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Jul 14, 2011 4:05 PM
I'm not usually a movie snob but I generally can't stomach it when people say they can't watch movies if the story can't really happen. I have no problem with people not being interested in swords and sorcerers but damn it shouldn't have to be "real" to be enjoyable. Have an imagination lol.
Jul 14, 2011 4:05pm
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Jul 14, 2011 7:07 PM
Read first 3 books, listened to the rest on audibook...

I've watched all the movies but not midnight showings!
Jul 14, 2011 7:07pm
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Jul 14, 2011 7:50 PM
I Wear Pants;830175 wrote:A lot of people eat Mcdonalds, doesn't make it good food.

Analogy Fail.....people eat McDonald's because it's readily available, fast and cheap. I don't know of anybody who eats McDonald's because they're a 5 star restaurant.

Regardless, you can't really compare it to the movies which is a slightly more level playing field. IMO Avatar wasn't a great movie, and certainly not good if you do nothing but read the printed script. As an overall visual performance however, it is quite good which is why people went to see it.

You can't judge a movie by solely its script/plot....otherwise it would be no different from a book.
Jul 14, 2011 7:50pm
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Jul 14, 2011 8:14 PM
I dont know how on earth the OP hasnt seen Harry Potter until now.

I mean, its BigDaddy!!! Not only does he see EVERYTHING, he likes EVERYTHING! lol:D
Jul 14, 2011 8:14pm
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Jul 14, 2011 11:12 PM
Laley23;830443 wrote:I dont know how on earth the OP hasnt seen Harry Potter until now.

I mean, its BigDaddy!!! Not only does he see EVERYTHING, he likes EVERYTHING! lol:D

Ha I don't see everything or like everything but I can't lie if I am entertained I do say it's good. Doesn't necessarily mean I think it's a good movie. Just that I was entertained. Going to watch movies is my past time though that is for sure. The main reason I never watched the Harry Potter flicks is because I thought they were more geared towards kids.
Jul 14, 2011 11:12pm
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Jul 15, 2011 3:00 AM
Great movie. Just got home. We'll worth the 10.50
Jul 15, 2011 3:00am
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Jul 15, 2011 3:02 AM
bigdaddy2003;830555 wrote:Ha I don't see everything or like everything but I can't lie if I am entertained I do say it's good. Doesn't necessarily mean I think it's a good movie. Just that I was entertained. Going to watch movies is my past time though that is for sure. The main reason I never watched the Harry Potter flicks is because I thought they were more geared towards kids.

YOU'RE MORE GEARED TOWARDS KIDS...PERVERT!!!!! :)
Jul 15, 2011 3:02am
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Jul 15, 2011 3:10 AM
I have seen a couple of the movies. My wife and daughter are all out. I am up waiting for my daughter who went with her freind to get home from the midnight showing. Its in Canton about 45 minutes away. So I will be up late.
Jul 15, 2011 3:10am
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Jul 15, 2011 3:32 AM
I have friends that went to the same showing. They probably had sex with your daughter. :)
Jul 15, 2011 3:32am
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Jul 15, 2011 10:57 AM
Did anyone go see it last night? The reviews look really good. Girls on facebook were saying they cried and stuff.
Jul 15, 2011 10:57am
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Jul 15, 2011 10:59 AM
Fab4Runner;829824 wrote:I've never seen any of the movies or read any of the books. Same with Twilight.

I also haven't seen the LOTR movies.

This. I'm also not 12.
Jul 15, 2011 10:59am
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Jul 15, 2011 11:01 AM
I went and saw it last night and there was some chick sitting next to me who started to cry towards then end.... I tried so hard not to laugh at her.

It was a pretty awesome I will probably be going to see it again in the next few days.
Jul 15, 2011 11:01am
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Jul 15, 2011 11:02 AM
iclfan2;830876 wrote:Did anyone go see it last night? The reviews look really good. Girls on facebook were saying they cried and stuff.

