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….This would have conceptually been thrilling news even five years ago, but even putting JK Rowling’s support of anti-trans conservative legislation and other issues aside, it’s only been a decade since the movie series ended.
Surely it’s ludicrous to reboot it this quickly?
I’m re-reading the Harry Potter books and it’s funny how much Harry and Hermione are vying for Ron’s attention (in contrast with the movies). Don’t get me wrong. Harry and Hermione are best friends too. But it’s obvious that Ron is their favourite.
The rejection of traditionally masculinity in the HP book character designs is a worldbuilding feature that would beautiful to see on screen. Dumbledore with flowing flamboyant robes, 28-year old Lockhart in vibrant punk robes, 35-year old Sirius with long tousled hair who dresses relatively casually - they're all GOOD character designs. Instead, the movies give both Sirius and Remus hideous moustaches and facial hair, dress them formally - the opposite of how they're depicted in the books. urgh
Hello,
The loss of the unapologetically magical aesthetic, even if it was at times played for laughs, does truly hurt the vibe and look of the films, I agree!
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yk, i feel like Harry Potter would honestly reach its peak if it was an animated t.v. show
Hey there,
I think that's valid! For quite a long while I vaguely wished that the studio behind Avatar: The Last Airbender would take a crack at it.
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the fact that the stupid fucking movies gave both Sirius and Remus facial hair always makes me want to laugh because like.. the two male characters LEAST likely to have ugly ass moustaches and beards ... now have them. LMAO. (but honestly, Sirius fucking Black looking like THAT in the movies is so genuinely bizarre THE LEAST THEY COULD DO WAS GIVE HIM LONG BLACK HAIR)
Ahhh, you mean your mental image of the Marauders didn't include massive walrus 'staches? ;)
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Why do people blame Steve Kloves more than David Yates for the butchering of the HP movies?
Hello!
At a guess, a fair amount of this comes from the fact that "writer" is a pretty self-explanatory job, whereas the influence a "director" has on a project is a bit more vague?
Of course, depending on the industry and the individual project, the writers, directors, and producers can have more or less of an influence on the finished product, but at least with the Harry Potter series, we know that:
1) Steve Kloves was around before David Yates ever joined on, and the problems with the films did not begin with Yates's arrival, and
2) I'm pretty sure Kloves was the one who said that Hermione was his favorite, and we all know how that ended up.
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Can you do a full Book Harry appreciation blog ? I rarely see him getting appreciated for his selflessness , talent and also wit (like for example he was the one who figured out about the ravenclaw horcrux and the three deathly hallows) . Please it's a request (as he is my fav) . Thank you :)
Hello there!
Apologies for the lateness of this reply - life has been rather busy and this blog fell a bit behind in priority, I'm afraid.
Unfortunately, I don't have the time to give this ask the attention it deserves at the moment. And it DOES deserve a bit of love, because book!Harry is funny and emotional and brave and selfless and sometimes a very dumb teenager but always in a way that struck me as realistic and understandable.
A few reblogs of ours do touch on this, here: https://harrypottermovieproblems.tumblr.com/post/622402072687542274/diydrarry-thetruthinesswillsetyoufree-but-ugh and https://harrypottermovieproblems.tumblr.com/post/626388318639325184 and https://harrypottermovieproblems.tumblr.com/post/184073853971/darthlordrevoldemort and https://harrypottermovieproblems.tumblr.com/post/178465780489/scrubbish-this-was-so-brutal-im-struggling-to and https://harrypottermovieproblems.tumblr.com/post/173531651721/marauders4evr-ohoh-i-just-randomly-remembered and https://harrypottermovieproblems.tumblr.com/post/163076866768/i-reallyyy-hated-the-ending-from-dh-part-2-because as well as many others from years past. :)
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Ok, so this is not going to be me just ranting on about how “David Yates ruined wand combat”.
I am actually going to dissect what I think makes a GOOD wand battle in the Harry Potter films, and what later on made them bad. Because I think there is a steady decline that one can actually see if you look hard enough, and I am intrigued to see your guys’ view!
So! here we go!
“It’s for some stupid, noble reason, isn’t it?”
Harry breaking up with Ginny during Dumbledore’s Funeral.
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more of my #potterframes
-Hermione actually having bushy hair and large front teeth
-Ron making the jokes, not being the joke.
-Hermione having personality flaws
-Sassy Harry (the ‘pincers’ scene was not enough…)
-Rupert Grint being allowed to play Ron how he was in the books (i.e a three-dimensional character, not a comedic sidekick and walking punch-line)
-No-one else but Hermione fancying Gilderoy Lockhart.
