Harry Potter: From One to Three

Clyde 2021-10-19 09:52:22

As a loyal Harry Potter fan, I can memorize episodes 1-7 of the novel backwards, and I can remember almost every detail in it. Turning a one-dimensional novel into a three-dimensional movie is very common in the film industry. But it is not easy to restore novels such as "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" that are very different from the real world.

I have not read the original "The Lord of the Rings", but I have watched the movie countless times. I have tried watching the extended version of "The Lord of the Rings 1-3" all night. From the perspective of a movie fan, "The Lord of the Rings" "The casting, soundtrack, photography and background are all top-notch, especially the grand war scenes. I can't help but feel overwhelmed and want to cry. Maybe it's because I have never read a novel, so I can watch "The Lord of the Rings" with admiration. From the movie "The Lord of the Rings" you can see the director's love for "The Lord of the Rings". He painted the customs in Middle-earth in an extremely beautiful way. The characters are rich and three-dimensional, and the emotional collision between the characters is very natural. I always want to find a time to read the novel of "The Lord of the Rings" once. Maybe I will have a new experience when I am watching movies.

But "Harry Potter" is different. I first came into contact with the novels of "Harry Potter", and I am too familiar with the details inside, I can't help but watch movies with a critical eye: Did they restore the beautiful magical world? Have they spoiled J•K•Rowling's painstaking efforts, have they loved "Harry Potter"? With countless questions, I traveled through the eight episodes of Harry Potter. But I also know that comparing "Harry Potter" with "Lord of the Rings" movies is unfair.

My feelings for the "Harry Potter" movie are complicated, so it took so many years to write this. I like the high degree of restoration of the characters and scenes in the movie, but the rivalry between the characters is a bit blunt, and I can't express the delicate feelings between the lines in the book one by one. This is also helpless. After all, the actors in "Harry Potter" are mainly children. Even if the appearance can have a bit of the charm of the book, it is at the level of "exposed as soon as you speak". The performances of adult actors are relatively It is more natural. Moreover, the directors of the "Harry Potter" movie have changed several times, and the styles of each episode of the movie are not as uniform as the "Lord of the Rings". After the fourth episode, when the content of the story became more and more complicated, and the tone of the picture became darker and darker, the director’s horrible changes became more and more serious. The feeling of "hurry up and release it, release it, and collect the money" commercial film. It makes me very sad. If you haven't read a novel, maybe the movie is still good. But watching the director change the plot randomly, I always suspect that a few people who have not read the novel can understand the movie.

On July 15, 2010, when I was in Taiwan just in time for the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)", I couldn't help but burst into tears while sitting in the cinema. This is the ending of my favorite "Harry Potter" movie. From the first book I read "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" in 2000, to every expectation afterwards, to the surprise when I saw the first episode of the movie, to the present 2014, 14 years, this It's a fairy tale that grew up with me, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are all grown up. Every cast in the movie fits so well with the original. It is they who embodies the characters in the monotonous text that have no image, and it is they who make the characters and scenes in the novel appear on paper, but they have all grown up. They will leave the magical world eventually, but I am not willing to graduate yet.

After Harry Potter, there is no more Harry Potter.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
scene reduction degree: 5 stars Character reduction degree: 5 stars Plot reduction degree: 5 stars
In this episode, the degree of reduction has exploded. My favorite episode! I still can't forget the cheers when I watched this movie. It was really restored to perfection! They are the "Harry Potter" in my mind. Every character and every scene makes the vague image in my mind all concrete, and I am not disillusioned. As a film adapted from a novel, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is perfect. Although the plot details have been cut, the story is basically presented in its entirety.
Let’s talk about the character casting, from the first appearance of Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Hagrid, the Dursleys, and the Harry Potter trio, to the next Hogwarts owner, Weasley. One family... the image of every character is chosen too! it is good! NS! And when I saw the cute little Daniel for the first time, I was always feeling "He is the Harry Potter I imagined!" With a dull face, he perfectly presented Harry Potter's first time contact with magic and fresh curiosity. Put on the glasses, birthday and other elements, I think he was born for the role of Harry Potter, He's born to be Harry Potter! So that after watching him perform other works will be uneasy. He was born for Harry Potter and entered the entertainment circle for Harry Potter. He has already paid so much, but the end of Harry Potter cannot end his acting career. It can be seen that he is trying to get rid of Kazakhstan. Harry Potter made a considerable effort to transform, but how far he can go without Harry Potter, we'll wait and see. Compared to Ron and Hermione, Harry is more difficult to play than the other two. Because he is the first person in the novel, there are too many inner dramas. The highlight of Daniel in this episode is a high degree of reduction + cuteness, which is still slightly inferior to the acting skills of the other two. Ron and Hermione's actors are quite wide-ranging. The beauty of these two people can be seen in the first episode. Although they are slightly pretentious, this is something that young actors cannot avoid. Especially when Emma Watson was so young, she brought to life the arrogance that Hermione had seen Ron and Harry for the first time when she was young. Emma Watson is indeed my goddess! And what surprises me the most is the Weasley twins, such tacit understanding, such mischievous tone, such "uninhibited indulgence love freedom", sorry for my lack of words and I don’t know how to describe them. Love it!

