Totally agree. For lack of a better word, the movies have lacked the magic feel to me.DallasTeleAg said:
I thought the movies fell flat and haven't liked much about the storylines.
I do, however, absolutely love Jude Law's performance as a young Dumbledore. Every scene he has been in has been fantastic.
I think a movie about a young Dumbledore befriending Grindlewald and adventuring to find the Deathly Hallows would have been a fun movie, with the end of the series being their falling out.powerbelly said:Totally agree. For lack of a better word, the movies have lacked the magic feel to me.DallasTeleAg said:
I thought the movies fell flat and haven't liked much about the storylines.
I do, however, absolutely love Jude Law's performance as a young Dumbledore. Every scene he has been in has been fantastic.
Newt would have been a great adventure of the week type character for a show that builds out the universe.
This series should have just been about Dumbledore.
They could have had a great series around the original OOTP and told the stories of characters like Molly's brothers and the Longbottoms.helloimustbegoing said:
I'm a massive fan of the HP books and movies and have never been able to get into these despite a few attempts to watch on cable. Probably see 2/3rds of the first one and maybe the first 20 minutes of the second. To echo what others have said, they could have made an anthology of films with just the source material they had:
- The founding of Hogwarts with the 4 House name wizards
- Young Dumbledore/Grindewald
- Basically the story of the third movie with Dumbledore/Grindewald end duel
- Tom Riddle getting discovered and his time at Hogwarts (probably pretty dark for kids but oh well)
- Voldemort's growing power & the time of James/Lily/Snape/ and the rest at Hogwarts
- A third Voldemort-centric movie with a Rogue One style ending leading right into HP & TSS
He even has a similar-ish voice, I bet he could do a good job of it since he is also a great actor.Swarely said:
Bigfoot Is Real said:
Did they ever address the timeline issue with McGonagall, or is it just a retcon?
powerbelly said:Totally agree. For lack of a better word, the movies have lacked the magic feel to me.DallasTeleAg said:
I thought the movies fell flat and haven't liked much about the storylines.
I do, however, absolutely love Jude Law's performance as a young Dumbledore. Every scene he has been in has been fantastic.
Newt would have been a great adventure of the week type character for a show that builds out the universe.
This series should have just been about Dumbledore.
BoydCrowder13 said:
The first Fantastic Beasts was very enjoyable.
The second was one of the worst movies I've seen in a while. Didn't make any sense.
Movies are a super pale comparison to the books. First movie is a good interpretation and a nice "come to life" of a lot of the characters, but once you get to the third movie it starts leaving out lots of important stuff, and 5-7 are just interpretations as best. I bet that you, like me, hate the final Harry/Tom Riddle fight in the movies.CowtownAg06 said:
Huge HP fan here. I always wondered how people enjoyed the movies without the books. There is so much left out, that you can see if you know the full story. The problem with these movies is they are still leaving that stuff out but with no source material to connect the dots. I'll definitely see this one, but I understand the concern.
Agree. Hopefully in about 10 years or so we get just that.TXAG 05 said:
It would be great if HBO or similar could do a series with each season could be one book. They'd probably still have to leave some stuff out, but with 8-10 hrs, they could take their time and tell so much more of the story.
I always liked the Gambon version of Dumbledore a little more. He came across as much more lively and formidable.helloimustbegoing said:
i actually liked Gambon's interpretation of Dumbledore quite a bit, especially in Prisoner of Azkaban. If you set aside book knowledge and just try to follow the plot of the 5th one, it's incomprehensible.
Richard Harris was too passive and frail IMO.Sapper Redux said:I always liked the Gambon version of Dumbledore a little more. He came across as much more lively and formidable.helloimustbegoing said:
i actually liked Gambon's interpretation of Dumbledore quite a bit, especially in Prisoner of Azkaban. If you set aside book knowledge and just try to follow the plot of the 5th one, it's incomprehensible.
