Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

*POTENTIAL SPOILERS*

Has anyone else seen this? I was pretty disappointed with it and practically got bored at certain times during the movie. I know it was trying to stay true to the book with the whole "camping in the forest for 50 pages" part, but dang. It almost felt like half the movie was just that part alone. Everything else seemed to go by so fast. It just didn't seem well balanced, and I think it's because they are leading up to Part 2 which will probably be 100% fast-paced. I don't mind drama or slow parts, but the dialogue in Harry Potter isn't anything amazing enough for a movie to warrant spending that much time with it.

Has anyone else seen this? I was pretty disappointed with it and practically got bored at certain times during the movie. I know it was trying to stay true to the book with the whole "camping in the forest for 50 pages" part, but dang. It almost felt like half the movie was just that part alone. Everything else seemed to go by so fast. It just didn't seem well balanced, and I think it's because they are leading up to Part 2 which will probably be 100% fast-paced. I don't mind drama or slow parts, but the dialogue in Harry Potter isn't anything amazing enough for a movie to warrant spending that much time with it.

SilentSoprano

I was actually really disappointed in it. I thought it lost a lot of the whimsy and charm it had when it took place in Hogwarts. It was still good but not nearly as good as the last couple, IMO. :?

[QUOTE="Cheesehead9099"]Glad you liked it. But did you really like the ending that much? Most of the people in my theater were like "aw, cmon! what the hell! etc,etc,"t3hrubikscube

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"][QUOTE="Cheesehead9099"]Glad you liked it. But did you really like the ending that much? Most of the people in my theater were like "aw, cmon! what the hell! etc,etc,"Pirate700

Hadn't planned on seeing it. Stopped watching after the 3rd movie since that's where the books went downhill.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"] Yeah I did. I loved it. Everyone in my theater stood up and clapped and cheered like mad. The final shot was incredibly dynamic, and the events leading up to itt3hrubikscube

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]Clapped? It wasn't that good. Most people in my theater groaned and rushed out the doors. :lol:

Pirate700

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]Clapped? It wasn't that good. Most people in my theater groaned and rushed out the doors. :lol:

Pirate700

My favorite of the all the Harry Potter movies so far was Goblet of Fire. In Deathly Hallows Pt.1 I was afraid it lost the charm of Hogwarts school as well. I miss that. Anyways there was not much else they could do for Pt.1. It was a build up to the fast-paced epic which is Deathly Hallows Pt.2.

I was so sad when Dobby died. :cry:

Emma Watson alone warrants a 2nd watch alone from me. :P

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"] Yes, they all clapped. I saw it at the midnight premiere, and everyone gets pretty fired up at those. It received just as much applause and praise from the crowd as any of them, and I've seen all of them on either opening night or at the midnight premiere. And I thought it was excellent. It's either my second or third favorite of the HP movies.t3hrubikscube

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"] Yes, they all clapped. I saw it at the midnight premiere, and everyone gets pretty fired up at those. It received just as much applause and praise from the crowd as any of them, and I've seen all of them on either opening night or at the midnight premiere. And I thought it was excellent. It's either my second or third favorite of the HP movies.Blazerdt47

My favorite of the all the Harry Potter movies so far was Goblet of Fire. In Deathly Hallows Pt.1 I was afraid it lost the charm of Hogwarts school as well. I miss that. Anyways there was not much else they could do for Pt.1. It was a build up to the fast-paced epic which is Deathly Hallows Pt.2.

I was so sad when Dobby died. :cry:

Emma Watson alone warrants a 2nd watch alone from me. :P

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]Yeah I saw it today and you could tell the masses here were disappointed. I haven't seen people clear out of a theater that fast ever. To me though, like I said, it just didn't do it for me. It didn't seem to have the same quality of the other ones. Kind of like this one was just mailed in. The reviews seem to not be nearly as good on this one either.

Pirate700

Hadn't planned on seeing it. Stopped watching after the 3rd movie since that's where the books went downhill.

chessmaster1989

I thought the first 3 were toooo damn childish, drove me nuts, especially the movies.

My favourite was The half-blood prince because of the flash backs and detail about voldemort. awesome!

