November 19, 201014 yr Having seen it I don't regret paying £16 at all. That would be far too much for a normal cinema but this was the largest IMAX screen in the UK - the height of five double decker buses. A few tears for Dobby as well :snif:
November 19, 201014 yr Regarding ticket prices, I appreciate it is a lot, and no way would I do that all the time, but sometimes you just want to splash out. Especially for event movies like this. I of course will determine whether the extra money it cost to seat premiere in IMAX is worth it after tomorrow night. Although, I'm not going to lie, either way I won't regret it. My premium seat was in the middle of the row and at a decent height. I'm glad I paid the extra.
November 20, 201014 yr Deathly Hallows: Part 1 managed a $24 million midnight launch in North America last night, at 3,700 locations. It was a franchise best, but ranks #3 overall behind the last two Twilight films (Eclipse raked in just over $30 million at its midnight launch earlier this year at 4,000 sites to take the crown, with New Moon following in #2 place with a $26.3 million launch.) However, Deathly Hallows does take the title for the biggest ever midnight IMAX opening, with $1.4 million at a record 238 IMAX locations (which was included in its overall midnight gross) compared to Eclipse's $1 million. Due to the buzz about it being the 'final' film and the marketing blitz, it is expected to make over $100 million overall this weekend, to achieve the biggest opening weekend for a Harry Potter film yet (Goblet of Fire has that honour at the moment, grossing $102.7 million over its three day weekend; it was also the last time that a Harry Potter film had a november release). It is also expected to push past Star Wars to become the biggest film franchise of all time within a matter of days. Here is the source and full report: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2987&p=.htm Edited November 20, 201014 yr by Daniel II
November 20, 201014 yr Just to clarify I was only being sarcy with Theo, I already knew the cut off point, it's just fun to annoy Theo init. Anyway, THIS WAS INCREDIBLE. As expected the camping trip did drag on for a bit, but it's $h!ttingly boring in the book so they did well to keep in the essentials but apart from that, AMAZING. Not gonna lie, there were tears for Hedwig </3.
November 20, 201014 yr I didn't like how barely anybody cared about Moody's death, as the wizard whatever his name is just came into the Burrow and murmoured it. :( The same with when Harry saw the eye on Umbridge's office door.
November 20, 201014 yr I didn't like how barely anybody cared about Moody's death, as the wizard whatever his name is just came into the Burrow and murmoured it. :( The same with when Harry saw the eye on Umbridge's office door. Fair point actually, there was far far more prominence over Dobby's death than Mad Eye's :lol: I WANT PART 2 NOW
November 20, 201014 yr Well, that was a complete step up from the other films, and was such a good pay off. The thing I loved (and what I wanted as well) was how Yates played up to the Nazi/Second World War parallel that was also done in the books by Rowling: the intense Scrimgeour speech at the start had a hint of Churchill to it; Voldemort's Hitler-esq speech when mocking the Muggle Studies teacher; the names of the missing and dead read out over the radio and the Mudlood and Muggle 'information' booklets even looked similar to the sorts of propoganda the Nazi's used against the Jews. It added thematic depth to a film, which could have easily been glossed over. I for one, loved the camping sections, as film critic Mark Kermode put it, it took away all the extra fluff and trademark HP moments (like, classes and warm and cosy feasts and Quiditch) by taking them out of Hogwarts and plopping them into the wilderness (the scenery was stunning as well; aesthetically the film should at least be nominated for a few Oscars), where the for the first time really ever (or at least to this extent) the film reflects inward to the dynamics and relationships of the central three characters, and only that, and it worked marvellously. It was intense, broody and ominous and that sense of build up and foreboding couldn't have been built to such proportions if they had to rush it in a single 3 hour film. It seemed to me, more than the others, to be an adult film - aside from a few childish comedy moments, such as when Wormtail was disarmed - it didn't seem to have much consideration for pleasing the younger audiences at all. Result! The acting was also noteably improved from previous enstallments; it seems as if they knew it was the last one and pulled it out of the bag. Grint specifically was impressive, and for the first time ever, I thought he looked pretty hot too with that stubble (and is it me or has he put some muscle on that frame of his, but that's beside the point :kink:) Dobby's death I think works best emotionally if you read the books as well, as he plays a much bigger role. It was therefore not as touching as it could have been; similar to Bill and Fleur's wedding, it will mean next to nothing unless you read the books, similarly it will only be eagle eyed film viewers who will even regonise it was the same Fleur as the one who was in Goblet of Fire. The worst case of this in the films, is Tonks, who is as noteworthy as a nameless extra, which doesn't bode well for the eventual emotional pull her and Remus's death has to have in the final part. Still these are minor quibbles, from an overall