Daytripper

It's sad to see this running out of steam so fast. Based on this past weekend's box-office report, it'll probably will top off around 240-250 million. Spectacular numbers for sure. But falls short of the first two. And this one deserves that kind of business if not more IMO. Such a great film.

Get Me Coffee

It is such a shame! However, what you need to take into account:

1.) Different Release Date.
2.)The magic isn't as new, and some people aren't seeing it twice.

I agree with you! This movie should have made more, it is an excellent Harry Potter movie! You got to love those kids!

hotaru_san

I pulled this link off of mugglenet, it cracked me up. It's a quick summary of the movie and it's full of spoilers (some are book-related so if you haven't read the book and watched the movie you may want to avoid reading it).

http://www.livejournal.com/community...l?thread=39101


I hope will get some good deleted scenes when the dvd comes out. I would really like to see more of it.

Josh H

3) Shrek 2, and soon Spiderman 2, pulling away a lot of the repeat kid audience.

shill66

I had to dredge this up because I've actually started reading the first book, and now it becomes a BIT clearer.

The movies state that the team that catches the snitch automatically wins...period. That makes no damn sense because it makes the rest of the game irrelevant.

The book, however, states that the team that catches the snitch gets 150 points, AND that the game does not end until the snitch is caught. That makes a LOT more sense. Yet...

Why would you, as a seeker, catch the snitch if your team is more than 150 points down?

Josh H

In that case, you would go on the defensive and try to keep the other teams seeker from catching the snitch and ending the game, hoping your team woulc get back within 150.

Blade

Quiddich has a World Cup, and, therefore, rankings. Just because you lose one game doesn't mean you lose the season. You'd still want to get the snitch if you were 200 pts down because that way you cut your loss to 50 points. Moreover, if the other team gets the snitch, you'll be down 350 points.

In other words, it's not just about the single game, but about winning the season.

Also, they do state, at the beginning of the first Quiddich game in the first movie, that if you get the Snitch you get 150 points. When Oliver Wood says if you catch the snitch we win the game to Harry, he's not technically correct, but I get the feeling that teams being down 150 pts isn't that common.

A better question is the World Cup game in book 4:

silentbob007

They mention this in the book.

Blade

That sort of ties into one of my guess as to the reason behind his action, but your quote was one of the character's speculating on Krum's thinking as opposed to Krum (or someone else in a position to know) actually saying why he did it.

That reason did make the most sense, but it leaves it open to arguments one way or the other...hence my citing it as a good source of debate about how Quidditch is played as regards the snitch.

shill66

I think I fully understand now. The other thing that finally clicked into place is that the points gained in the game apply to the house's point tally for the school year, which I didn't know before. I can therefore understand why someone would still want to catch the snitch even though it would mean a loss - it still means 150 points in one instant.

DrRingDing

Here's a little resurrection for you...

So I just rewatched this last night and I noticed that Alfonso Cuaron decided to replace one of the two actors playing Crabbe and Goyle - Goyle, I believe - for most of the scenes with Malfoy. The old actor appears in one shot, but in other shots, the actor was replaced.

Anybody know why this is? (Has this already been covered? I'm kinda reluctant to reread all 330-some posts just to find out.)
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