Harry Potter Series

[Abraham Smashington]

Can someone explain to me why I should love these movies? I really enjoyed the 1st and 3rd one, but I found the rest to be very boring. Am I too old? Should I have read the books first? Am I just a moron? Anyone here love these movies?

[Nathan]

I don't know if I love them, but some parts are pretty cool. My girlfriend is a nut for the books. Has very definate opinions about the films.

[Abraham Smashington]

I have a feeling I'd love these more than Star Wars if I was the right age, but to me every movie is structurally the same: Harry has a problem, a new teacher joins up, the new teacher is a bad guy or possibly a good guy who they want you to think is bad, Voldemort may show up, fight scene, rinse, repeat. I know I'm totally oversimplifying it, but Lesley and I watched the first 4 in a row, and minus some better SFX, they all sorta melded into each other.

[Nathan]

Yeah, there seems to be a formula the movies follow. Haven't seen the last one yet.

[patronsaintofcheeseburgers]

They are visually pleasing...other than that they're meh. I have only sat through a few of them for my kids sake. It's a little better than showing them Rambo all the time.

[Ari]

Ok, here is the deal with Potter: They are decent films. Sarah loves them to death, but I really didn't care for the first 2. Not until the 3rd did I start investing myself in the story. The 4th was ok, and the 5th felt a little rushed, but it had one helluva final battle. Now that Voldemort is a main part, the films have become much more satisfying. And I have no clue where the story is going to go from here. I do like the new teaser alot, as it gives a nice backstory to Voldemort, a history to the character.

I'm not a huge fan, but right now, decent fantasy films are not all that common.

[patronsaintofcheeseburgers]

wordd

[Abraham Smashington]

I just hate fantasy films for the most part. At least ones that seem so generic.

[patronsaintofcheeseburgers]

fantasy in general seems generic to me...they need more unicorns and goblin IMO...after LOTR, nothing is going to compare.

[Nathan]

What about Dragonslayer?

[Abraham Smashington]

Dragonslayer would suck hard core if it wasn't for the bad ass SFX with the puppet that Phil Tippet and Dennis Muren came up with for the dragon.

[Nathan]

Wow. Harsh.

[Ari]

The best fantasy film I've seen in ages is Hellboy 2. Goblins, fairies, elementals, robots, spirits, and much more fantastical greatness.

[patronsaintofcheeseburgers]

Worddd....I was classifying that as a comic book movie, but it does have some great fantasy elements.

[Abraham Smashington]

See I guess when I hear Fantasy film I think of dragons, and knights, and wizards and shit. As for Dragonslayer, I dunno Nate, maybe it's just because I didn't see it as a kid, but I was pretty bored throughout. But the dragon is pretty fucking dope in it.