What the fuck were they thinking?

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What the fuck was Ralph Fiennes thinking, an oscar winning actor, starring in one of the dullest franchises in the history of movie franchises. Seriously each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody, just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the books were good though
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

>>83858490

Why did you post a picture of Drumpf?

Why are happas so mentally ill?

>>83858490
>DEH

Who has a link to the video, it always makes me crack up.

>>83858795
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDyXZuvMaFc

the first time i saw this i was too shocked and confused to laugh

>>83858652
A gig is a gig is a gig.

>>83858700
why are gooks so soulless and easy to outsmart

>>83858953
It's in their DNA
>30 years of struggle
>30 years for the "golden age"
>30 years for the collapse

>>83858490
Those Harry Potter movies are full of weird directing decisions

In the fourth movie Gary Oldman's face appears out of ashes and embers but in the fifth movie they just put his face in the flame like a holograph

I guess they didn't have the budget to do that effect a second time

Also while we're on that subject what was the point of introducing Sirius if he was just going to die a book and a half later

>>83859126

In the films he was just a sort of mentor figure for Harry and I guess it added another interesting main character.
In the books he's basically an anti-hero.

>>83859088
and a nice ole' carpet bombing + holocaust to finish it off. :)

>>83858490
Is Voldie the most un-intimidating (and most pussy) film interpretation of a villain ever?