Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince

[Doctor Jones]

Jason Isaacs is Lucius pretty much. "Clearly."

I can just hear his voice when I read the books.

However for some reason, Radcliffe's voice doesn't come to my head. It's a combination of the video game's Harry and Radcliffe. Same with Ron from the video games but older. Hermione is pretty much Watson I hear.

 

[Sawyer]

I think Alan Rickman is the perfect casting for Snape, and I think Jason Isaacs and Helena Bonham Carter actually improve their characters.

Absolutely.

 

[Infinity9999x]

Jason Isaacs is Lucius pretty much. "Clearly."

I can just hear his voice when I read the books.

However for some reason, Radcliffe's voice doesn't come to my head. It's a combination of the video game's Harry and Radcliffe. Same with Ron from the video games but older. Hermione is pretty much Watson I hear.

Surprisingly, none of the movie characters have replaced my mental image of the book characters, even Hagrid (who is one of the closest to my mental image). Harry is close, but I imagine him with a different voice, and slightly more gangly than Radcliffe, I imagine Ron to look completely different from Grint, as well as Hermione. Hagrid I imagine being a bit younger looking, and I've always imagined Dumbledore as similar to Harris, but slightly more lively looking, and a voice that had less of a smoker's touch to it.

Snape, and all the Mauraders I imagined completely different from how they are in the movies, mostly due to the fact that the people who play them in the movies are much older than their book counterparts.

However, Issacs is almost perfect for my mental image. I would say that he's probably the closest to what I imagined.

 

[Panthro]

My mental image was always the artwork from Marta's Art Dungeon - http://www.artdungeon.net/

 

[Infinity9999x]

My mental image was always the artwork from Marta's Art Dungeon - http://www.artdungeon.net/

That's actually very close to the way I picture it as well.

 

[KnightBat]

I agree with you all about Walters, Rickman, Isaccs, etc. Another I think jumps off the page is The Phelps Twins as Fred and George. I think they improved their characters as well.

 

[Infinity9999x]

I agree with you all about Walters, Rickman, Isaccs, etc. Another I think jumps off the page is The Phelps Twins as Fred and George. I think they improved their characters as well.

I love the actors for the Twins, but I always imagined them shorter and stockier since they were described as being shorter and stockier than Ron in the books.

 

[BloodyWolverine]

No no the Twins are Fred and George if ask me. I still think Gambon has the sense of humor as Dumbledore but not quite the look. I think a Rush or a Bernard Hill if ask me would have looked perfect in the Dumbledore look

 

[Doctor Jones]

Damn, Hill would be one pissed off Dumbledore. Just imagine him after Diggory's death.

"Crops can be restored, homes rebuilt..."

"Voldemort has not come to destroy his crops and villages. He's come to destroy it's people. Down to the last child."

"What would you have me do? When courage hangs by a thread?"

That would be one negative nancy.

 

[Infinity9999x]

No no the Twins are Fred and George if ask me. I still think Gambon has the sense of humor as Dumbledore but not quite the look. I think a Rush or a Bernard Hill if ask me would have looked perfect in the Dumbledore look

I'm confused, I know the twins are Fred and George...are you trying to say the actors who play them are Fred and George?

If so, I agree, the actors portray them perfectly, however, in the books, Fred and George are described as being shorter and stockier than Ron, wheras the Twin's in the movies are taller and skinner. Still, I don't mind, I love the actors. But they still don't fit my "book image" of the twins.

 

[luke1234]

Damn, Hill would be one pissed off Dumbledore. Just imagine him after Diggory's death.

"Crops can be restored, homes rebuilt..."

"Voldemort has not come to destroy his crops and villages. He's come to destroy it's people. Down to the last child."

"What would you have me do? When courage hangs by a thread?"

That would be one negative nancy.

bhahaha i just cracked up in my office.

He would be just a very depressing Dumbledore

 

[BloodyWolverine]

Remember he was acting his lines but then again he was Captain of The Titanic so my best choice has too be Ian McKellan who did read for Dumbledore before Gandalf but Chris Columbus i heard had Gay issues. Ironic isn't it that a Gay man cannot play DD but Dumbledore is Gay anyways lol.
No question in my mind Ian Mckellan could have replaced Harris for Rings was nearing an end.

 

[chaseter]

My mental image was always the artwork from Marta's Art Dungeon - http://www.artdungeon.net/

That looks nothing like I pictured Slughorn. Jim Broadbent is how I pictured if you would add a bigger belly and of course the stache. But, Broadbent's eyes are the seller and he did that perfectly.

 

[Infinity9999x]

That looks nothing like I pictured Slughorn. Jim Broadbent is how I pictured if you would add a bigger belly and of course the stache. But, Broadbent's eyes are the seller and he did that perfectly.

I just saw that one, and that's the one picture where it was very far off for me. Slughorn looks almost asain in that picture. However, her other drawings (especially Ginny and the trio) are spot on for me.

