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Donnie Darko was one I had to think about for days to actually get, but I think I get it.
Also, The Seventh Seal, the one I had my old sig about. Thats a great movie, and really makes you think, but more on a philosophical, out of the characters sence too though. Really really good.
The Harry Potter films tend to make me very confused.
I haven't read any of the books before, so most of the time I'm just thinking "WTF?"
Things just happen in those films, with little to no explanation or justification. Characters appear because they are in the books, but due to the constant cutting and trimming, events and premises make little to no sense.
I was watching the Chamber Of Secrets the other day, and that film in general, confuses the hell out of me. The characters just wander around going to places, such as visiting a huge spider-monster, and it makes no sense. Hagrid selfishly sends the heroes to their doom by telling them to follow spiders into the forest, where they come close to being eaten. Why does everybody rely on Harry Potter to do everything? What the hell is wrong with the teachers sorting the mess out? It's their damn fault everytime. They just stand around talking doing nothing, in every damn movie. Then they are surprised that Harry & Co have actually botherred to do anything, and always lecture them about being reckless. The teachers are utter idiots in these films.
Why does the entire population of the school suddenly flock to the scene of the cat's "death" soon after Harry & Co stumble across it. Not only that, but the films (and possibly the books) have some bizarre logic. Why is there a chamber containing a lethal 50 foot snake located in secret below a childrens school? Why does Hogwarts risk the lives of every child that goes there, every year, and get away with it as if nothing happened? I know it's supposed to be quirky and strange, but keeping a pissed off giant snake and a giant cerberus-esque three headed dog on the premesis of a kids school, which is situated next to a forest containing millions of giant flesh eating spiders, is just taking the piss.
Gimme easier to understand films, like Donnie Darko, any day.
Last edited by Red Superfly on Dec 4th, 2005 at 08:31 PM
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Red> This is why I don't especailly like the movies. They have turned into illustrations from the book. They are entertianing yes, but not stand alone. It has become, moreso than the first ones, that you HAVE to read the book in order to even be able to follow along with the movie. It's not a stand alone medium anymore. And thats bad, The movies are now catering directly to the fan-girls that will see the movie just so they can see their favorite character, If they even have on besides Harry, Ron and Hermionie.
If you are going to make an adaption of a book. Make it stand alone. Make it so that you can see it without reading the book and still get it.
Hitchcock did it with 'The Birds"
Milos Forman did it with " One flew over the Cuckoo's nest."
Now they need to do it with Harry Potter.
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Nov 19th, 2005 07:05 PM
i didn't get it 
maybe one day
