Why is it that people always bring this one as the best Harry Potter film, is it really that kino?
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Why is it that people always bring this one as the best Harry Potter film, is it really that kino?
Only the Chris Columbus films are good. Cuaron is a hack who tried to Tim Burtonize Harry Potter
im not a director weeb, but only 3 was really good, the further from 3 you get in either direction, the shitter it is
People only praise first 2 because of nostalgia
>People only ever disagree with my opinion because of [bad reason]
The first two are perfect childrens movies
Only fault are the shitty acting and even those aren't tht bad.
This has to be the most moronic take on this movie I have seen, congratulations you fricking idiot
imagine getting this buttblasted over a kid's movie lmao
It's the only one that's made by an actual director
Because it has a cool werewolf and Emma peaked in it. It's as good as 1 and 2.
Werewolf was moronic. I remember every kid in my elementary school laughing their asses off that it looked like an inbred hairless chihuahua
I get that the films were supposed to mature alongside Harry and become more "edgy" but there were so many observable downgrades. We lost the kino score from the first 3 and the later ones are so drab, they feel less magical.
The main issue is that the books got longer, so in order to save time they removed all of the comfy magical school scenes that made the books fun and whimsical, and focused entirely on the main Nazi Wizard plot which is never what was appealing about the series in the first place
It's the best book. The last one where there was a genuine mix of childlike sense of wonder, but combined with a dramatic plot that actually kind of worked. It also tends to avoid a lot of the problems Rowling typically walks into like the villains being kind of trash.
Movie has flaws, but it still mostly manages to capture that. It helps that by playing up the threatening feeling of everything the movie does have a pretty good atmosphere. It's actually occasionally pretty tense and exciting.
Book 4 is also great
The first six books are all great, Book 7 is just okay, made the mistake of taking the trio out of Hogwarts, plus the epilogue is fanfiction-tier cringe
I wouldn't say great. They really aren't well written
Compared to what? As far as children's/YA fantasy goes, it's top tier
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It's just tryhards who think the first two, which are better films and better adaptions, are too happy.
That said, it's the only actually good non-Columbus film, mostly because Yates and Newell are total hacks while Cuaron has an actual eye for cinema.
How did a literalwho like Yates get to direct this gorillion dollar franchise?
The fact that he lasted until Fantastic Beasts killed itself too is insane. The man doesn't have a creative bone in his body.
Everything after was complete trash, that doesn't make it kino, just better than those. The first two weren't great but at least it was cute and I feel like kids might enjoy it with no prior knowledge.
The first one is the best for me. Chamber of Secrets is the second best.
I thought so originally but after rewatching them recently I'm more inclined to swap them around on account of how dense and well packed every scene in the second one is. Just the way every little scene doles out some important tidbit of information for the overall plot while feeling like its own fresh and fun set piece that feels like it's part of a lived in wizard world.
And pacing is another thing, holy frick there's so mich shit jammed into the film. Like if they did the Quidditch scene in a movie or tv show now itd be an hour long episode or setpiece that took up 1/3 of the film length; instead it's like 5 minutes long because we got to haul ass back to the main mystery of the murder snake.
Chamber is one of the better movies in the series and I feel like it doesn't get enough credit. Kenneth Branagh really elevates the hell out of that one.
I liked the first three movies as they were still comfy, a remnant of the vibrant 90s media. By movie 4, 5 it already went full blue filter (much like video games went full piss filter)
Emma Watson was at her best in this movie
Same with thhe girl who played Ginny altho given how bad the actress looks, even in the first movie, you could tell she'd be an ugly girl, that's not saying much
It's the only one that does anything interesting with the camera. Curon shoots it like an old school horror movie, and that was an interesting take. The remaining films, including the Fantastic Beast movies, all seemed to learn the wrong lesson from this movie, though. This movie wasn't good because it was dreary looking, it was because Cuaron looked at the theme of this book, which had a decidedly more horror mystery vibe than the other two, and shot it in a complimentary style.
The rest of the movies just went "huh, they liked this one and it's very gray. Let's just make every other movie look dull and depressing". Although, I guess in fairness the fourth movie was still in color. That movie was bad for other reasons.
Unique shots that highlight how the book is completely different from the others.
From GoF on, they kept trying to replicate this style but always failed because all they took was "It was DARK!" but not the reasoning behind all of Cuarón's decision to make it look like that and have different shots. Even "the characters aren't in robes" is more because a lot of the book has to deal with Harry being unable to go to Hogmeade, which is off-grounds and the one place Harry can just chill the frick out and not have to worry about school while still being with his friends.