Harry Potter and the Thread of Rewatch

[Angrist]

Well, I agree with the muffin/crumpet translation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffin#English_Muffin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumpet

[Typhoid]

Clearly I know nothing of Harry Potter, but I think it would have been a lot better to have kept the name of "Philosopher's Stone". Who really doesn't know what it is, even in rough detail? It's way more epic than a "Sorcerer's Stone".

The Sorcerer's Stone can just...I don't know...do your laundry for you, but the Philosopher's Stone can turn metal to gold and give you immortality!

[BreakABone]

So I watched the movie at work last night.

1) They do change it to the Sorcerer's Stone, both visually and spoken form so assume they filmed most of those scenes twice.

2) The first movie is a rather interesting movie as if you look at it for any of the normal stuff like plot or action or character development, it is pretty barebones, but as an introduction to an unique world, it is quite a feat. Even though I've seen the movie before and read the book, it is like nothing else we have really.

3) That said... if you are looking for stuff a normal movie would have... haha it doesn't really show up until the final 30 minutes or so. And this is a LONG movie, about 2 and a half hours.

[KillerGremlin]

Damn the first Harry Potter movie is long. I got through half of it last night before calling it sleepy time. I should be able to knock the rest out tonight, I would have watched it Monday night but my display driver shit itself and I spent most of the night fucking with Nvidia Go 7900 drivers that are still in beta even though the fucking GPU came out like 27 years ago. Fuck.

It's so weird watching the movie because all the characters are like 10 years old. The special effects are good, the plot follows the book good but I would hate to watch this movie without having to read the book. Also, 2 hours and 30 minutes, what the hell? Wasn't the target audience for this film children?

Anyway, all the Brits will be happy to know I'm watching the "Philosopher's Stone" version.

[KillerGremlin]

Also, does anyone else hate the way The Dursleys are portrayed in the films? I feel like the films don't capture their abusiveness and Dudley isn't quite the fat piece of scum the books portrayed him as.

A lot of times when I watch a movie the actor that portrays the character replaces the image of that character I had previously made up in my imagination. As sad as it is, now when I read Harry Potter I see cinema Potter in my head.....

Well, I don't see the cinema Dursleys in my head when I read the books. My brain prefers my version of them.

I do enjoy the part in the film where all the letters fly through the windows and chimney and door. That was well done. Yay!

[Angrist]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

A lot of times when I watch a movie the actor that portrays the character replaces the image of that character I had previously made up in my imagination. As sad as it is, now when I read Harry Potter I see cinema Potter in my head.....

Well, I don't see the cinema Dursleys in my head when I read the books. My brain prefers my version of them.

I have yet to re-read The Lord of the Rings after the movies, but I really wonder what I will 'see'. I don't really like the movie Frodo, Aragorn, Gimli and some others.

[KillerGremlin]

I think Frodo and Sam were trying to come out of the closet during the film.

"Ohhh Frodo"