As far as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is concerned, the content of the book is relatively small, while the length of the movie is limited. As the first part of the series, "The Sorcerer's Stone" is more anxious to show the world that the production team has a lot to do with "Harry Potter". How responsible is the restoration of this novel. Little Harry lives in the cupboard room under the stairs, the dazzling array of Diagon Alley, the "hateful cart" of Gringotts, the ceiling of the Hogwarts school auditorium, and the food on the Hogwarts table (For example, on Halloween, a table full of cute apples and pumpkins), this movie is a surprise to all loyal fans. All the magical scenes that are only in the book are so truly reflected on the screen. And I finally saw how to play Quidditch, happy~ The

director also lost the opportunity to add some loving little details. I believe this director has love for Harry Potter!

For example, when Harry Potter chose the magic wand, the director did a great job in changing the small details. In the book, Harry just swipes Ollivander and will change nervously, while the movie is more straightforward and will hit the wrong wand. The bad thing protested. Although Ollivander's lines about the specifications of each wand were deleted (I think it's a pity!), it's not bad.

For example, when Harry Potter practiced Quidditch with Wood for the first time, when the Golden Snitch was released, Potter could clearly see that the Golden Snitch was flying, but Wood couldn't see it around, indicating that Harry had the talent to be a seeker. of.

For example, Professor Snape, in addition to the close-up of Harry's eyes every time the professor appeared, the director also added the professor to encourage him before the first game of Harry! God! Rowling absolutely told the director that's why he joined such a plot! And when Hermione saw the professor concentrate on chanting the spell during the game, if you pay attention, you can see that Professor Quirrell was also watching Harry intently.

For Harry’s classmates, apart from the trio, only Neville had some descriptions in this movie. I don’t know why the director suddenly added the attribute of love explosion to Seamus. As a result, this stalk was used from the first episode to the eighth episode. Have fun.

The section where Hagrid raised the dragon basically restored the description of the birth of the dragon, Hagrid’s eye-catching love, and Malfoy’s peeking. Although a lot of plots such as "Send the dragon away" have been cut out, it’s actually compared to the novel. It is more reasonable to think that the progress of the movie will be more reasonable after the progress of the forbidden forest adventure.

The journey of finding the Philosopher’s Stone is also highly reducible, including the three-headed Lu Wei, but when faced with the Devil’s Net, Ron’s classic Tucao "You are still not a witch" is gone; I wonder why the key is attacking. people. And Hermione's classic reasoning is gone, Can Nian. But the restoration of the giant chessboard is super high. Ron’s acting skills are very good when playing chess. The courageous and decisive spirit of sacrifice and "Although they are brave, they are still afraid of pain" are all shown on his face. , Student Ron is doing well!

Finally, let me talk about some small regrets. For example, the Sorting Hat did not sing, Pepy Ghost did not appear, Little Hermione was not so concerned about the school rules, the fire in the jam jar, the Christmas party, and Harry Potter. You should be able to see a family of people in the mirror, but only his parents have appeared on the scene. It is estimated that it is not easy to find a bunch of people (in fact, it is better to find Daniel's relatives to act?).

One unreasonable thing is that Hedwig clearly lives in an owl shack, why does he always show up in Harry Potter's dormitory?

The most regrettable thing is that Dumbledore's interpretation is different from my understanding. Dumbledore felt like an old urchin in the book, but he was too serious in the movie. The lines of "idiot, crying nose, scum, twisting" are actually gone. This was very obvious in the final conversation between Harry and Dumbledore. In the book, Dumbledore is very relaxed and happy, even in the final dialogue, he has been joking, but in the movie he is very serious, not even a smile. There is also the "first unanswerable question" asked by Harry Potter, which Harry Potter did not ask at all in the movie!

The Philosopher’s Stone, the Sage’s Stone, and the Sage’s Stone can extend life. The name and function are exactly the same as the Sage’s Stone in the Fullmetal Alchemist, and the Sorcerer’s Stone is also made by the alchemist. Thinking of this, I shudder at Nico Lemay's six hundred years of life.

The second part is continuously updated, so stay tuned.

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  • Jamel 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    The protagonists are all cute, Hermione is cute and beautiful, I watched it a long time ago

  • Elouise 2021-10-20 18:58:55

    How cute it was at that time, the freshness and excitement of new magic, compared to the dark plot behind and the appearance of Daniel's growing uncle, I really miss this place.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone quotes

  • Hagrid: If that dolt of a cousin of yours, Dudley, gives you any grief, you could always, um, threaten him with a nice pair of ears to go with that tail of his.

    Harry: But, Hagrid, we're not allowed to do magic away from Hogwarts. You know that.

    Hagrid: I do, but your cousin don't, do he?

  • [last lines]

    Hermione: Feels strange to be going home, doesn't it?

    Harry: [looking at Hagrid] I'm not going home. Not really.