Best Harry Potter Movie? (Poll)

[skyheartchaos]

What do you think is the best "Harry Potter" film?

If you can share your top 3 choices, post it here. (You can vote for more than 1 in the poll)

I thought the 3 best: Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, and Deathly Hallows Part 2.

The last one is definitely the best to me.

Share your thoughts.

[jim mick]

I haven't watched all of them but, for what it's worth, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (HP4) because of the appearance of the 10th Doctor (David Tennant). The subtext is obvious; he is so dreamy and suave.

[-WaRl0rD-]

Sorcerer's Stone was great, so was Chamber of Secrets. From there everything wen't kind of downhill though.

~W

[BurningPaladin]

Just like the books, starts out as a unique fairly light hearted fantasy tale, then it became a convoluted epic that saw no true change in its main hero.

[zilant]

I liked 1&2 for sticking to the book as well as they did.

I liked 6 because it entertained me.

[dimir impersonator]

Prisoner of Azkaban because I think Cuaron is the strongest of the directors, hands down.

[Emo_Pinata]

Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite because the frightening parts are broody and atmospheric, the comedy isn't hammy, and the joyful parts are appropriately paced and not overly "fairy tale"-y. And Cuaron deserve the credit there.

[Nis]

Prisoner of Azkaban is great, but when I first watched it it felt jarring because it was so different from the first two (which I can hardly watch now). I know Cuaron was trying to go for a different feel, but at times it feels like a much different series.

My personal favorite is Goblet of Fire. It's more episodic then the rest which appeals to me and it's the first where things start to feel really serious. Voldemort proves to be a really dangerous villain instead of just a face on a guy's head.

[bighaben]

The third was the best movie, in terms of plot movement, direction, and feel. It was just the most fun to watch.

I think it's my favorite as well, but the first two movies have a certain "magic" about them that was lost in the last 6 movies.

[Void]

I found the Half Blood Prince to be the best of the 8 movies. The final two were complete jokes that disgraced the books. The other were good, but no where near the extent of the Half Bllod Prince.

[Arnnaria]

The third movie was genius. It actually got me to read the rest of the series.

Since I had read the series after the third, the movies really didn't hold water to the books.

Four was okay. But, they just got too watered down as time went on.

[dcartist]

Actually I clicked order of phoenix, but it's probably Goblet or DH part II.

The part where Voldemort first appears Was amazing, as was the part where he come back with diggory's body and the band is playing... Very moving.

Oh and even the part where Hermione cried because Ron spoiled everything.

The part with torturing the spider.

Azkaban was good too.

[acpc2203]

Definitely Prisoner of Azkaban for me, though that may be due to how bad I thought the first two movies were and that PoA is my favorite book in the series.

[Verbal]

3 votes;

Azkhaban as it improves the most on the book; I thought the book was poorly paced in the extreme and the film doesn't suffer from that.

Order of the phoenix because it has the best wizard battle of any film ever made; vastly superior to its sequals, sadly

And deathly hallows part one because despite being a slow and torturous wander through the woods it was an emotive, slow and torturous wander.

I can't understand voting for six; it is the worst transition from the book I can imagine. Draco's whole 'open the cabinet' makes no sense, as the dark wizards do literally nothing when they enter the castle (rather than having an epic battle). The cuts to the memories were also too deep considering they let the various love scenes go on interminably.

Seven 2 also suffers from having some odd changes to the book that - frankly - make it make less sense. (Like harry can sense the horcruxes because...**** this makes the six not make sense again...or two....). It also needed to lend some story to 7.1 - the film had too much to do and needed to give the fight some room to breathe, rather than just jamming it together and hoping it works. The killing of voldemort is also less...satisfying and thematic.

[dcartist]

I agree 6 was awful... Like it wasn't even a movie... Just a teaser for deathly hallows.