Harry Potter- round 6-who's ready?

[Alex]

While I abhor the idea of turning movies into a long trailer for the Super-Extended Director's Cut DVD.

If you want 16 hours of screen time for your story that's why god created miniseries.


As some critic (Ebert?) says, there's no such thing as a good movie that is too long or a bad movie that is too short. If telling a story well takes 4 hours, then take four hours or don't tell the story. That said, nothing in the Harry Potter movies indicates to me that their flaws are a result of not having enough time.

[Jazzman]

Originally Posted by Alex

While I abhor the idea of turning movies into a long trailer for the Super-Extended Director's Cut DVD.

If you want 16 hours of screen time for your story that's why god created miniseries.

I don't get why you even care. If you only want the shorter theatrical version, then watch that. Nobody's making you watch the Extended Edition.

And, maybe I want sixteen hours of cinematic quality screen time, instead of sixteen hours of television miniseries quality screen time. Huge difference there. I love the extended LotR films, and haven't watched a standard version since I got my set of extended films. Hence, I'm happy with my longer films, and you're happy with your abridged versions. Why take issue?



iSm, I do agree about Umbridge. I thought they captured her arc just fine and led us to despise her just as much as the book did. But so little was dealt with in regards to other important stuff, like Kreacher, Sirius, etc. that the film felt like it was only a trailer, but without a real film to go see afterward. I pray that they don't do that to HbP.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Jazzman

Hence, I'm happy with my longer films, and you're happy with your abridged versions. Why take issue?

That's the problem, I'm not happy with the short versions. The short versions (in the last two LOTR movies anyway) were a mess and I believe it is directly attributable to the fact that Jackson knew that the theatrical versions didn't have to be all that good and just hint to the long version.

Like I said, I have no problem with long movies. Most of the best movies of all time are pretty long. Take as much time as it takes to make a good movie. But don't make a bad movie saying "oh, we'll make it all better on DVD." Or if you do, be honest about it so that I won't waste any time or money on the theatrical version.