| POA named in Top 10 movies of 2004 |
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Yay! It really deserved it! Although it could have been up a few places higher...
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| posted by: nuttyniffler99 | 12/12 |
YaY! that is so awesome! i think it is one of the best movies with all the cool special effects! i hope the 4th HP movie is just as well...until then...keep up the great work!
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| posted by: shravya | 12/12 |
Yes! Harry Potter ROCKS! Top ten.
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| posted by: maria | 12/12 |
Prisoner of Azkaban was that good? Wow! What will Goblet of Fire be like? I agree shravya!
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| posted by: Sheila | 12/12 |
what? they've forgotten diarios de motocicleta? anyway, poa rocks!
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| posted by: forbidden snowflake | 12/12 |
This has been posted at Veritaserum since 9:38 Eastern. Actualy most of the things that MuggletNet posts now a days is posted at Veritaserum first. Plus Veritaserum posts alot more, and it is all interesting.
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| posted by: ideame | 12/12 |
Sorry about the top ten thing. It's only my second time ever, lol. POA rocked!
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| posted by: maria | 12/12 |
It's ok, maria. Mugglenet rocks though, ideame.
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| posted by: Sheila | 12/12 |
Prisoner of Azkaban was so awesome! Yes, I can't wait until GoF comes out! I bet Dan, Emma, and Rupert are really happy!
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| posted by: Graper | 12/12 |
what? top ten of all this year? this shows that there haven't been many good films out in 04. it's kinda unfair cause the year isn't over yet.. if they judge on the profits then thats understandable as Alot of people went to see it. congratulations wb and hp cast, you have done well.
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| posted by: danni | 12/12 |
I agree! Mugglenet totally rox! numba10! Yeah!
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| posted by: Elilover | 12/12 |
The people at wb rock. They did AWESOME!
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| posted by: Well?!? | 12/12 |
My bad, PoA is numba9! Sorry!
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| posted by: Elilover | 12/12 |
Cool. It probably wouldn't be on my top ten, but it'd be up there!
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| posted by: dramaqueen | 12/12 |
As well it should be--it was awesome!
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| posted by: Meghan | 12/12 |
Hmmm...they deserved place 20 at highest.
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| posted by: Stapler | 12/12 |
dani-As they have The Aviator and Kinsey on the list, I'd say the authors of the list were able to see the list before hand. The Aviator isn't scheduled for release till the end of the year.
By the by, yeah for PoA! I enjoyed it very much. I think Curan's direction went well with the theme of the books.
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| posted by: strawberrylove | 12/12 |
This movie was far better than the other two but still it's not top ten worthy!It can't be the box-office top ten though!I doubt 'the manchurian(sorry if I misspelled that) candidate' sold more tickets than PoA!
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| posted by: christa | 12/12 |
as good as it is it really doesn't belong on top ten. it is way better then previous ones and the director seemed more into it then the others, but i stand by what i say. sorry if i offended anyone.
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| posted by: danni | 12/12 |
By the way I'm very happy to see 'Alexander' in the bottom 10!
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| posted by: christa | 12/12 |
9# 9# nononononono?!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1# 1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#
well thats what i think
sophie and danny
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| posted by: sophie | 12/12 |
2004 has been a really good year for films, with HP3, Spider-man2, Shrek 2 etc. And let's not forget to vote on the BBC's Film 2004 vote for best film! I wonder if PoA will be higher than #9?
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| posted by: Jamandell | 12/12 |
ONLY 9? well, i guess that kinda makes sense.
ideame, if veritaserum is better, go there and leave us alone. we don't care about your comments.
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| posted by: .chatt. | 12/12 |
Why 9? Thats rediculouse! Its should be 1!
Oh well, at least it made it.
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| posted by: Mel*in*Ak | 12/12 |
Too many sequels if you ask me!I really want to see 'the phantom of the opera' as well!Though the film can't be better than the book or the play!
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| posted by: christa | 12/12 |
It's good that POA made Top 10, but I think it should be higher than #9
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| posted by: HermyG | 12/12 |
It should definately be Number 1.
