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not while taking over for a series that has already been established. In a case like this there is a need to make it so you dont notice the actor change. its not the time for an actor to suddenly do his own thing.

However considering his minor parts it wasnt terribly a big deal.

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I agree with Ginky.

The new dumbledore is going to have to be dumbledore for 5 movies. That's the majority of the HP series, so I think it's fair that he should be able to act like HE wants.

He cant spend 5 films acting like another actor acts.

But yeah, it is a minor part, like Null said. It's a major role, but a minor part, if that makes any sense at all. So it's not a huge deal.

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At the end the movie it didn't have the part where Fudge and Snape come into the hospital ward wondering how Sirius escaped. The part where Snape accuses Harry and Fudge starts to dislike him a bit. That kind of sucked.


Overall I thought the movie was pretty good. I don't know why it isn't 3+ hours though. It could have easily incorporated more parts that would've added to the story.

I also like the feel of the film. It feels more real and imo that makes it more 'magical'.

/spoiler




I don't like it how when a book is turned into a movie, I lose all the images that I imagined while reading the book. Like, before the Harry Potter movies came out I had my own image of how everyone looked and how Hogwarts and the world in general looked. Now, when I read the books I see the actors as the characters. Same with LOTR and every other book2movie.
Oh well.

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Then don't watch the movies :p


*shrugs and walks away*

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Or don't read the books. I didnt read the LOTR books, therefor, there was no let down to me when i say the characters.

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i thought the movie was really good. it did bother me that so much was taken out but what they left in was good, and it was done well. On the book to movie subject, I had my own visions of the Harry potter world and I don't like those to be changed. However, seeing the stories come to life gives a new spin on things. And it makes an interesting adaptation to the book that I might not have caught on to while I was reading. But the book is always better.

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Well, I saw the movie with my little brothers.

Not an avid reader of the novels (read like the first chapter or two of the second book), but I thought it was a pretty good movie.

Never really seemed to drag too much, and worked in some ways. Though some of it seemed like mini sketches put together with no real connection. Some finally made connections, while others I think were just there.

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Another thing that I forgot to mention...

...didn't Harry's patrones take the form of a stag? It showed it in the first scene but in the book the patronus was supposed to travel and chase away the dementors. When Harry goes back in the past and performs the patronus charm it doesn't actually form a stag like it did in the first scene, but just a lot of bright light. In the books he could command the patronus on what to do.

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Yeah, the Patronus was the biggest departure from the books. Harry was never capable of mastering the Expecto Patronum spell during his lesson with Lupin like in the movie.

The Patronus was also supposed to take the form of some animal or spirit that was embedded in the person's soul for some reason or another. In the book when Harry was finally able to summon his Patronus at the end it took the form of a stag and rode down the dementors.

It was then revealed that Harry's father chose the stag when he became an animagi.

Its all connected and completely removed from the movie.


*shrugs and walks away*

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*spoilers*


I noticed how it didn't have a very magical feel as well. They hardly wore robes at all. It wasn't like the other movies. I was also not happy about the firebolt part. I also think that they could have made the movie longer by explaining more of the background. They never explained how Lupin knew how to work the map. Anyone who had read the book would know that him, Sirius, Pettigrew, and Harry's dad made the map. It doesn't really bother me though because I know the story. It was a great movie.

*spoilers*

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i hate the fact that it doesn't mention who padfoot prongs wormtail and moony are...i guess its kinda the same thing zebra rampage said

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Well, they'll probably throw that into the next movie.

Does anyone know of alfonso cuaron is directing the goblet of fire?

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Naw it's a new director for the 4th movie as well, I think that was agreed upon during the production of this movie, but not too sure.

Just know he is out. Forget the new director.

Awe checked it out, directed by a guy named Mike Newell

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I don't want to start a new thread for this so I'll just put it Here

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I can't believe I haven't already heard about this. Of course, I haven't been keeping up. That is exciting. I can't wait for it to come out.