NEWS: Chris Gore's Footage Fetishes: Harry Potter and a Film Fan's View

I knew as soon as I saw the 3rd movie (which I did on opening night) that from the fourth one on, they were going to have a really hard time keeping the movies completely understandable without lengthening them... it's gotten to the point now where far too much is having to be left out. I still enjoyed it, but it was missing a lot. It would be smarter of them to just increase the length of the movies and be done with it - if my kids can sit through Lord of the Rings, they would definitely be able to sit through a longer Harry Potter movie! (They are 8 & 12, BTW)

three college aged girls were sitting outside and you don't see ANY reason to be in on that?

dude, get the cliffs notes and chat them up next time...nerdy chicks are the hotness with +12 boots of knowledge!

It's just like when Eric Clapton started singing love songs. Age does something to you. I'm pretty sure that Potter raves wouldn't have happened in Film Threat mag.

I've never read the books. I think I read a paragraph in the last book to ruin it for myself. While I agree that reading is better than watching a movie, for some reason I never felt compelled to read the potter books. When I went to see the first movie in theatres all my friends could do was bitch on how they left all these important facts out. And whereas I was glad they informed me of what was missing... I could have gone without.

I remember when Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy came out. I didn't want to watch it, because I knew with Disney making it, all my favorite parts would be left out. I went to watch it, and I was dissapointed they toned things down a bunch. Books are great for reading, but it sucks when they make them movies about half of the time. They never stay completely true to the original, and if you read the book before hand, you're usually uninterested in the movie. (Like the Da Vinci Code for another great example.)