Harry Potter IV - Spoilers welcome!

[Steel_Wind]

I enjoyed it - but I prefer the Prisoner of Azkaban tbh as my fave.

This one misses out onf the FUN of being in Hogwarts. It missed out on the Dursleys. And the movie seems rushed without any real feel for the school year at all.

Sorry. Best Evar? Not even close.

 

[orbitalfreak]

This one misses out onf the FUN of being in Hogwarts.

Actually, I think that this was the intent of the movie. Voldemort is back in power, they're encountering things that are beyond their capability to handle, and are entering into some extremely "not fun" territory. It's a wake-up call to the dangers present in the (fictional) real world.

 

[mojo1701]

It's a wake-up call to the dangers present in the (fictional) real world.

It'll get even worse in the fifth one...

 

[Steel_Wind]

One question:

Isn't Molfoy now exposed as an active supporter of Voldemort?

And wouldn't Harry rat him out? Molfoy should be on the run or on his way to Azkaban.

 

[gtJormungand]

One question:

Isn't Molfoy now exposed as an active supporter of Voldemort?

And wouldn't Harry rat him out? Molfoy should be on the run or on his way to Azkaban.

He does. Not many people believe him. Since this book is my favorite of the series, I highly recommend reading it to find out more.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

One question:

Isn't Molfoy now exposed as an active supporter of Voldemort?

And wouldn't Harry rat him out? Molfoy should be on the run or on his way to Azkaban.

This is a major theme of Book Five (and Movie Five, I'd imagine). The answer is hinted at in Dumbledore's speech at the end: "The Ministry of Magic doesn't want me to tell you this..."

 

[Steel_Wind]

Well, I hope the next time Molfoy crosses his path Harry reached for his wand and lets him now he'll blast him to smitherenes then.

This nicey nice game with the Molfoys must come to an end. All pretenses are now over.

 

[buzzard]

I enjoyed it. IMHo it vies with PoA for best of the series.

However I must admit it did feel a bit rushed to me. The book being a very long one had to be shorn down a great deal to fit into the movie. Especially the aspect of the trouble of Harry and Ron's friendship felt rather shallow.

But again, when you have a lot of book to cram in things get tricky. The effects were very nice, and the tone was quite appropriate. As with the books things keep getting darker.

buzzard

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Overall I think it was my favorite of the HP flicks so far. 4>2>1>3 I think. Mad Eye was a bit different in tone than the book, but was quite excellent. I liked Voldermort, but Wormtail is still not what I expect. I thought he didn't play up the fact that he cut off his hand very well. I think I'm liking the current Dumbledore more than RH's portrayal. In any event though it's a good flick. I think they did a good job on cutting the story down to its core.

 

[Desdichado]

This one misses out onf the FUN of being in Hogwarts.

It wasn't really that fun of a year for Harry, though. The movie didn't miss that; you missed the point.

It missed out on the Dursleys.

Not really. The Dursley's pretty much do the exact same routine year after year, at least until we get into books five and six, where there's hints of development.

Although the Dursley interaction with the ton-tongue toffee was my favorite of the bunch, I can definately see cutting it in movie. It is a bit superfluous--the other three movies have all shown the Dursley's getting their "beginning of the school year magical discomfiture"(TM) quite well. I'd love to see the Weasley's blast through their living room as a deleted scene, though.

And the movie seems rushed without any real feel for the school year at all.

My wife said that too, but I don't know that any of the movies ever really made me feel like it was a school year, so I'm not sure that I agree that that makes any sense to complain about, really. This movie really did have to rush--the book is some 750 or so pages long. I think they did a great job of rushing without feeling rushed, though--and if sacrificing classroom scenes that--again--are pretty superfluous at this point unless something really significant is happening--then I can certainly accept that.

Sorry. Best Evar? Not even close.

I disagree. Best Harry Potter movie to date, by a loooong shot. Prisoner of Azkaban was probably the one that disappointed me the most, although I think it's a better movie than 1&2. The resolution of it felt rushed and empty compared to the same scenes in the book. And Professor Lupin as the werewolf looked silly. That was a big disappointment in the same season where we'd just seen the Van Helsing werewolves.

Of course, the look of the werewolves in Van Helsing was one of the few bright points in that movie.