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I agree

Posted by brewthunda (A) on December 2, 2002 at 16:09:47

In Reply to: "Harry Chamber Pot" posted by clarkjohnsen on November 29, 2002 at 08:20:34:

Except for all the Freudian stuff . . . "our now pubescent hero fumbles his way to a giant, squirming, slithering basilisk (syn., cockatrice) via a concealed orifice in the girls' lavatory". . .. give me a break. This guy probably gets aroused by watching the gophers dig up his lawn.

But yeah, it was a bad movie. My mom wanted us to take her to see Harry Potter II for her birthday . . and it was painful. Lots of intense special effects and action sequences . . for apparently no reason when taken in context of the rest of the film. Oh, and there are too many intentionally annoying sounds - the screaming of Mandrake trees which is supposed to cause instant death to whomever hears it. When reproduced through a theater sound system with 20,000 watts I can assure you they're not kidding about the instant death part.

I'm sure it's fun for kids who have just read the book . . but that doesn't make it a good movie. Literal interpretations of adventure books make for flawed movies. A book needs something fun to happen every other page . . . the joy is in a neverending adventure, not climax and resolution. In a movie, you need to achieve climax and resolution by the end of the film . . the neverending adventure just gets boring when you have to sit through 3 hours of it. Action sequences must have some greater meaning to the movie's outcome.

Anyways, I think I'm just projecting a lot of my frustration with having to sit through a 3 hour movie surrounded by little kids and obnoxious parents. This was the first time I've been to a normal theater in 3 years. When did they start showing TV commercials at the beginning of movies? I felt dirty afterwards. Back to Netflix and theater pubs for me!

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Topic - "Harry Chamber Pot" - clarkjohnsen 08:20:34 11/29/02 (24)

I agree - brewthunda 16:09:47 12/02/02 (0)

Have you seen the flic? - edta 18:30:48 11/29/02 (8)

Shepherd may be the Freud-o Baggins of fantasy critics, but sometimes a basilisk is just a basilisk! - Audiophilander 08:56:04 11/29/02 (13)

Recently saw Lord of the Rings on video and.... - Dalton 11:10:50 12/01/02 (12)

How could you.... - Harmonia 11:37:09 12/01/02 (11)

Re: How could you.... - Dalton 11:46:01 12/01/02 (10)

Actually... - Harmonia 11:50:14 12/01/02 (9)

I guess I'm one of those several then... - Dalton 11:58:34 12/01/02 (8)

PS... - Harmonia 12:31:51 12/01/02 (0)

LOTR/FOTR... - Harmonia 12:30:54 12/01/02 (6)

Sorry, I'll try viewing it again when I'm in a different frame of mind.... - Dalton 14:11:27 12/01/02 (5)

Well, you know... - Harmonia 23:53:59 12/03/02 (0)

Good idea. - Audiophilander 08:31:49 12/02/02 (3)

Re: Good idea. - Bruce from DC 11:36:32 12/02/02 (1)

Good points. - Audiophilander 11:54:02 12/02/02 (0)

I'll sit down and watch it next time.... - Dalton 08:53:04 12/02/02 (0)

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