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"] Yes, they all clapped. I saw it at the midnight premiere, and everyone gets pretty fired up at those. It received just as much applause and praise from the crowd as any of them, and I've seen all of them on either opening night or at the midnight premiere. And I thought it was excellent. It's either my second or third favorite of the HP movies.Blazerdt47

My favorite of the all the Harry Potter movies so far was Goblet of Fire. In Deathly Hallows Pt.1 I was afraid it lost the charm of Hogwarts school as well. I miss that. Anyways there was not much else they could do for Pt.1. It was a build up to the fast-paced epic which is Deathly Hallows Pt.2.

I was so sad when Dobby died. :cry:

Emma Watson alone warrants a 2nd watch alone from me. :P

[QUOTE="Blazerdt47"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Yeah I saw it today and you could tell the masses here were disappointed. I haven't seen people clear out of a theater that fast ever. To me though, like I said, it just didn't do it for me. It didn't seem to have the same quality of the other ones. Kind of like this one was just mailed in. The reviews seem to not be nearly as good on this one either.

Pirate700

My favorite of the all the Harry Potter movies so far was Goblet of Fire. In Deathly Hallows Pt.1 I was afraid it lost the charm of Hogwarts school as well. I miss that. Anyways there was not much else they could do for Pt.1. It was a build up to the fast-paced epic which is Deathly Hallows Pt.2.

I was so sad when Dobby died. :cry:

Emma Watson alone warrants a 2nd watch alone from me. :P

Don't hate. That part was as sad as it was in the books. But yea I'm surprised that he did that even though he isn't young.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="Blazerdt47"]

My favorite of the all the Harry Potter movies so far was Goblet of Fire. In Deathly Hallows Pt.1 I was afraid it lost the charm of Hogwarts school as well. I miss that. Anyways there was not much else they could do for Pt.1. It was a build up to the fast-paced epic which is Deathly Hallows Pt.2.

I was so sad when Dobby died. :cry:

Emma Watson alone warrants a 2nd watch alone from me. :P

SilentSoprano

Don't hate. That part was as sad as it was in the books. But yea I'm surprised that he did that even though he isn't young.

guys comon atleast respect and used spoliers if your going to talk about the movie some people want to seen it might be disspointed to find out what hapens on here rather themselfs. rcafan

[QUOTE="Blazerdt47"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Yeah I saw it today and you could tell the masses here were disappointed. I haven't seen people clear out of a theater that fast ever. To me though, like I said, it just didn't do it for me. It didn't seem to have the same quality of the other ones. Kind of like this one was just mailed in. The reviews seem to not be nearly as good on this one either.

Pirate700

My favorite of the all the Harry Potter movies so far was Goblet of Fire. In Deathly Hallows Pt.1 I was afraid it lost the charm of Hogwarts school as well. I miss that. Anyways there was not much else they could do for Pt.1. It was a build up to the fast-paced epic which is Deathly Hallows Pt.2.

I was so sad when Dobby died. :cry:

Emma Watson alone warrants a 2nd watch alone from me. :P

Poor kid. :lol:

I think Dobby was the best thing about Deathly Hallows Pt.1 and of course Hermione. He pwned in every way imaginable. :P

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"] Yes, they all clapped. I saw it at the midnight premiere, and everyone gets pretty fired up at those. It received just as much applause and praise from the crowd as any of them, and I've seen all of them on either opening night or at the midnight premiere. And I thought it was excellent. It's either my second or third favorite of the HP movies.t3hrubikscube

For me, it's not that there was too much talking or not enough action, but rather that the actual slow/talking parts were just plain boring. I don't know if it's because I already know what is going to happen, but I just don't find the dialogue or the acting anything amazing enough to warrant that much of a movie devoted to it. The dialogue worked well in the books, but to me it only transitions well into the films when they do shorter scenes involving it, like all the previous films did. Here, I think they went overboard, but that's more of the book's fault. It's not like Six Feet Under where the whole show is devoted to their relationships and interactions, but the acting and dialogue is so amazing that it is actually more interesting than you'd think.

[QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Oh man, when Dobby died, this kid in front of my brother and me was balling. He had to be held by his dad...and he wasn't even that young. :lol:

Pirate700

Don't hate. That part was as sad as it was in the books. But yea I'm surprised that he did that even though he isn't young.

