The post whore thread.

The Harry Potter movies make a lot more sense if you read the books. He's able to be underwater because he ate some gillyweed.

He's crushing on Cho Chang.

Werd Gray. Book #4 is when the books go from 250 pages each to 600+ each. So movie #4 has a ton of stuff cut out of it. Must be disorienting watching that as the first movie.

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Originally Posted by TheGrey

That's the one. Hilarious! And with a pacing that most action movies lack nowadays...

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80's action movies, for all their scripted predictability, are actually fun to watch. it's hard to understand these days why ALL movies need to have a giant amount of inner meaning and depth.

why can't a movie just be fun and fantastical?

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The Harry Potter movies make a lot more sense if you read the books. He's able to be underwater because he ate some gillyweed.

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he's alive and not a fish.

i probably wont get into the books..... or any of the other movies........

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Originally Posted by TheBelly

80's action movies, for all their scripted predictability, are actually fun to watch. it's hard to understand these days why ALL movies need to have a giant amount of inner meaning and depth.

why can't a movie just be fun and fantastical?

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You are preaching to the choir. What's wrong with the hero being a hero? Kicking ass unapologetically. Fast car, guns, knives, martial arts, righting the wrongs...

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he's alive and not a fish.

i probably wont get into the books..... or any of the other movies........

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Yeah, he ate some Gillyweed, which allows him to breathe underwater because it lets him grow gills temporarily.

The books are written on a fourth-grade level, weren't bad for a "Gary Stu" storyline, but clearly had a lot of self-inserts from the author.

i think everyone thinks that a movie needs to win an award.

a movie needs to entertain and pay the bills (of the movie production itself). anything more is just gravy on top. not everything needs to be a cannes film festival selection.

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i think everyone thinks that a movie needs to win an award.

a movie needs to entertain and pay the bills (of the movie production itself). anything more is just gravy on top. not everything needs to be a cannes film festival selection.

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Exactly. Movies that preach at you are irritating to say the least.

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Exactly. Movies that preach at you are irritating to say the least.

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Before I go into the theater, i need to know if this movie is trying to right some wrong, teach a lesson, or just plain be entertaining.

If I'm prepared for the preachiness, I can generally handle it (because I mostly won't go into that movie..)

I'm the opposite. I won't even consider watching a movie, let alone paying for it, that is only "entertainment." It has to be "good." I just find myself not entertained by the run of the mill summer block buster.