I did. We got there an hour early and still had to sit in the 2nd row. The movie was pretty entertaining and I wish they were going to make more. The ending was a little predictable and just ok. (I'm not sure what I would have done differently but I didn't love it.)
Jul 15, 2011 11:02am
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Jul 15, 2011 11:03 AM
FatHobbit;830886 wrote: The ending was a little predictable

It was based off of a fucking book, of course it was predictable.
Jul 15, 2011 11:03am
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Jul 15, 2011 11:08 AM
dlazz;830888 wrote:It was based off of a fucking book, of course it was predictable.

I didn't read the book and I still had a pretty good idea how it was going to end. That part was actually good because I wasn't 100% sure how it would happen. But then they had a little bit more and I didn't really love that part.
Jul 15, 2011 11:08am
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Jul 15, 2011 11:13 AM
dlazz;830881 wrote:This. I'm also not 12.
Yeah cause the first book didn't come in 1998 or anything when you probably were 12 or younger. So adults now who are in our early to mid 20s have followed the books since they were teens/preteens. I'm not going to call anyone crazy for never seeing the movies or reading the books some people aren't into the same type of stuff. But to say you're not into now because you are not 12 is kinda funny.
Jul 15, 2011 11:13am
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MontyBrunswick

Jul 15, 2011 11:22 AM
Iliketurtles;830900 wrote:So adults now who are in our early to mid 20s

I'm in this category and never cracked any of the books/seen any of the movies.

Stop generalizing.
Jul 15, 2011 11:22am
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Jul 15, 2011 11:26 AM
dlazz;830915 wrote:I'm in this category and never cracked any of the books/seen any of the movies.

Stop generalizing.
I didn't all in the early to mid 20s have read or should have read the books/watched the movies(hence the 2nd part of post) just your posted implied that you had to be 12 right now to like to read the books/watch the movies.
Jul 15, 2011 11:26am
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Jul 15, 2011 11:27 AM
I've never seen or read anything Harry Potter.
Jul 15, 2011 11:27am
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MontyBrunswick

Jul 15, 2011 11:30 AM
Iliketurtles;830920 wrote:I didn't all in the early to mid 20s have read or should have read the books/watched the movies(hence the 2nd part of post) just your posted implied that you had to be 12 right now to like to read the books/watch the movies.

Whatever. Nerd.
Jul 15, 2011 11:30am
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Jul 15, 2011 11:31 AM
dlazz;830881 wrote:This. I'm also not 12.

These movies are not at all geared towards 12 year olds lol. I would be scared shitless if I saw this as a 12 year old. The books and movies are not children books/movies at all. Just because it is fantastical doesnt make it for kids.
Jul 15, 2011 11:31am
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Jul 15, 2011 11:57 AM
I'm about to pop in the 2nd movie. I will probably make it to see the last one by the middle of next week or so.
Jul 15, 2011 11:57am
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Jul 16, 2011 1:28 AM
Y-Town Steelhound;830430 wrote:Analogy Fail.....people eat McDonald's because it's readily available, fast and cheap. I don't know of anybody who eats McDonald's because they're a 5 star restaurant.

Regardless, you can't really compare it to the movies which is a slightly more level playing field. IMO Avatar wasn't a great movie, and certainly not good if you do nothing but read the printed script. As an overall visual performance however, it is quite good which is why people went to see it.

You can't judge a movie by solely its script/plot....otherwise it would be no different from a book.
And films can also be readily available, fast, cheap, require little emotional or mental investment in them, etc.

I think you can judge a lot of a movie by it's script/plot, obviously the visual part is important. But a shit film will still be a shit film regardless of whether it's filmed well.
Jul 16, 2011 1:28am
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Jul 16, 2011 1:29 AM
dlazz;830915 wrote:I'm in this category and never cracked any of the books/seen any of the movies.

Stop generalizing.
That's because you can't fucking read. :)
Jul 16, 2011 1:29am
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Jul 16, 2011 1:41 AM
I've yet to see a minute of one.

The girl wanted to go see it last night, luckily she had committed to taking me to a baseball game on vacation months beforehand (spending this week in Niagara, Thursday was a Toronto trip which included tix to see the Blue Jays demolish the Yankees 16-7). Thank god, lol.
Jul 16, 2011 1:41am