excellent, excellent adaption. My favourite sequence of the film might just be the trio running from the snatchers, what a visceral and urgent chase scene that was! As for the extra money spent on IMAX; it was money well spent! The screen was massive, and totally involves you, and combined with the thundering surround sound, it literally made everything 10x more intense. Not to mention (even if I did leave with a slight headache). The Platform 9 & 3/4 walkway/entrance thing was worth the extra cash alone, totally put me in the mood and was a nice touch :D Box Office Updates Early estimates have the overall friday gross at a mighty $61.2 million at 4,125 sites. It ranks #5 for Top Single Day Grosses. In front are: at #1 New Moon with $72,703,754; at #2 Eclipse with $68,533,840; #3 is The Dark Knight with $67,165,092 and just ahead of Potter is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with a wednesday single day gross of $62,016,476. However, for the Biggest Friday Single Day Gross, Deathly Hallows ranks #3 (Eclipse single day gross record was also achieved on a wednesday). Hopefully, Deathly Hallows won't do a Twilight (which is unlikely anyway) and retain those big numbers for both saturday and sunday. Edited November 20, 201014 yr by Daniel II
November 20, 201014 yr Well, that was a complete step up from the other films, and was such a good pay off. The thing I loved (and what I wanted as well) was how Yates played up to the Nazi/Second World War parallel that was also done in the books by Rowling: the intense Scrimgeour speech at the start had a hint of Churchill to it; Voldemort's Hitler-esq speech when mocking the Muggle Studies teacher; the names of the missing and dead read out over the radio and the Mudlood and Muggle 'information' booklets even looked similar to the sorts of propoganda the Nazi's used against the Jews. It added thematic depth to a film, which could have easily been glossed over. I for one, loved the camping sections, as film critic Mark Kermode put it, it took away all the extra fluff and trademark HP moments (like, classes and warm and cosy feasts and Quiditch) by taking them out of Hogwarts and plopping them into the wilderness (the scenery was stunning as well; aesthetically the film should at least be nominated for a few Oscars), where the for the first time really ever (or at least to this extent) the film reflects inward to the dynamics and relationships of the central three characters, and only that, and it worked marvellously. It was intense, broody and ominous and that sense of build up and foreboding couldn't have been built to such proportions if they had to rush it in a single 3 hour film. It seemed to me, more than the others, to be an adult film - aside from a few childish comedy moments, such as when Wormtail was disarmed - it didn't seem to have much consideration for pleasing the younger audiences at all. Result! The acting was also noteably improved from previous enstallments; it seems as if they knew it was the last one and pulled it out of the bag. Grint specifically was impressive, and for the first time ever, I thought he looked pretty hot too with that stubble (and is it me or has he put some muscle on that frame of his, but that's beside the point :kink:) I thought the Nazi parallels were far greater in the film than in the book. All of the propaganda material obviously owed a lot to Nazi material. The acting has clearly improved over the series. Some of that is simply a result of employment law. For the early films there were restrictions on the number of hours Dan and the others could do. So some scenes had to be accepted as "good enough" although they would have been done again with an adult cast. That doesn't apply any more.
November 21, 201014 yr A mate of mine definitely picked up on the nazi parallels. I think that the death eaters worked fantastically well in the movie, yet I still think Ralph Fiennes is still failing to get it 'right'. He just isn't fearful enough. I'm so hungover and cba right now but I'll run through the good bits and the bad bits: - The starting scene was fucking AMAZING [the 7 potters]. The chase was handled so so well. - I enjoyed the camping scenes tbh, Grint played Ron really well. - Dobby's death was sad. :( not gonna lie, almost shed a tear lols. - I hated Aunt Muriel's and Xenophilius Lovegood's portrayals. Really poor, they're such fantastic characters in the book! And I wanted more of Umbridge!! - The Gringotts scene was handled well. - Malfoy Mannor was okay, It could have been made a lot more darker however. cbaaaaa, I'll write up more later.
November 21, 201014 yr Gringotts wasn't in Part 1... Eugh I can't think. I meant the ministry of magic :D
November 21, 201014 yr Eugh I can't think. I meant the ministry of magic :D Haha, that's what I thought you were going for! Sorry to be NITPICKY and all, but this is Harry Potter and it's VERY SERIOUS STUFF.
November 21, 201014 yr Haha, that's what I thought you were going for! Sorry to be NITPICKY and all, but this is Harry Potter and it's VERY SERIOUS STUFF. I KNOW MAN. :( Eughhhhh I want part 2 NOW.
November 21, 201014 yr OH, and can we PLEASE get some love going on for the animation of the tale of the three brothers? INCREDIBLE
November 21, 201014 yr There's a "making of" programme on this, at 5:30pm on ITV1 tonight! ^_^ ooo with Ben Shepard? :o I love watching them!
November 21, 201014 yr I'm watching that but I do bloody hope it isn't BEN SHEPHARD doing it. He's AWFUL.
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