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| posted by: Jamandell | 12/12 |
No!!!Let's be fair!The books are perfect but the movies,well there are definetely movies that are better than the hp series!
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| posted by: christa | 12/12 |
yeah there have been many sequels this year. By the way are these films that have been out in uk only or nationwide? cause the sequel oceons 12 (example) isn't out in uk till feb. but it is already out in the us, so would it have been included in the top ten?
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| posted by: danni | 12/12 |
If the films stood alone, there were no books behind them just wb films, then they would be so bad. The only reason alot of people like them is because they are to do with jk's world of harry potter. The films themselves leave out alot of extra information, those being the essence of the books that make them successful.
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| posted by: Danni | 12/12 |
danni--It must be the us only.Nationwide it's a bit difficult because a film is released at different times for example PoA in Greece was released september while in Britain it was released may or june!
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| posted by: christa | 12/12 |
It was released on May 31st in the UK christa.
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| posted by: Jamandell | 12/12 |
thanks christa.
so hp came in at#9 even though there were other films.
i must have underestimated it.
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| posted by: danni | 12/12 |
When people say nationwide, it may be confusing for some people as it isn't thier nation.
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| posted by: Jamandell | 12/12 |
i wouldn't give that list to much credibility. i've never even hered of the top 5.
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| posted by: tyler | 12/12 |
Yay! it was a great film. Not good as the books though. I'd have liked more about the marauders in it, but can't complain.
Well done PoA!
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| posted by: Lin Qing Chang | 12/12 |
That's an interesting list...some of those movies I've never even heard of before...
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| posted by: somegirl | 12/12 |
Where is ESOTSM? /me doesn't like this list very much :-S
But it's good for POA...:)
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| posted by: elyria | 12/12 |
That's weird. I never heard of most of those movies!!
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| posted by: crookshanks | 12/12 |
I really don't think the movie deserved to be on a list of good movies because it cut out so much and it was sort of confusing. Too bad the fourth one's gonna be only 8 minutes longer
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| posted by: HPfan | 12/12 |
Interesting take Danni. I was gonna post something to the opposite, but you do make sense. I mean as a story, the movie is somewhat lacking and most critics judged the movies as a theatrical intepretation of the story in the novels instead of as a story in and of itself. But that's probably just an advantage (sometimes disadvantage) that all book based movies have. Still, the movie had a lot more going for it than just the story (IMO actually the weakest aspect of it): the visuals, the characteriztions, and so forth.
Bottom line: I think PoA is very deserving of the Top 10 consideration.
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| posted by: arefeen | 12/12 |
I only know 5 out of those 10 movies, and The Aviator isn't even out yet. :/
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| posted by: Heddy | 12/12 |
PoA was good but as I haven't seen any of the other movies on the list, I can't really compare it. I'm definetely going to see The Aviator when it comes out, though.
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| posted by: Sydney Bristow | 12/12 |
ok that was just stupid! who the hell was judging that anyway? i mean i haven't even heard of half of those films, some of them haven't even come out yet, and poa didn't deserve (don't start bashing me!) to be in the top 10.
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| posted by: jenna | 12/12 |
That's bull***. The PoA movie sucked. The only reason I watch it because I'm such an HP freak.
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| posted by: Robyn t Black | 12/12 |
It didn't deserve it. Where is 'The Machinist' and 'Primer'. I saw so many other movies better than PoA this year that deserve to be on that list. Even 'Shaun of the Dead' was better than PoA and deserved to be on that list. Sucks for the other movies that just got screwed by Newsweek.
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| posted by: Gareth | 12/12 |
I haven't heard of any of the other fils, POA should have been 1st!!!!!
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| posted by: Jo H | 12/12 |
I'm happy that it made the top ten in all... but I'm rather shocked that Spiderman 2 wasn't on the list...
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| posted by: Kailyn | 12/12 |
I'm glad POA made the top 10 list but I think they deserved a 9. The first two films were awesome! But the 3rd one was more of a disappointment rather than anything else. I don't think Alfonso did a very good job staying true to the books like Chris Columbus did with the first two. But I own the DVD and watch it all the time because i <3 HP!
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| posted by: Katherine | 12/12 |
that is so freakin' awsome! congrats PoA!
