and Cueron's "dark" direction didn't really work, IMO.
Funny, that's why from a filmmaking standpoint I think #3 was the best of the bunch so far. It was more serious than the first two and you didn't have to be a little kid to get into it as much.
I didn't like that it switched gears like that. I don't go to see Potter films for artistry in cinematography. It was too dark for me to enjoy, almost downright morbid, and they aged the characters too fast. "Goblet of Fire" went a whole different direction, had a stronger story, made it more epic and adventurous, thus more fun for me.
Quick question: What exactly does the second disk from Harry Potter cover? I got "scene it" as a bonus to buying the regular one-disk edition of Harry Potter IV but I don't own the game so it's rather a wash. Should I go back and get the 2-disk version? All I really want to see is the cut scenes and the regular movie.
The "Scene It" disc is only a few samples, not the entire game. The one disc edition is bare bones. The 2 disc is loaded. Additional scenes, cast convos, 4th film reflections, 9 Triwizard Tournament segments, DVD-ROM goodies.
There was about 3 minutes worth of marital infidelity in that movie IIRC. I wouldn't suggest it's a focal point.
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There was the "Wall of Shame" shots. There were passing around of their wives photos, commenting on their cheating. There was the viewing of a sex tape *** "The Deer Hunter" that definately lasted more than 3 minutes. There was Jake Gyllenhaal infront of the mirror "throwing up" sand when he saw his wife's image. There was the letter he recieved from his wife, more or less admitting her cheating. These were all tossed about the film, being revisited...and for what? It was filler, IMO. It made up for a large part of the movie.
It may have made for a nice book, but his little vacation to "war" was hardly movie material. **** happens, it's the armed forces, and "Jarhead" didn't show me anything new, other than ex-cons like Peter Saarsgard's character can simply
lie about not serving jail time, and still wind up in Iraq, serving our country, and not even had a background check performed. It wasn't any more successful at capturing the savage decline of soliders at war than FMJ, which, while suffering a 2nd act shift itself, was still 100 times better, IMO.