Worst Movie Ever!!!

[Gn2Dlnd]

Disclaimer: I am, in fact, a musical-theatre loving (and performing) homo, but not a big fan of Webber. I have never seen the stage production ($ and the aforementioned aversion to ALW) so I was particularly irritated that the film worked better for my friend who had seen the show. Storytelling should not rely on you having seen another version of the story to get it, which also happens to be my main criticism of Alladin at DCA.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

so I was particularly irritated that the film worked better for my friend who had seen the show. Storytelling should not rely on you having seen another version of the story to get it, which also happens to be my main criticism of Alladin at DCA.

I was also irritated with this...

But overall.. I enjoyed myself immensly. Doenst mean I wont have fun analyzing the movie piece, by piece, by piece.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Disclaimer: I am, in fact, a musical-theatre loving (and performing) homo, but not a big fan of Webber. I have never seen the stage production ($ and the aforementioned aversion to ALW) so I was particularly irritated that the film worked better for my friend who had seen the show. Storytelling should not rely on you having seen another version of the story to get it, which also happens to be my main criticism of Alladin at DCA.

Well, if I stepped back to write an actual critical review of the movie, I'd have a lot of flaws to point out. But since as to my own enjoyment of the thing, I don't mind relying on my previous experiences with the story - book, plays, other movies, etc., to affect (and even better) my enjoyment of this particular adaptation. Particularly because there were neat little nods to the book (the trap door leading to the mirrored torture chamber for one) that really, really delighted me.

That said, it bothered the CRAP out of me that the writers and directors of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban made an near perfect movie but managed to f**k up the most important scene from the book. And even having read the book, and almost knowing the scene by heart, the poorness of its portrayal on the screen irked me a great deal. So, I've got an inconstant set of standards, it seems.

And I totally get people ripping the Phantom a new one.

Me, I'd rather just get a little drunk and have casual sex with the movie.

I'm so shallow!

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

That said, it bothered the CRAP out of me that the writers and directors of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban made an near perfect movie but managed to f**k up the most important scene from the book.

Which scene? I'd love to know.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Which scene? I'd love to know.

The Shrieking Shack scene at the end. No real explanations for anything. Snape's "Oh, sweet...sweet...lovely revenge."

Why does he want revenge?

Ah, whatever, we'll just skip that part.

The Mauraders? The animagus stuff?

Eh, who cares?!

Once scene from the book that had dialogue that would have translated perfectly to the screen, but insteado of taking 10 minutes to give us the informatio we most needed, we got to watch Harry's homoerotic Buckbeak flight. Which, don't get me wrong, it was purty. But if we lost essential info over some added purties, it sucks.

[Ponine]

It had been so long since I read the book that I was sure I had imagined that I knew more about that scene, thank you for clarifying!!!!
Yes, that brings it full circle.. the rest of the information would have been useful. I suspect that they will have to dole it out for us in the next movie.