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| posted by: Kiley | 12/12 |
Have you signed the December 1969 board yet?
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| posted by: Jamandell | 12/12 |
I think it's pathetic that people think it deserves number 1. Personally, it was okay, and 9 is right at it's place. But Number one? The place goes to good movies like Spider Man 2, Shrek 2, etc. NOT HP3. Seriously, why would they award them number 1 when some actors are... well... BAD, and the movie is fast-paced, confusing for non-HP readers, etc?
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| posted by: rila | 12/12 |
I totally agree with rila! People who think it should be number 1 just like HP so much they don't care how bad the movie is, it's HP so it's the best. Grow up, take off your HP craze for a moment and watch the film. Number 16 at it's highest.
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| posted by: parna | 12/12 |
TOTAL BS!!
Things like this make me loose faith in the Human race. Number 9? It doesnt deserve to even be concidered for all time piece of movie crap. Sooo not worthy of top 10 list.
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| posted by: Dissatisfied Customer | 12/12 |
cool cool, what were the other 9? i didnt really think there were that many REALLY good movies this year, cept, did LOTR cum out this year or last year? if it did, thats TOTTALLY number 1 :D
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| posted by: ChRiStInA | 12/12 |
btw, i know we're all really big hp fans, and so am i, but i think POA is exactly where its supposed to be (9) cuz i think it was a really good movie, but it had a lotta really cheezy parts, and plus, they totally changed some of the characters in a not so good way *cough cough hermione* i dont agree w/ the other 9 but thats prolly cuz i havent seen them, i bet they were great movies too
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| posted by: ChRiStInA | 12/12 |
Its great that HP POA got #9. Shrek 2 and Spiderman 2 weren't even on the list so it wasn't going by how much the films earned, and the Aviator isn't even out yet and they are already talking about an Oscar for that. All those other films are deep drama type movies. Just shows how deep POA actually was if your mind is mature enough to see it. POA ROCKS!!!!
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| posted by: tabitoo | 12/12 |
Ok Parna, so i guess you think your smarter then the people who created this list? I highly doubt that they are crazed Harry Potter fans. Personally, I think POA greatly deserves to be on this list, and you have no right to tell the many fans, critics and movie-goers that agree with me to "grow up".
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| posted by: mike | 12/12 |
I do what I please, mike.
I don't think I'm smarter than them at all, so you guessed wrong. This list, by the way, is not made solely by them. Fans had their say in this.
Sure, PoA was good. But you should have the decency to admit that it was not the best movie of the year, unlike what people said. Either way, this list is at its worst. Movies that aren't even out yet, movies nobody ever heard of, etc. Anyone could admit it.
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| posted by: Parna | 12/12 |
Hey, I don't think POA was the best film of the year. I do however think it was a great movie, easily one of the top 10 of the year. It belongs on this list. I also believe that if someone think POA WAS the best movie of the year, that they have a valid opinion. I can certainly see why they might say this.
The list is not at its worst. Just because you haven't heard of some of these movies, doesn't mean nobody has.
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| posted by: mike | 12/12 |
i forgot one thing weres my mugglenet bud KENDRA/JILL!??!
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| posted by: landon | 12/12 |
I personally think #9 is ok for this movie, maybe #8, but no higher. It wasn't the year's best one, but it was very well made. And contrary to popular belief, books and movie are different media, so yes, they judged the movie based on it's quality (effects, acting, takes, direction, etc.) not on "how close it stayed to the books". I know it's not fair for us HP readers, but thinking about it that way makes just a bit more torelable. ;)
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| posted by: CattyP | 12/12 |
That's a pretty respectable ranking, considering that almost 7/10 of the list is made up of limited release indie dramas. I'm pleased because PoA managed to make the Top 10 while other movies I thought would be a given didn't seem to make it (The Incredibles comes to mind for me). Also, people shouldn't take this list so seriously. It's just a group of people at Newsweek's opinion. It's not like it's "The" list. Come to think of it, people shouldn't infatuate themselves so much with the opinions of critics. Just because their opinion is in print doesn't mean it's the only one worthy of remembrance.
