Harry Potter and the GoF

Guest · Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:19 am Post subject: Harry Potter and the GoF

What does everyone think?

- funnier than previous films. Well i enjoyed it. besides some character faults its good.
:p

i think dumbledor (or however you spell his name woops) went a bit ballistic. O_O He's supposed to be cool/calm... not "HARRY POTTER OMG OMG OMG"

but what i really wanted to say was......
cho chang T_T disappointment. Grab any girl from the streets and she'll be prettier. there was just nothing special about her. :\
and she's a very important character too. Sad

victor krum, i thought he was super ugly, but after watching the film he's actually okay.

cedric and fleur were okay Smile

well i really liked the twins. :p

Concinnity · Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject:

cho chang......hmmmm.......

CCJc · Hmmm... Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 992

[quote="kouri"cho chang T_T disappointment. Grab any girl from the streets and she'll be prettier. there was just nothing special about her. :\ [/quote]

hahaha, either im detecting jealousy or a "i-can-act-soo-much" better speech =P

she was alright, just when she spoke Shocked

Didnt imagine the ending to be tragic but the story development is getting interesting, with the tell-tale of his past.

Is there another movie after this?

kkfc01 · Forum Addict Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 166

Guest · Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject:

Concinnity · Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject:

she speaks weird?

CCJc · Hmmm... Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 992

transistor · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:16 am Post subject:

i haven't read them either Razz

, i'm still struggling to finish this book which i bought like 2 years ago, not gonna buy harry potter books yet.... actually i might ask somebody to compress the whole stroyline into 5 minutes of summary hehehe

ok back to the topic, watched the movie, mouth wide open and head tilted, have NFI what is going on and why is it this, why it's like and bla bla bla Rolling Eyes

people should read the book first before watching this i reckon

btw r u sure this movie is for kids? dun think so.... i mean not for <15

and how does the girl speak weird? plus she only speaks like around 10 lines in the whole movie haha

CCJc · Hmmm... Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 992

Id say the movie could be for any age of audience, they're starting to grow up now, physically XD

Shocked

what really got me laughing was when Hermione said "whats got your wand twisted?"
LOL did anyone get the pun? XD

Transistor, here's some spoil up ahead for you

In Goblet of Fire, Harry develops his first crush on Cho Chang (though there are hints of it in Prisoner of Azkaban). During his fifth year, he has an on-and-off relationship with her and even kisses her under the mistletoe, but they split up at the end of the year. Technically, this break-up is as a result of Cho's friend Marietta Edgecombe's betrayal of Dumbledore's Army, but at the time this occurs their relationship is already faltering; they are simply not on the same wavelength, as Harry is quite clueless about how romance is supposed to be gone about in general and is unable (or indeed, unwilling) to deal with Cho's grief at the death of her late boyfriend Cedric Diggory or comically misplaced romantic jealousy of Hermione.

Harry preparing for the Yule Ball

Harry's failed relationship with Cho is a contrast to his eventual relationship with Ginny Weasley, who J.K. Rowling has said she had set up to eventually become Harry's "ideal girl" and "total equal". This plot arc starts with Ginny's unrequited crush on Harry during Chamber of Secrets through to Goblet of Fire, which appears to serve mainly purposes of comic relief; it is however eventually revealed to be a case of ironic set-up, as in Order of The Phoenix Hermione tells Harry that Ginny has given up on him and in Half-Blood Prince, he develops apparently unrequited feelings for her, with which he struggles throughout the year (toward the end of Order of the Phoenix, Ginny entered into a relationship with Dean Thomas, and Harry is further convinced that Ginny's brother Ron, Harry's best friend, disapproves of her having anyone as a boyfriend). Things eventually work out for them - after Ginny and Dean break up, Harry is swept up in the high of Gryffindor's Quidditch Cup victory celebrations and spontaneously kisses her in front of the whole Common Room; Ron, who obviously has mixed feelings about this relationship, expresses his kind-of approval by giving a tiny jerk of the head that Harry understood to mean, "Well - if you must." The following few weeks are described as some of the happiest of Harry's life, a rare oasis for him in the darkness of the war. By the end of Half-Blood Prince, Harry breaks off his relationship with Ginny in an attempt to ensure her safety, fearing that Voldemort would target her specifically once he learned of their relationship. Ginny understands and accepts his decision, while hinting at a relationship after Harry defeats Lord Voldemort.

transistor · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject:

thanks a lot CCJC, things start to make more sense of what happened in GOF Smile

Concinnity · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject:

the book is surprisingly interesting... altho, despite that, didn't finish it even tho i had read about 95% of one....

