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Voted! Despite there being a lot of filler, my Top 6 songs are divine ^_^

I will be voting! I've just been slack in that I still need to listen to a few more songs. I was going to do it by the midnight deadline, but because it was extended further I thought I would take advantage to have a second run through before I vote.

To win; 01) Wagner: 05-01 02) Rebecca: 03-02 03) Matt: 04-03 04) Mary: 07-04 05) Cher: 10-05 06) Katie: 08-06 07) One Direction: 06-07 Paije: 1-OUT Aiden: 2-OUT TreyC: 9-OUT

Just about to post that :lol: If anyone is interested, while there has been a lot of debate about the Harry and Hermione dancing scene, which reviews seem to find either cringey or touching (I am of the latter opinon) there is another tender/light hearted camping scene moment that was filmed between Ron and Hermione; Yates cut it, but it will be on the DVD. "There was a scene we shot up in Scotland; it's a scene where Ron is showing Hermione how to throw a stone on a lake, how to spin a stone on the lake, and Hermione is being really girly about it. She's got a really rubbish throw, and she has to insist that Ron show her how to spin the stone to sort of entice tactility and physical contact, and it's a really funny, tender and moving scene," Yates described. "They're both very funny in it, but it ended up on the DVD because the overall tone of our film, as you know, is quite intense." Some shots from the scene: http://sadpanda.us/images/283883-5H2RSR4.jpg

Why?

Label 01 Only Girl 02 What's My Name 03 S&M 04 Cheers 05 California King Bed Me 01 Only Girl [Raining Men video to coincide with album, to work as hype.] 2nd official WW single Cheers [New Years 2011] 03 Love the Way You Lie (Part II) [spring] 04 S&M or Man Down [summer] [Re-release or end era] My choice of 5th single, if forced, would be California King Bed for autumn release.

I know boxofficemojo said it was the biggest three-day opening ever. I can't remember if Toy Story 3 opened on a wednesday or a thursday or not, so that gross might have been made with a five or four day opening. Either way, Boxofficemojo is an extremely reliable site, and they wouldn't make such a claim if they didn't have a good source (which is Warner Bros) to back the figures up.

American Box Office Results $125.1 million opening weekend, the #6 best on record. It also earned the title for the biggest IMAX opening weekend ever, making $12 million from the 240 IMAX sites dotted around North America. While it didn't pull in the huge numbers New Moon did when it opened on the same pre-Thanksgiving weekend last year, Deathly Hallows: Part 1 still managed a series best and blockbuster numbers despite being the seventh in a long film franchise; and despite being only the first half of the ending, meaning people might be holding out for the final, final movie next summer "where all the good stuff happens". http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2991&p=.htm Overseas Box Office Results Outside America, it achieved the biggest foreign opening weeked ever outside of the summer period; generation a mighty $205 million on 19,000 screens in 91 markets (including $4.2 million from 101 IMAX screens). Overall it ranks #4, with the Half-Blood Prince holding the crown for biggest foreign opening weekend ever with $235 million. The biggest market outside of America was (surprise) the UK, where it pulled in $28 million (£17,512,599) on 1,852 screens. As a result, Deathly Hallows has scored the biggest opening weekend ever in the UK, as well as having the UK's top-grossing single day ever, earning $10,600,000 (£6,629,240) on friday. http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2992&p=.htm

My mistake. Regarding only having one contestant in the competition, Konnie trying to be comforting, suggested "it's about quality not quantity", which brought out the fantastic inner bitch in Danni: que Konnie "Oh dearz, that's not what I meant!" thing in response. All we need is canned studio laughter and this would be the perfect duo for a sitcom.

Totally agree; if had a bigger role in the movies like he did in the books, then it would have been more emotional (one subplot out of all the movies I really did miss was S.P.E.W :( it would make the the surprise attack of the house elfs even more epic) although they did a good job on his return despite neglecting him after Chamber of Secrets. After reading a thread on IMDB it also looks like Which reminds me, one last scene that is missing from the first part which I'm upset about, is the

They both didn't win though, which is what I think Rooney means.

Just :lol: at Konnie, inadvertently managing to insult Danni two weeks in a row.

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Yes, this is something that I forgot to mention, a very creative way to put across what could have been heavy handed exposition. It was one of those plot points they had to nail, and I'm so glad they did. Also, Suedehead2, I think the book made made pretty much the exact same points (I think the Muggle/propoganda posters etc was mentioned in the book - I know the statue definitely was - if not, then really kudos to Yates for sliding that in). You also make a fair point about the acting restrictions, which I didn't really think of, although I think maturity played just as much a part as well. One thing that was obviously a glaring omission was at Malfoy manner. I've heard it was left out due to being too graphic and confusing, so he will instead meet his end in the . Another sore point was the Dursley's farewell being missed out, it was a touching scene in the book and gave much needed closure to that part of the story, and just seeing them drive off is not a satisfactory alternative. Overall though that opening sequence of Hermione, Ron and Harry seperating themselves from their respective childhood families was a very atmospheric and in Hermione's case, moving, start to the film. I think that is another scene I've noticed that seems to be underrated in reviews and on discussion boards.

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 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, . 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.

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

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.

Oh okay, we paid exactly the same then.

18-28-24 Oh well, I didn't manage to hold on to score my second Top 20 placing, but next time maybe. Goth Star is a very worthy winner, one of seven definite discoveries I've made this contest. So glad Wolf Gang didn't win it, no offence to Thomsen.

They are slightly more 'edgy' and young than Girls' Generation, so I was hoping it would change your mind about the female groups, and I think I've kinda achieved that :P and Nu ABO is my favourite K-Pop song ever narrowly beating out Lucifer, although my looness for the song has slightly worn off between first hearing it and confirmation. I still think the production is insanely good though. And okay, seeing as how you seem to be my biggest supporter votes wise (plus, your general amazing entries) it's a shame your leaving so soon, as I have one more K-Pop surprise up my sleeve for the next contest :kink:

No unfortunately, my local Odeon (Uxbridge one) has just updated their biggest screen to IMAX, which they're rolling out to quite a few cinemas now (Norwhich and Breahead were updated at the same time as mine, and Kingston is getting one too) but it won't be anywhere near the size of the London and Manchester screens. Still, IMAX is IMAX so I can't wait to see my first film in the format. Out of interest, how much did you pay for your premium seat ticket? To see how it compares to how much my Odeon charges.

Tickets are booked, seeing it saturday in IMAX (premiere seats too!). Also, Jark, just wow.

Yay :wub: also, how come you're leaving?

I must admit I do, to help me concentrate I always watch the videos, otherwise I might have the song on in the background and not listen to it properly. It's impossible not to like a song better if it fits around a great video, image and sound naturally compliment eachother, so I can't see (unless of course you only listened to the MP3s) one couldn't, even if only subconsciously? Pigeons for one, only grabbed me at first because of the striking images, and the music took a little longer to grow, but the video sped up that process.

Visually this is such stunning work, and makes me wonder just how much they spent on. It is something that puts me into a kind of trance, completely otherwordly. Like Ljósið said, she hasn't released anything for a while now, so I'd forgotten about her (despite meaning to download the songs), so thanks for bringing this to my attention. Will watch sometime tomorrow.