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| posted by: KeLiS | 12/12 |
I am suprised to see that several movies didn't make it to the list. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and Finding Neverland are good movies that deserve to be on the list.
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| posted by: *eyed in LA | 12/12 |
just because you haven't heard of a movie doesn't make it any less worthy of being on the list. there are more than just the latest jerry bruckheimer blockbusters out there.
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| posted by: janitta | 12/12 |
I'm glad to see the 3rd Harry Potter film made someone's top ten list. I also checked out the list of the 10 worst movies of 2004. It's funny because I saw more movies on the worst list (The Terminal, Sky Captain, The Alamo, and The Village) and I kind of liked them all!
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| posted by: er | 12/13 |
Don't forget to sign the December 1969 message board. Go to the news archives!
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| posted by: Jamandell | 12/13 |
harry potter films are crap compared to the book. They're rubbish compared to any other film as well, the only reason they're so popular is cos of the coverage they get.
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| posted by: muhahahaha | 12/13 |
Many of these movies weren't made for the same target audience as PoA, so it's no small wonder why you wouldn't have heard of them. The lot of the movies at the top are arthouse movies and/or movies for adult audiences: Bad Education, for example, had an NC-17 rating.
I don't know how this list was compiled, but I'm guessing it was from critics' appraisals of movies. I always found it ironic that so many fans hated this movie while critics (and JK Rowling herself) loved. Everybody is duely entitled to their opinion, of course and nothing is going to please everybody, but I still found it interesting.
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| posted by: Arefeen | 12/13 |
I haven't seen any other movie on the list.. But it's alright. I think it should have been a little higher than a 9 though.
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| posted by: Pye | 12/13 |
I'm glad POA made it on this list, I mean, not any movie makes it, especially comercial movies. From the list, POA was the biggest box office hit here (Let's wait for Aviator, is it going to be another Titanic-hit?)! Well, I think it should be at least in #7, not 9, it was better than the remake of the Manchurian Candidate and way better than Friday Night Lights, but oh well!
Many of you don't look at the movie from a good point of view, you pepole (Who complain that the movie was not good because it didn't follow the story page by page) are the people who think movies like: American Pie, Not Another Teen Movie, Scary Movie, The Hot Chick, Sorority Boys etc... should deserve an Oscar or be projected in Cannes! This was a FILM not a Movie, the director did such an artistic work with it that it is very har for you people and Chris Columbus to understand. I think most of the movies on that list are great: Bad Education (La Mala Educacion, by Pedro Almodovar, really good movie and Gael Garcia is great and everything is perfect, watch it with an open mind), Osama (Great movie), Before Sunset and I am sure the Aviator will also be great after seeing leonardo in excelent roles! Stop watching Hollywoodesq movies and go watch Indie films, which are far superior than the Hollywood junk, especially watch European movies, great options to choose from! i regret The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de Motocicleta, also with Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal as El Che Guevara)is not on the list, I would of put it on #10! Ciao everyone, and Happy Christmas!
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| posted by: Dorjan | 12/13 |
I couldn't have said it better myself, Dorjan. I completely agree with you (Diarios de Motocicleta was a great movie, as was La Mala Educacion) =)
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| posted by: Amy_M | 12/13 |
Thank you Amy, I mean, POA was so artistic and it was such a beautiful movie, with excelent scenes (the Buckbeak ride through the castle and castle grounds, my God it was so gorgeous, I thought this was not even a comercial movie). The story is excelent, the surprises (For non POA readers) where great and adecuate. I mean, I went with some people that did not read the books and did not go see COS after watching PS/SS because they thought it was such a horrible movie, but when they heard Cuaron was directing, they gave it a chance and loved the movie, some even watched more than 2 times, I wached it 6 times, 4 in the US and 2 times in Mexico. They where glad the books got justice on Film with a great director! I'm glad WB signed a contract for Alfonso Cuaron for 3 years (He is now directing a movie about the student riots in Mexico of the year 1968, a year that hit the Western World badly, like Mexico City, Paris, Prague etc..., it is like The Dreamers by Bertolucci, excelent film, also student riots in Paris). I hope the HP4 director takes it from there and makes more masterpieces and not crud like Chirs Columbus did with the first 2 movies!