Haha. I hate the fact that I already know what is going to happen though. I think I might have really enjoyed the films (minus this one) even more than I already have.

[QUOTE="rcafan"]guys comon atleast respect and used spoliers if your going to talk about the movie some people want to seen it might be disspointed to find out what hapens on here rather themselfs. Pirate700

How do I do that? And I just realized there was a whole other topic about this, but it didn't show up under "Harry Potter" in the search bar.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="rcafan"]guys comon atleast respect and used spoliers if your going to talk about the movie some people want to seen it might be disspointed to find out what hapens on here rather themselfs. SilentSoprano

How do I do that? And I just realized there was a whole other topic about this, but it didn't show up under "Harry Potter" in the search bar.

[QUOTE="Blazerdt47"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Yeah I saw it today and you could tell the masses here were disappointed. I haven't seen people clear out of a theater that fast ever. To me though, like I said, it just didn't do it for me. It didn't seem to have the same quality of the other ones. Kind of like this one was just mailed in. The reviews seem to not be nearly as good on this one either.

Da_lil_PimP

My favorite of the all the Harry Potter movies so far was Goblet of Fire. In Deathly Hallows Pt.1 I was afraid it lost the charm of Hogwarts school as well. I miss that. Anyways there was not much else they could do for Pt.1. It was a build up to the fast-paced epic which is Deathly Hallows Pt.2.

I was so sad when Dobby died. :cry:

Emma Watson alone warrants a 2nd watch alone from me. :P

Sorry about that. TC should should put spoilers in topic title since this is of course discussion about the movie.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="rcafan"]guys comon atleast respect and used spoliers if your going to talk about the movie some people want to seen it might be disspointed to find out what hapens on here rather themselfs. SilentSoprano

How do I do that? And I just realized there was a whole other topic about this, but it didn't show up under "Harry Potter" in the search bar.

[QUOTE="Da_lil_PimP"][QUOTE="Blazerdt47"]

My favorite of the all the Harry Potter movies so far was Goblet of Fire. In Deathly Hallows Pt.1 I was afraid it lost the charm of Hogwarts school as well. I miss that. Anyways there was not much else they could do for Pt.1. It was a build up to the fast-paced epic which is Deathly Hallows Pt.2.

I was so sad when Dobby died. :cry:

Emma Watson alone warrants a 2nd watch alone from me. :P

Blazerdt47

Sorry about that. TC should should put spoilers in topic title since this is of course discussion about the movie.

For what I saw in that movie it should've been called "Emma Watson and the Deathly Hallows" not "Harry Potter" Whener she showed up there were some guys whistling and saying "Get em baby..yeah!! You know how to do it Woo hooo!!" A little annoying but fun nonethelessDarthkaiser

[QUOTE="Darthkaiser"]For what I saw in that movie it should've been called "Emma Watson and the Deathly Hallows" not "Harry Potter" Whener she showed up there were some guys whistling and saying "Get em baby..yeah!! You know how to do it Woo hooo!!" A little annoying but fun nonethelessPirate700

[QUOTE="Darthkaiser"]For what I saw in that movie it should've been called "Emma Watson and the Deathly Hallows" not "Harry Potter" Whener she showed up there were some guys whistling and saying "Get em baby..yeah!! You know how to do it Woo hooo!!" A little annoying but fun nonethelessPirate700

The naked Harry and Hermione didn't excite you enough lol? All the parents were probably having a hissy fit.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="Darthkaiser"]For what I saw in that movie it should've been called "Emma Watson and the Deathly Hallows" not "Harry Potter" Whener she showed up there were some guys whistling and saying "Get em baby..yeah!! You know how to do it Woo hooo!!" A little annoying but fun nonethelessSilentSoprano

The naked Harry and Hermione didn't excite you enough lol? All the parents were probably having a hissy fit.

It didn't seem to have the same quality of the other ones. Kind of like this one was just mailed in. The reviews seem to not be nearly as good on this one either.