-Ron’s obvious irritation over Hermione’s said crush on Lockhart
-Winky
-Peeves
-James, Sirius, Remus and Peter being the Marauders, and making the map
-Ron standing up on a broken leg and telling Sirius that if ‘you want to kill Harry, you’ll have to kill us too!’
-Hermione and Ginny not fancying Cedric Diggory (Why was this even put in the films?)
-The actual Quidditch World Cup final
-Ludo Bagman
-Ron being upset with Harry because he thought Harry had done it without him, not just because he was jealous
-Ron not leaving Hermione crying on the staircase at the end of the Yule Ball
-‘calmly’
-SPEW
-Ron not saying ‘I’ll go easy on you’ to Hermione. (Noticing a pattern here?)
-Charlie Weasley
-Ginny Weasley having a personality (Bonnie Wright, you deserved so much better…)
-Hermione and Ron both being horrible to each-other during the whole ‘Lavender’ debacle.
-Four words- ‘Weasley is our king’.
-Harry and Ginny having a relationship that didn’t make you wonder whether she slipped him love potion. These scenes were so weird to watch…
-Dumbledore’s funeral
-Ron and Hermione comforting each-other during the funeral
-Both Ron and Hermione saying they would stick with Harry on his quest for the Horcruxes (I don’t care if Rupert Grint was ill with swine flu when they were filming, they could have easily edited him in later!)
-RON DANCING WITH HERMIONE AT BILL AND FLEUR’S WEDDING RECEPTION! This was a massive deal for their relationship development, and the film-makers threw it out the window in exchange for a ‘Ron still can’t ask Hermione to dance’ bit!
-Ron leaving because he was worried about his family, and thought Harry didn’t care, not just because he suspected Hermione was snogging Harry (FYI Kloves, this wouldn’t have been necessary if you had written the golden trio as they were in the books, instead of trying to force your own OTP into the scripts)
-Harry and Hermione being barely able to talk without Ron around. And no out-of-nowhere dancing either!
-Dobby being present in more than one film before he returned to die.
-Hermione finally kissing Ron because she realised how much he had matured as a person (he remembered the house-elves when everyone-else forgot), and realised that she couldn’t go another moment without letting him know how she felt. Not because they both go soaked in the chamber of secrets after destroying Hufflepuff’s cup (that scene made no sense, and was so uncomfortable to watch, and I’m a Romione shipper, for crying out loud!)
-Voldemort’s body not changing into magic dandruff and disappearing into nothing. This misses the point of his death entirely.
-Harry fixing his own wand with the Elder Wand. If he was going to break it, he could have at least fixed his own first.
-Not sure about this one, but did Ron even get a line in the ‘nineteen years later’ scene in the films? Because if he didn’t get to say his ‘I’m extremely famous’ line, I am throwing up on my laptop in rage.
-Also, Ronald Bilius Weasley getting some freaking RESPECT and NOT being made into a figure of fun for non-Potterheads to laugh at!
a few months ago i started writing a 3k word post mortem of my fanship of jk rowling and every time i think about finishing it exhausts me but i still can’t delete it, goddammit
Good evening, lads and lasses.
How are we feeling about T.E.R.F. Rowling, these days?
It’s been quite a while in coming, but I’ve been slowly typing up something of a fannish postmortem on this mess.
Stay safe. <3
I think it’s funny how Hermione used to be my favorite female character in Harry Potter and then her stans kinda ruined her for me by ignoring her flaws and blaming it all to other characters. I still love Hermione and I think she’s a great example for people and I know that not every Hermione stan is like that, but some of them have to accept that she, like every other character in the books, has flaws and that’s what makes her a great character. I usually don’t hope for reboots, but I do hope that there’s going to be a reboot of the movies that will treat her and other characters with justice and that Steve Kloves will be out of this.
Why you don't like movie Harry?
Oh, I just think that he’s very boring. Book Harry was an amazing character but Movie Harry was a Gary Stu. He didn’t have Harry’s charisma, his dark humour, his sass, etc. For example, Book Harry was able to stand up for himself when necessary. In HBP, when non-gryffindors were annoying him by coming to Quidditch trials, he yelled at them and basically told them to get lost. But Movie Harry was pathetic. He needed Ginny to yell at the Quidditch players. He couldn’t even get his own team to settle down.
I suppose Steve Kloves has a thing for pathetic male characters.
