonight. It is a fabulous movie, totally worth money to see it (although, obviously getting in for free would be preferable)--the kid who plays Ron is the cutest thing in the entire world!!

For those of you who have seen the first HP movie, this one's much better. Love it!!

Well, if Zaia-hime says it's good then it must be.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-25 01:30pm

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:
Zaia wrote:I've seen HP2 twice so far and are planning on going again, possibly tonight. It is a fabulous movie, totally worth money to see it (although, obviously getting in for free would be preferable)--the kid who plays Ron is the cutest thing in the entire world!!

For those of you who have seen the first HP movie, this one's much better. Love it!!
Well, if Zaia-hime says it's good then it must be.

Suckup.

Though, from the good buzz I might see it.

Ewo · Post by **Ewo** » 2002-11-25 01:31pm

I haven't read the books, but I really liked this HP. Plus the characters have some serious mental issues like Dobby (who irons his hands) and the girl in the bathroom. But I still stick with the same lesson I learned from the first one. snakes = bad, people named snape= good.
Though I wouldn't mind going for free, I think it was worth the money.
I actually think people clapped at the end and they weren't all kids.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-11-25 01:38pm

Ewo wrote:I haven't read the books, but I really liked this HP. Plus the characters have some serious mental issues like Dobby (who irons his hands) and the girl in the bathroom. But I still stick with the same lesson I learned from the first one. snakes = bad, people named snape= good.
Though I wouldn't mind going for free, I think it was worth the money.
I actually think people clapped at the end and they weren't all kids.

When watching movies that are based on books, I make a point of it never to fault a movie for a problem with the book itself. I invoke that with LotR all the time.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-11-25 01:39pm

Hmmm. Examples? I'm interested in hearing about them.

And I'll prolly be watching it on Wednesday.

Post by **Zaia** » 2002-11-25 01:53pm

Ewo wrote:I haven't read the books, but I really liked this HP. Plus the characters have some serious mental issues like Dobby (who irons his hands) and the girl in the bathroom. But I still stick with the same lesson I learned from the first one. snakes = bad, people named snape= good.
Though I wouldn't mind going for free, I think it was worth the money.
I actually think people clapped at the end and they weren't all kids.

I went to the HP-psycho showing last week at the Senator at 12:01AM Friday (technially) morning, and there were some kids (who TOTALLY shouldn't have been there because it was a SCHOOL NIGHT) but the majority were college kids and other adults. They got so into it, cheered and 'aww-ed' and even growled a bit at the bad guys (who I happen to love, but that's another issue

). It was so much fun!!

Ewo, you TOTALLY have to read the books. They are fabulous. I normally avoid fads like the plague and resisted reading these for a long time, and when I finally did read them, I couldn't put them down. Read all four in a matter of days (which you should be impressed with, since the last one alone is over 700 pages long!) because they so enraptured me. Read them.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-25 01:59pm

Well, if you say they're good...

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-11-25 02:02pm

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Hmmm. Examples? I'm interested in hearing about them.

And I'll prolly be watching it on Wednesday.

For example, the issue with how Hagrid would send the children to a spider that eventually tried to kill them was a problem with both the book HP 2 and the movie. That's the fault of the author, not the movie-makers.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2002-11-25 02:47pm

Crown wrote: Guess who will be seeing The Two Towers before anybody else????

Now that is quite unfair...

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2002-11-25 03:06pm

the books are pretty good. they get better as they go along. the movies are ok.

I go for the lotr previews, myself ^^

Ewo · Post by **Ewo** » 2002-11-26 12:17am

Do the Harry Potter books match the movies pretty well so far? I have read LOTR and there are some notable differences between the book and movie, which I can live with because I am glad they have a good LOTR movie with real actors. Since I haven't read it and actually might, would it be a good idea, since I have seen the movie?

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-26 12:19am

Ewo wrote:Do the Harry Potter books match the movies pretty well so far?

The first one matches the book pretty well, considering the transition issues. Can't speak for the second, since I haven't seen it.