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It's been a couple of years since the last Harry Potter movie was released, but fans everywhere are still proud of it - including the editors, clearly, over at Paste Magazine, as they have just named the Gringotts Dragon among the top dragons ever created in showbiz.
Here's the quote from Paste:
The mythological beasts pay frequent visits to the Harry Potter series. The first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, establishes Robbie Coltrane’s Hagrid as a dragon enthusiast and introduces a cute hatchling named Norbert. The Goblet of Fire delivers a dandy battle scene between Harry and a bristling “Hungarian Horntail” as part of the Tri-Wizard Tournament. The best dragon, however, occurs when Harry and his pals attempt a heist from the wizard bank Gringott’s and discover a sightless albino dragon as a subterranean guard. Both a menacing creature and a pitiable one, the dragon conveys plentiful personality in brief screen time and provides the heroes with a spectacular getaway.
For Paste Magazine the Gringotts Dragon ranked as so spectacular not only because it was fearsome, but also "pitiable." In my opinion that scene in the movie was, in fact, very close to the book it adapted - so as a 'Potter' purist myself I am also quite proud of that movie dragon, as it's another testament to J.K. Rowling's pure genius.
Other dragons that topped the list come from such feature films as Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf, and Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. As the dragon is at this time unable to claim this honor, MuggleNet.com will gladly accept it for him.
Or her?
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Daniel Radcliffe’s tendency to prank his fellow Harry Potter cast-mates often added levity to the set, but there was at least one time when his antics went a little too far.
Reportedly, Robbie Coltrane, who portrayed Hagrid in the films, was once a victim of a prank where the young actor changed the settings on his friend’s phone from English to Turkish. The joke seems harmless enough—except that Coltrane was left unable to make calls!
The infuriated actor had a hard time finding anyone on set who could change the settings of his phone back to English, and Radcliffe was left feeling understandably sheepish about what he had done. Coltrane remembers the event clearly:
Eventually we found a girl in the Harry Potter make-up department who was Turkish Cypriot. She phoned her mum and was chatting away in great detail until they sorted it out. I think Daniel was so upset at what had happened that he wrote me that note...'Dear Mr. Coltrane, I'm sorry I changed your mobile telephone into Turkish...
Have you ever been part of a prank gone too far? Let us know in the comments!
Posted by Jessica on 12-06-2012 at 12:50 AM
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According to The Telegraph, the home used in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 that showcased the birthplace of Harry Potter is now available for purchase for only 1 million GBP.
The 14th century cottage is a grade I listed building called de Vere House in Lavenham, Suffolk, featuring three bedrooms and a self-catering wing that features a reading room, sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, shower room, and two double bedroom suites. The doorway is the second-most photographed doorway in the UK, just behind 10 Downing Street.
Current owners Jane and Tony Ranzetta were there when Warner Brothers filmed the Godric's Hollow sceen stating:
"It's part of Godric's Hollow. The house can be seen opposite the graveyard, with a Christmas tree in the window, the lights on and music coming out of it. It was really quite extraordinary watching both the filming and then the end result on screen. The crew arrived without actors and filmed both the front and the back in the height of summer. They then used parts of the house like pieces of a massive three dimensional jigsaw, cutting and pasting them to form the streets of Godric's Hollow. They even made the final result a snow scene in the winter, with a Christmas tree in our front window and carol singing coming from within the house."
Historians believe that de Vere House's extraordinary past even includes a visit from King Henry VII in 1498.
Do you feel that this historic home was the vision you had of Godric's Hollow and Harry Potter's home while you were reading the books? Let us know in the comments below.
Posted by Keith on 08-30-2012 at 10:50 AM
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Thanks to MuggleNet and Harry Potter fan, Leading Us Absurd (@LeadingUsAbsurd), we take a quick look back at one of the most interesting, and sometimes controversial, scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1. The scene takes place after Ron has left Harry and Hermione during their "camping trip."
Whether you liked the scene in the film or not, the song 'O Children,' from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, is an amazing song that set the scene perfectly and at the same time, ironically.
From the article:
Lyrically, the song is quite startling, but musically the song never suggests the turmoil underneath. The background singers lift the song to lofty heights, and bring a bit of tenderness. As the song builds in intensity, the singer’s voices grow louder (the part used in the movie), finally revealing what the dead children have to say:
Hey little train! We are all jumping on The train that goes to the Kingdom We’re happy, Ma, we’re having fun And the train ain’t even left the station
Hey, little train! Wait for me! I once was blind but now I see Have you left a seat for me? Is that such a stretch of the imagination?
Musical supervisor Matt Biffa came across the song and convinced director David Yates to incorporate it into the film. It is about parents murdering their children, of course the series of Harry Potter is just the exact opposite.
How did you feel about this scene during Deathly Hallows - Part 1, more importantly, how did you feel about the song capturing the moment? Let us know in the comments below.
Posted by Keith on 02-20-2012 at 7:00 PM
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The official Harry Potter Twitter has posted a link to a new video feature on Apple.com, where cast and crew chronicle the events of Deathly Hallows - Part 1 and what fans can expect in Part 2.
The four-minute clip entitled "Where We Left Off" includes interviews with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, director David Yates and producers David Heyman and David Barron.
Deathly Hallows - Part 2 hits theaters July 15!
Posted by Micah on 06-28-2011 at 1:20 PM
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