 

[luke1234]

Remember he was acting his lines but then again he was Captain of The Titanic so my best choice has too be Ian McKellan who did read for Dumbledore before Gandalf but Chris Columbus i heard had Gay issues. Ironic isn't it that a Gay man cannot play DD but Dumbledore is Gay anyways lol.
No question in my mind Ian Mckellan could have replaced Harris for Rings was nearing an end.

I wouldnt want McKellen taking two franchises. He will always be known to me as Gandalf. You can only be one great wizard in your career lol

 

[chaseter]

I just saw that one, and that's the one picture where it was very far off for me. Slughorn looks almost asain in that picture. However, her other drawings (especially Ginny and the trio) are spot on for me.

Well...there are some character drawings in the books so some of those are just copied. You thinking she drew Harry exactly how you pictured when the artist for the books already drew Harry is a bit off!

 

[Infinity9999x]

Well...there are some character drawings in the books so some of those are just copied. You thinking she drew Harry exactly how you pictured when the artist for the books already drew Harry is a bit off!

I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding you, but I've never said that the artist for the books draws Harry a bit off, I've only said the movie characters aren't quite what I've pictured in the books.

And also, I didn't see any pictures that she copied from the books, but then again, I'm only used to the American artwork, and none of those pictures look similar to the stylized work in the American Potter books.

 

[Sawyer]

Remember he was acting his lines but then again he was Captain of The Titanic so my best choice has too be Ian McKellan who did read for Dumbledore before Gandalf but Chris Columbus i heard had Gay issues. Ironic isn't it that a Gay man cannot play DD but Dumbledore is Gay anyways lol.
No question in my mind Ian Mckellan could have replaced Harris for Rings was nearing an end.

Eehhh... I'm not quite sure I buy that.

and I think I read that when Dumbledore was brought up in an interview with McKellan, he said he's already played one famous wizard, another would be too much for him.

 

[chaseter]

You said that the artist from the web page drew Harry, amongst others, just as you pictured them. I then said that there are already pictures of Harry in the books! So the artist for the book already did it for us

When you said

However, her other drawings (especially Ginny and the trio) are spot on for me.

we were talking about the artist's ability to draw what we pictured from the books, specifically Harry. So I thought you were saying that how she interpreted Harry was spot on for you when her drawings of Harry look like the book art. Nothing big, just wondering.

 

[Infinity9999x]

You said that the artist from the web page drew Harry, amongst others, just as you pictured them. I then said that there are already pictures of Harry in the books! So the artist for the book already did it for us

When you said we were talking about the artist's ability to draw what we pictured from the books, specifically Harry. So I thought you were saying that how she interpreted Harry was spot on for you when her drawings of Harry look like the book art. Nothing big, just wondering.

Ahh okay, I get it now.

 

[Panthro]

That's actually very close to the way I picture it as well.

Glad you enjoyed seeing her work.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I liked some of them, but jeez, some of them just seemed to be like schoolgirl fantasies with the romances there.

 

[rashad]

Harry Potter To Get Extended Edition Re-Releases?

RopeofSilicon was the first to notice a listing in the latest MPAA Rating Bulletin for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Extended Edition) which earned the same PG rating, for the same reasons as te theatrical release (some scary moments and mild language). Ropes contacted Warner Bros Home Video about the mention, and they confirmed that “Although we’ve not announced [it yet], all Harry Potter films are being planned to get special upcoming releases!”

Will the new extended editions be released exclusively on Blu-Ray? DVD? Will the get a theatrical rerelease? We have no idea as no further details were mentioned.

And how much longer can we expect from an “extended edition”? Director Chris Columbus added 7 minutes of deleted scenes back into the movie for its May 2004 ABC broadcast premiere. The original two-disc DVD release of the film features seven deleted scenes, only accessible by searching for the Sorcerer’s Stone, which has been described by digitalbits as “a long, involved process that means getting a wand from one virtual location on the disc, and then going to another location and accomplishing a number of interactive challenges.” And from what I can tell, the deleted scenes didn’t add up to much more than 7 minutes. So I really wonder if the Extended Edition will be not much more than a marketing gimmick.

Rumors of a home-video released extended editions have been floating around the Harry Potter fan community for a couple years now. A post from December 2007 on LeakyLounge.com claimed that Warner Bros was planning to release extended versions of the Potter films, starting with Sorcerer’s Stone in Mid-2008 which was going to run an extra 30 minutes in length. The rumor claimed that each film would be released in a 4-disc box set containing the original version, extended edition and two discs worth of special features.

Update: /Film reader Mark S points out that the Digital Bits reported that Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-rays for the first two films are now up for preorder on Amazon. It is very possible that the extended cuts will be included on these yet-to-be-officially-announced releases.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/08/12/harry-potter-movies-to-get-rereleased-in-extended-editions/

 

[Symbiote666]

Radcliffe looks much older on the CoS cover than he does in the movie. I thought it was a shot from GoF at first glance.

Anyway, I would rather they waited until the series was over to announce something like this (well, they will probably do that as well).

 

[luke1234]

looks like he went from 11 to 16 in one year lol.