CCJc · Hmmm... Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 992

transistor · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:23 pm Post subject:

[off topic]
yeah and see how movies from hollywood nowadays always copy from games, japanese movies arrggghh where's the originality folks? even matrix was a copy from various sources and they just make it look cool and feel original although the ideas and settings are pretty much copied from japan
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btw the next one is going to be order of phoenix and half blood prince i suppose? anyone knows when the 7th series is going to be released?

chocohi · Mega Forum Addict! Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 525

cho chang is quite pretty and has a nice smile.
and its not that she can't act, she just happened to beat like a few thousand entries and apparently that neightbours asian girl tried out and so did boa. XD
(i agree with CCjc, its all jealousy!!!! but obviously no one would admit to that, so deny all you want, hehehe XD) Kouri you know well that your over-exagerating kakakaka.

JK Rowling wanted a "nobody" as in someone never heard of to play the part anyway.

she doesnt speak weird, its just a scottish accent hat was some surprise), its so easy to pick up! ( i guess she grew up in scotland then?)
besides, arent all hogwart students supposed to be from england? (or some britishy accenty country? she shouldve gone to scottish magic school.)

The special effects looked quite good, I loved the last triwizard thingo. in the maze. blah blah. The first two tests were waaaay off. harry had no trouble pulling the first two tests off at all. O.o. but i guess it was necessary for the movie script to add some excitment to it.

the novel is so much better. the movie wasn't that great, but better than the other three though.
also its not that completely suited for kids either, they had good reason to put a "M" rating onto it. its expected, especially for those who have read the novel. it certainly had its funny parts.

6.5 out of 10 for me. ( i sound like a harry potter freak here, im not. GoF was the first time i even bothered watching a Harry potter film at the cinema, since i enjoyed this series the best of what i read 1,3,4)

I may have enjoyed it more if i haven't read it. =P

Aikurushii_Lulu · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:41 pm Post subject:

I haven't red any of the books but i really enjoyed this one. Oh yeah Cho chang... I think she was rather nice looking until she spoke... :/ what an awful accent... yuuuuccck

Yeah i didn't expect anyone to die in this film, quite shocked...

chocohi · Mega Forum Addict! Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 525

lol everyone is bagging her accent. i looked up her biography, she grew up in scotland, so naturally she would have the accent. XP

but either way, i started cracking up when i heard it =P

transistor · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject:

hhhmmm i didn't feel anything weird, hhmm prob bcoz i had some scottish teacher back in high school Razz

scotland... hmmm the land where you only get sunlight or 3 hours during winter, uuhhh.. not for me Razz

probably BOa would have been a lot better i reckon haha, no wait.... she's too old for that arrgghhh

Concinnity · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:02 pm Post subject:

mysterious_x · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject:

I remember walking out of the cinema and thinking, 'that was soo much better than the last three...'

In this movie, they picked one main story thread (the triwizard tournament) and followed it through, rather than picking several story threads and jumping from one to the other. I thought it worked a lot smoother.

As for the characters... I didn't so much mind Cho Chang's actress, as I did Cho not having a decent role. Same with Fleur... and the Dursleys weren't even in it!

I am glad that they decided not to use The Philosopher's Stone's soundtrack for a fourth time.

transistor · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:12 am Post subject:

which philosopher stone's soundtrack?

oh yeah i would think they would concentrate on the main storyline, to make people still buy the book i reckon Razz

and yeah u r right, if the story line is jumping around, the whole movie will be really really ruined.

cho chang as the actress? no prob for me, but ron wisley n hermione (sorry for spelling) simply can't be replaced, they are the funny characters and without them the movie will look really really different

mysterious_x · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:14 pm Post subject:

I just got very tired of hearing that Harry Potter theme over and over. I think GoF had a different composer than the other three?...

Concinnity · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:37 pm Post subject:

th soundtrack is always the same...... pfffft..... damn that theme.......

transistor · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject:

are you guys talking about hedwig's theme? harry potter's owl?

btw that owl is not even british, there is no owl in England i think haha

Concinnity · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject:

the main/opening theme........