Comments on: “Harry Potter” in the Hands of Others? http://www.movienewsandrants.com/movie-extras/harry-potter-in-the-hands-of-others/ Your place for movie news with a strong opinion Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:09:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: moviemanZ http://www.movienewsandrants.com/movie-extras/harry-potter-in-the-hands-of-others/#comment-89 moviemanZ Wed, 16 May 2007 14:28:16 +0000 http://www.movienewsandrants.com/movie-extras/harry-potter-in-the-hands-of-others/#comment-89 That was uncalled for - and, dare I say, libelous. That was uncalled for - and, dare I say, libelous.

]]> By: Super Spy Y http://www.movienewsandrants.com/movie-extras/harry-potter-in-the-hands-of-others/#comment-82 Super Spy Y Wed, 16 May 2007 02:38:39 +0000 http://www.movienewsandrants.com/movie-extras/harry-potter-in-the-hands-of-others/#comment-82 Thanks for the props, moviemanZ. I take back what I said about your wife being more in love with the spin cycle of your washing machine than she is with you. However, I'm not taking back my comment that your dog is completely gay (not that there's anything wrong with that). You have to admit that he licks one area of his body way more than is necessary... even for a dog. Thanks for the props, moviemanZ. I take back what I said about your wife being more in love with the spin cycle of your washing machine than she is with you. However, I’m not taking back my comment that your dog is completely gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that). You have to admit that he licks one area of his body way more than is necessary… even for a dog.

]]> By: moviemanZ http://www.movienewsandrants.com/movie-extras/harry-potter-in-the-hands-of-others/#comment-81 moviemanZ Tue, 15 May 2007 23:18:50 +0000 http://www.movienewsandrants.com/movie-extras/harry-potter-in-the-hands-of-others/#comment-81 I don't have much of a comment other than to agree with Zack Snyder that you don't really have much latitude with the series - you have to follow the book. That makes this question less interesting than the "What would you do with the James Bond franchise?" question. Props to super spy y, though, for presaging George Miller's comment in his "To Kill An Icon" post. Miller's quote in the MTV article parallels y's post pretty well. Here's Miller's comment: "The thing that struck me, thinking back to the '60s and '70s, is that at the end of every really popular movie, the heroes or the protagonists died in some way. From 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' 'Bonnie and Clyde' ... the last movie that did that seems to have been 'Thelma & Louise.' If you really look back, there's so many movies where it was just OK for the main characters to die. It was just part of what was happening. I still don't understand what that was, whether there was a kind of fatalism that came in the '60s as a result of the Vietnam War, I have no idea. It'd be interesting — and bold — [if Harry dies in the end]. Then it would be like that has come a full life cycle." I don’t have much of a comment other than to agree with Zack Snyder that you don’t really have much latitude with the series - you have to follow the book. That makes this question less interesting than the “What would you do with the James Bond franchise?” question.

Props to super spy y, though, for presaging George Miller’s comment in his “To Kill An Icon” post. Miller’s quote in the MTV article parallels y’s post pretty well.

Here’s Miller’s comment:

“The thing that struck me, thinking back to the ’60s and ’70s, is that at the end of every really popular movie, the heroes or the protagonists died in some way. From ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,’ ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ … the last movie that did that seems to have been ‘Thelma & Louise.’ If you really look back, there’s so many movies where it was just OK for the main characters to die. It was just part of what was happening. I still don’t understand what that was, whether there was a kind of fatalism that came in the ’60s as a result of the Vietnam War, I have no idea. It’d be interesting — and bold — [if Harry dies in the end]. Then it would be like that has come a full life cycle.”

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