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John Lasher
Master Film Handler

Posts: 493
From: Newark, DE
Registered: Aug 2001

posted 11-25-2001 10:04 PM

Saw this on Thanksgiving. I've never read the books, but I enjoyed the movie. I didn't think it was too long. Those in my family who have read the book said they left alot out. I liked it. A brilliant score (the Philly Inquirer had the nerve to say it was overscored) Mr. Williams has once again outdone himself. On a purely technical level this movie was still superb, filmed in scope (not super35) I saw it with SDDS played in 8 channels, sounded fan-bloody-tastic.

5 out of 5

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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man

Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 11-25-2001 10:20 PM

Last run on Saturday night in one of our theaters, the house count was 16. Kind of scary....how is the rest of the world doing on it?

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John Lasher
Master Film Handler

Posts: 493
From: Newark, DE
Registered: Aug 2001

posted 11-25-2001 10:24 PM

Hope business perks up again.
I play movieboss and thanks to this movie I now have digital sound on all six of my screens.

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Arthur Allen
Film Handler

Posts: 99
From: Renton, WA, USA
Registered: Aug 2001

posted 12-17-2001 10:04 PM

I thought Harry Potter was shot in Super 35mm, because when the headlamp for the Hogwarts Express train shines into the camera, it makes a circular flair instead of an elliptical flare. Also, lights out of focus in the background make rounded triangle shapes instead of vertical ellipses.

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Peter Berrett
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 602
From: Victoria, Australia
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 12-21-2001 08:19 AM

Attendance: Coburg Drive-in Theatre Screen, Screen 3 Friday December 21 2001. Weather: overcast but no rain. Patronage: mostly full. Car: Toyota Corona 1984. Meal: lukewarm hot dog with tomatoe sauce, jam donuts (yum), popcorn & hot chocolate

Oh yes.. the movie...

I should preface my remarks by stating that I have not read the book so I am judging the film purely on its entertainment value as a film.

I thought the film was ok but would not win any awards. It had a good plot but the Batman style music and overdone special effects disappointed a little. The children' acting seemed a bit dull and unconvincing. At times I was left with the impression that the film was a stroll between film sets.

In terms of film-making there was not a lot of new ideas and this made the film a bit bland.

To its credit however the film did engage the audience for 2 1/2 hours without bogging down.

Verdict: 7 stars out of 10.

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 06-18-2002 09:55 AM

I showed this movie to 5 friends last Saturday night on my 57 inch Sony rear projection HDTV-capable and the movie was a blast. It was only the second time I'd seen it, and I think I enjoyed it more on the second viewing. I caught a lot more of the humor.

I think the "Chocolate Frog" should have been "Crunchy Frog". There was another "half Monty-Python reference" I caught during the movie that I would have made complete, but I can't remember what it was.

My friends, some of whom hadn't yet seen this movie, had a blast watching it. One even emailed me telling me how much he enjoyed it. I remember some controversy about the wizardry in the movie, but all 6 of us at this get-together were Christians from the Baptist Student Center on campus and I heard no complaints.

If you haven't yet seen this movie, get the widescreen version of the DVD and watch it on a progressive 16:9 set. It won't be as good as 35mm film done well, but it can really look great. It's a great movie.

Even on the second viewing, even through the movie was 2 1/2 hours, I never got tired or impatient watching. Nobody else seemed to, either.

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Evans A Criswell
Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Information Site

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 06-18-2002 10:22 AM

Evans said: "If you haven't yet seen this movie, get the widescreen version of the DVD and watch it on a progressive 16:9 set. It won't be as good as 35mm film done well, but it can really look great. It's a great movie."

If you don't believe "Film Done Right" or "Digital Done Right" are important to the future of the theatre industry, watch a movie on a high-end home theatre system to see and hear the REAL competition for the audience. Theatres MUST have better presentation quality than today's (or tomorrow's HD) home theatre systems. IMHO, scratched prints or 1.3 megapixel displays are not up to the task.

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: +1 585 477 5325 Cell: +1 585 781 4036 Fax: +1 585 722 7243
e-mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion

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