Pirate700

If you call 79% reviews and certified fresh from RT "mailed in" then you really need to lower your standards :P
(obviously your opinion is fine, I'm just talking about the reviews)

[QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]:lol: Oh man that rocks. That would have spiced up an otherwise very boring movie.

rcafan

The naked Harry and Hermione didn't excite you enough lol? All the parents were probably having a hissy fit.

Yeah I didn't expect that but it made sense.

[QUOTE="rcafan"][QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

The naked Harry and Hermione didn't excite you enough lol? All the parents were probably having a hissy fit.

SilentSoprano

Yeah I didn't expect that but it made sense.

[QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]:lol: Oh man that rocks. That would have spiced up an otherwise very boring movie.

rcafan

The naked Harry and Hermione didn't excite you enough lol? All the parents were probably having a hissy fit.

That part had many fans including me in the theater going "WTF?!".

Clearly it wasn't needed. I don't know why they put that in there because it was not in the book. I'm sure parents were outraged by that part.

[QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

[QUOTE="rcafan"] :lol: all i heard people go wtf in the movie theater on that part of the secnee rcafan

Yeah I didn't expect that but it made sense.

No I know it's just it seemed like they were almost going by the book 100% and I don't remember that at all, but it made it more realistic as a fear of Ron's.

[QUOTE="rcafan"][QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

The naked Harry and Hermione didn't excite you enough lol? All the parents were probably having a hissy fit.

SilentSoprano

Yeah I didn't expect that but it made sense.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

It didn't seem to have the same quality of the other ones. Kind of like this one was just mailed in. The reviews seem to not be nearly as good on this one either.

bballm10

If you call 79% reviews and certified fresh from RT "mailed in" then you really need to lower your standards :P
(obviously your opinion is fine, I'm just talking about the reviews)

[QUOTE="rcafan"][QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

The naked Harry and Hermione didn't excite you enough lol? All the parents were probably having a hissy fit.

Blazerdt47

That part had many fans including me in the theater going "WTF?!".

Clearly it wasn't needed. I don't know why they put that in there because it was not in the book. I'm sure parents were outraged by that part.

I think it was actually a good part to add because it made Ron's fears seem even more realistic and not so sugar-coated. The movie is rated PG-13 so it's not like they snuck it into a movie marketed just towards little kids.

[QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

[QUOTE="rcafan"] :lol: all i heard people go wtf in the movie theater on that part of the secnee Pirate700

Yeah I didn't expect that but it made sense.

No, I agree, but it was pretty close. I just think it's funny because some parents will probably be all angry and stuff.

[QUOTE="rcafan"][QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

The naked Harry and Hermione didn't excite you enough lol? All the parents were probably having a hissy fit.

Blazerdt47

That part had many fans including me in the theater going "WTF?!".

Clearly it wasn't needed. I don't know why they put that in there because it was not in the book. I'm sure parents were outraged by that part.

[QUOTE="Blazerdt47"]

[QUOTE="rcafan"] :lol: all i heard people go wtf in the movie theater on that part of the secnee SilentSoprano

That part had many fans including me in the theater going "WTF?!".

Clearly it wasn't needed. I don't know why they put that in there because it was not in the book. I'm sure parents were outraged by that part.

I think it was actually a good part to add because it made Ron's fears seem even more realistic and not so sugar-coated. The movie is rated PG-13 so it's not like they snuck it into a movie marketed just towards little kids.

[QUOTE="bballm10"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

It didn't seem to have the same quality of the other ones. Kind of like this one was just mailed in. The reviews seem to not be nearly as good on this one either.

Pirate700

If you call 79% reviews and certified fresh from RT "mailed in" then you really need to lower your standards :P
(obviously your opinion is fine, I'm just talking about the reviews)

I assume you don't go to RT much then?
Harry Potter 1 - 78%
Harry Potter 2 - 82%
Harry Potter 3 - 90%
Harry Potter 4 - 88%
Harry Potter 5 - 78%
Harry Potter 6 - 83%
It definitely doesn't stand out from the series as being too poor. A 79% on RT is a very good score from critics.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

Yeah I didn't expect that but it made sense.

SilentSoprano

No, I agree, but it was pretty close. I just think it's funny because some parents will probably be all angry and stuff.