Harry Potter all over again...

[napoleon526]

The movie was good, but people not familiar with the books or the first movie might not like it.

 

[andrewgprv]

I liked it.

Can't wait for the Two Towers!

 

[Hamlet]

I was only really persuaded to see it because it had Kenneth Brannagh in it.

 

[Zcylen]

I didnt go to the cinema to see the first.few weeks a go a finally saw it and it sucked!
come on! has anyone played chess before?
how can you sacrifice your king that way??
what's more important : the king or the queen?
THE KING OF COURSE!
I wasted $ 2.5

 

[MHSoft]

Out of interest, do any Americans reading this understand what the word philosopher means? Or was the title change of the first film a good thing?

Michael Hughes

 

[jdd2007]

the titlle change didnt have to do with american understanding of philosophy, just history. americans wouldnt understand the allusion to the real nicholas flamel, who millions of children and adults in the states believe to be a creation of a certain jkrowling.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

The name change was nonsensical, as the philosopher's stone is a legitimate part of the history of medieval alchemy, albeit a fictional one.
Why it was changed to the mundane and nondescriptive "Sorceror's stone", one knows not.

It was almost enough to make me not see the film.





Yeah right.

 

[EdwardTking]

Saw HP II last night. Sat in front row. It was great!

 

[tcjsavannah]

Finally saw it today with my wife. We both liked it (the Kenneth Brannagh parts were hilarious) but we both liked the first one better.

Not all sequels can be "Empire", right?

 

[Flatlander Fox]

I agree that the movie is pretty good...

But did it seem to anyone that more liberties were taken with the book in this movie to make it more "Movie-Like" aka one liners and such?

 

[Dell19]

Originally posted by Zcylen
I didnt go to the cinema to see the first.few weeks a go a finally saw it and it sucked!
come on! has anyone played chess before?
how can you sacrifice your king that way??
what's more important : the king or the queen?
THE KING OF COURSE!
I wasted $ 2.5

It was the Knight that was sacrified!

 

[CrazyScientist]

Originally posted by MHSoft
Out of interest, do any Americans reading this understand what the word philosopher means? Or was the title change of the first film a good thing?

Michael Hughes

Are you kidding me? They acutally changed the title when bringing the book here?! I knew the whole thing was eluding to the Philospher's stone, but here the book is titled The Sorceror's Stone, and every mention of the object itself in the book calls it the Sorceror's Stone. Did they really change the whole book just for Americans? How dumb do they think we are?
Makes me wonder about certain scenes in book 4. Hermione has to teach Viktor Krum to pronounce her name, since at first he is calling her Hermi-own. (doesn't quite work as he ends up calling her hermo-ninny) I figured Rowling was just tossing a bone to ignoramuses here who had never heard the name Hermione, and were themselves calling her Hermi-own. (since it came out before the 1st movie). Is that scene in the original version of the book?

 

[tcjsavannah]

Reminds me of the second Timothy Dalton-as-Bond flick. They had to change the name from "License Revoked" to "License to Kill" because their marketing determine that 50% of Americans didn't know what the word "revoked" meant...

So of course it would only appeal to the intelligensia and the people who've had their driver's license privileges taken away...

 

[gr8ful wes]

My wife and I were driving around Baltimore trying to find the Art Museum and I noticed this Billboard with a rather hot looking girl on it. I was a bit ashamed when My wife told me it was the lass from Harry Potter. OOPps. I thought this movie was for kids?

We took our daughter to the first one and had fun, I'll wait for the second one to come on video.

 

[puglover]

Booooooo! Booooooooooo! Hisssssssssssss!

 

[cromagnon]

Umm... Zyclen? I think he was talking about Harry Potter II: The Chamber of Secrets, not HP I: The Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone.

I'm going to come out with the minority and say that I liked it. I don't know why, but when reading the book, it didn't grab me as much as the first, third and fourth books did. I didn't enjoy reading it much. The movie, however, put a lot of things into context and visualization for me. I thought the basilisk was especially well done.

 

[floppa21]

I will also wait for it to come out on rental.

And my book is also the "Sorcerer's Stone"... I know no Nicolas Flamel. He is a character created by J K Rowling and that is it. And yes, Harry Potter IS the Devil. J esus K iller Rowling ...

"Hermo-Ninny"... And don't feel bad gr8fulWes... I read the book imagining a little snobby priss, and when I saw the first movie, I was thinkin Hermione is cute! I was a little disappointed, but she DID do a good job. Just not what I had pictured in my head.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Have seen Chamber of Secrets twice already, and it has the Darkshade Stamp of Approval, and indeed a Royal Cheese Nutball! The whole film is great, from start to finish.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Originally posted by floppa21
And my book is also the "Sorcerer's Stone"... I know no Nicolas Flamel. He is a character created by J K Rowling and that is it.

Isn't him the French alchemist guy who was alleged to have created the philosopher's stone (and then disappeared forever)?

Yean, had watched the 2nd movie Monday night. It was great but I like the first one slightly better, for some reason.

 

[puglover]

Originally posted by Toasty
Harry Potter is the Debil! .

If you mean Devil, yes he is the devil. I hate him so much, I use pictures of him for target practice with my dad's pistol. (with his permission and supervision of course! )