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| posted by: Dorjan | 12/13 |
He** YEAH! Go Potter! (Even though I and many other friends abhore the third movie...)
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| posted by: Clark | 12/13 |
Osama was a pretty good movie two... Congrats. to the filmakers (etc) for it.
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| posted by: Clark | 12/13 |
What I dont understand is why all of you Harry Potter fans can possibly like this movie. I assume you read the books and know the story, but ---
there are no words to describe how mad I am. The movie sucked! It had nothing of the story in it.
I can undrstand how people who havent read the books could think it was ok, but you should know better!
I am ashamed! SELL OUTS!!
Sorry, I should stop typing before I say something I might regret. I do get too upset over something so stupid as a movie that is not worth crap.
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| posted by: Dissatisfied Customer | 12/13 |
what some people don't understand is that the movie and the books are two completely different things. You can't view them separately, unfortunately, and you get dissapointed. It's like saying that the HP games are totally different from the books, when they are completly separate medias! Plus, the movies are "based" on the books, meaning, they can take as little as only the characters and the name and make up a completely different story if the want to and it would still be ok because they're based on the book, they're not THE books. ;)
and don't be sorry, everyone's entitled to tehir opinion. :)
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| posted by: CattyP | 12/13 |
Hey guys. I looked up the movies that made it to the first 10, and I have to say that I didn't even know that those movies were in theaters. I mean it's the first time I hear those names, weird huh? Still I think PoA should be placed in higher spot, oh well ;<
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| posted by: Girl from Poland..lives in Poland..loves | 12/13 |
how is it that poa won an award? forgive me, but it just doesn't seem award worthy
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| posted by: holly golightly | 12/13 |
Those other movies on the list must not be that good because I've never heard of them before. What about Spider Man 2 or The Lord Of The Rings; The Return Of The King? Those should be on the list. Definately!!!
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| posted by: Mia | 12/13 |
"Those other movies on the list must not be that good because I've never heard of them before"
Mia, I think your comment shows a bit of ignorance. Obviously, the movies that attempt to tackle deeper, more profound issues about the human condition aren't going to cater to the typical audience of moviegoers who just want a good time. Because you haven't heard of a movie doesn't say anything about its worth. What is all this riot about Spiderman 2? It was shallow, focused on special effects, with really a comic-book storyline, which glorifies the hero and villanizes the villain, no surprises, no innovation.
Anyway, I thought Azkaban was well-done, and the "die-hard" fans must keep in mind that it is possible to preserve the spirit of the movies and take liberties with interpretation. The movie remains, without any doubt, entirely Harry Potter-esque, and entirely his world.
(Yeah Before Sunset! I LOVED the end, too ^_^)
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| posted by: bean | 12/13 |
I personally didn't like Spiderman 1 or 2 all that well.. Like the PoA thing, it wasn't true to the story. The father was never Green Goblin, Harry (in Spider man) was! His dad was the Hob Goblin! And Peter Parker has more than one love interest, Mary Jane was never that big of thing intill later. o_o; Anyway.. Go Harry Potter.
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| posted by: Pye | 12/14 |
Only 9? l thought it would have at least been in the top 5! Oh, well, l guess l should be thankful that it's at least in the top 10.
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| posted by: How are you doing? | 12/14 |
It wasn't THAT good really...must have been a sucky year for movies.
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| posted by: Narendur | 12/14 |
Number 9!! They really need to charge their batteries, it should at least be top 3!! Well congrats PoA!!! I haven't watched all the movies on the top 10 (not the first one, at least) but duh! PoA's the best in all of them! Just wait for GoF it will be number 1! Let's keep our hope!
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| posted by: Full Moon | 12/16 |
i didn't like the movie and i don't understand why it's in the Top 10 at all. right, there were some nice scenes and good ideas, but the plot (compared to the book) was reduced to action-scenes. And Hogwarts looked like a graveyard with those skulls all over the place.
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| posted by: christiane | 12/16 |
those people don't know a good movie if it bit them on thier rum!
mean girls is way better!
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| posted by: ella | 12/18 |