Noctis Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 OOTP: 1) Yates was inexperienced for the scope of the story. 2) The score is painfully mediocre. 3) A bit too much was cut. I don't think it's the weakest, but I definitely agree with those parts of OoTP. It's amazing how he improved from OoTP to HBP. They feel like they were directed by two completely different people. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 While the scores in OOTP and HBP are generally lacking, they have some memorable tracks. In OOTP, when Hermione, Ron and others look on at Harry who is laying on the floor in the Ministry of Magic, the music that plays is one of my favourites from the series. And in HBP, 'the friends' at the end when they're all on the balcony is so beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 While the scores in OOTP and HBP are generally lacking, they have some memorable tracks. In OOTP, when Hermione, Ron and others look on at Harry who is laying on the floor in the Ministry of Magic, the music that plays is one of my favourites from the series. And in HBP, 'the friends' at the end when they're all on the balcony is so beautiful. I gotta admit I love 'Dumbledore's Farewell' from Half Blood Prince. Order of the Phoenix soundtrack didn't stand out for me. If you can find that soundtrack you're talking about it, tell me it's name please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilusha Bandara Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Well the weakest of the franchise is undoubtedly Order of the Phoenix. It isn't really a bad movie, but when compared with other movies, its slightly behind. 1 longest book into smallest movie 2 Mediocre score 3 Least fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) Order of the phoenix - weird british camera angles - visually horrendous - score not as good as the previous 4 scores Edited October 31, 2013 by Goffe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) - Edited May 9, 2018 by Jay Hollywood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punishment Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Goblet of Fire, Hands down the worst Cinematography, its so boringly shot, 0 creativity. My least favorite soundtrack by a gazillion. And for number 3, everything, this movie is just poorly directed. 1 (93) 2 (85) 3 (91) 4 (78) 5 (85) 6 (88) 7 (86) 8 (90) For someone who has not read the books, GOF seems out of place with the rest of the movies to me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) GOF has some bad cinematography, but OOTP cinematography is just plain awful Edited January 2, 2014 by Goffe Luvs 1D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawa Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Goblet of Fire: 1. Painful overacting. 2. Changes that undermine the plot and characters. 3. Disjointed and lacking in substance. Although I could write a whole essay on why I didn't like it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 (edited) Goblet of Fire 1. The characters looked weird, especially the awkward skaterboy hairstyles of the guys: 2. It was boring, there were quite a few exciting scenes like with the dragons but for some reason it was just still... boring. 3. Nothings stands out from the movie, I can think of certain memorable scenes from each movie that pop up clearly in mind but for GOF, nothing. Edited October 2, 2013 by Catching Iceroll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Why do Potter fans hate GOF?? its what a Harry Potter movie should be, fun, entertaining and action packed. The rest suck. you don't know anything about Harry Potter clearly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killimano3 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 In terms of the actual movie experience i'd say OOTP was the worst one. It had waaayyy too much removed But I also hate POA not cause of the movie itself, I think the movie itself was great but those stupid Time Turners piss me off way too much. Most obvious plot hole of anything ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Graysmith Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) Without a doubt CoS for me. 1. The movie is very loyal to the book, to it's own detriment. It included far too many unnecessary scenes and subplots from the book that drags down the movie. 2. Too similar to Philosopher's Stone. They saw what worked for PS and basically copied it for CoS which is unfortunate. The tone and style (color grading, editing etc) IMO fits PS way better than it fits CoS but even in the first one I don't think it works 100%. To this day the first two movies are the ones I like the least because of their tone and style. 3. Child actors. The story got darker and more demamding which required the child actors to step up their game. Unfortunately I don't think Columbus succeeded in getting the best out of their performances. Alfanso Cuarón managed to do just that among other things and gave us the best of the series because of it with Prisoner of Azcaban (until DH2). Now, this might seem very negative but at the end of the day I still like the movie A LOT and appreciate what Chris Columbus made. Edited December 30, 2013 by robertgraysmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatMovieGuy Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I think the movie itself was great but those stupid Time Turners piss me off way too much. Most obvious plot hole of anything ever Elaborate please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2k Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) All movies did well with the story-telling, but Harry Potter movies (except DH2 overall, and HBP's cinematography) never matched the grandness of LOTR or Star Wars. GoF It had the opportunity to show some real big screen magic to the audience. They did well introducing the teams in a grand way, the dragon and the underwater tasks were good. I felt let down by the maze, Voldemort's return and most of all, the absurdly short world cup(unforgivable). It was introducing non-howgarts wizards and witches, had greats tasks, a deep story, surprise twist, introducing the big villain...with so much going for it, it should have been a great film. OotP It probably had potential for more epicness than DH2. The Dumbledore-Voldemort faceoff, the Death eaters vs the Order, and everything leading up to it was so narrowed down. A more visually inclined director could have made it a more cinematic climax. Looking back at those fights, they look a little cheaply done. GoF and OotP could have taken a turn to epic-town, but the makers decided to be a more conservative in the approach. May be if Rowling hadn't put a gun on WB's head to only hire a British crew, the films could have harnessed the talent of Hollywood better and been bigger. With all the money HP made, I think domestically they left some on the table for many films. I mean Twilight or Narnia should never had a film do more than HP. HP failed to bring in many movie-goers outside those who had read the books. Hunger Games did a great job of that. But most HP movies had the potential to be like LOTR and Star Wards in scale and design. Apart from HBP, DH1 and DH2, the rest felt smaller than they should have been. Oh well, I hopt they will be made again in my life time. Edited January 30, 2014 by a2knet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Oh well, I hope they will be made again in my life time. After ten years and eight goddamn movies, they had better wait till I'm dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2k Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 After ten years and eight goddamn movies, they had better wait till I'm dead. <points wand at you> Avada Kedavra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portgas Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Philosopher's Stone It's slow, with a lot of repetitive music. It's still a damn fine movie, just drags too much. Don't get the hate for OotP, it's probably my favourite of the bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23IsEverywhere Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 GoF: Quiditch world cup The fog The final challenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
