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UPDATED! Malkovich is NOT Voldemort! Plus a gushing review of Azkaban!!!
SPOILER ALERT !!
The crusty seaman here with the real deal. Turns out BBC has gotten WB to comment (check here for the story!)and they've denied the rumor that John Malkovich is playing Voldemort. It honestly doesn't surprise me as IMDB ran with the whole "Mr. Bean" as Voldemort thing a while back. So, looks like I can still cross my fingers that Tim Roth or perhaps Jeremy Irons will step into Voldemort's evil booties!
Ahoy, squirts. Quint here with a couple of nice tidbits on the next two Harry Potter films. I've been a fan of these books since I was forced into them before a scheduled interview with screenwriter Steven Kloves when the first film was still shooting. Prisoner of Azkaban is arguably the best book in the series and I'm really excited to see that the early word is Alfonso Cuaron hit Azkaban out of the ball park.
Before we get to Red Whale's... enthusiastic review, I'd like to bring up the casting that I saw over at IMDB earlier today. According to IMDB's news section John Malkovich has been cast as Lord Voldemort in the currently filming HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. I love this casting, even though I'll have to force Tim Roth's face off of Voldemort when I reread the books. What do you folks think?
Anyway, here's Red Whale with his rather odd look at a rough cut of PRISONER OF AZKABAN:
Red Whale here. First time sender, long time reader. Just caught a
screening of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ( can we please
have a title that's not so damn hard to spell?) I've never read the
books, you know, because....well, because they're long as shit. But
I've kinda liked the movies, was def. more excited about this one,
though, cuz it's got a director who's cool, and isn't in love with
Robin Williams.
Well, anyone, I dont' have kids so I took my nephew, who's 14, so I
don't know if he's in the target age or not, but he loves HP.
Anyways, the movie starts off with Harry making his fat aunt even
fatter, thus pissing off the Dursleys. So anyway, Harry's in trouble,
and looks like he won't be able to go to Hogwarts, of course we know
that's not the case, other wise this movie would be pretty lame. The
beginning is pretty silly, but luckily it's also short and only gets
better.
Luckily for Harry he gets picked up by this big purple bus (the Night
Bus). So off to Hogwarts we go.
It's about this point that we leant that a prisoner has escaped from
Azkaban, the magical prison. All of Hogwarts is abuzz. Especially
Harry, Ron, and Hermione whp suspect that Sirius Black (aformentioned
prisoner) is going to try to kill Harry.
Enough of the plot, which is actually a lot more adult than the
previous movies., but we got better stuff to talk about. First off
all, these kids have improved ten fold. Especially the kid who plays
Hermione. And believe me, she'll be smokin' at 18. These kids actually
make you believe they've been through these past few years. Harry is
especially war-torn, feeling the weight of all this. There's a scene
where Harry must protect Hermione that is actually touching.
The rest of the cast is pretty much the same as before, though Snape
gets some much more deserved screen time, and the new Dumbledore is
alright. He def. aint Richard Harris, but he does the job.
As for Cuaron, he makes the film. This film is an outright thriller.
The movie starts out light but slowly the creepiness factor begins to,
uh, creep in. And for the first time, we actually sense that we are in
a magical world. He keeps his close-ups to a minimum and lets us just
feast on the wonderful eye candy. It's all so freaking beautiful!
And terrifying. This is a kids movie? I mean, the stars are kids, but
it's all pretty unsettling, especially these Dementors. They seem to
be like Kryptonite to our young wizard Harry. It's kind of freaky to
see these things roaming around what's supposed to be a school. Also,
there's the required Quidditch match, which takes place in rain and is interrupted by the friendly dementors.
The end is pretty brilliant, even for me who hates time travel. And
it's not the cop out that I felt the previous two films gave us. All
in all, it's a cool movie I'd say right up there with LOTR. And Im
sure HP lovers would probably argue its even better than that. Out.
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Shape of a watering pot....
Form of, uhg, water!
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im kidding. i never read the books but the movies were good. hope this one is too.
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He'll really have to slim down though. Like, Tom Hanks in "Castaway" thin. It's kind of obvious casting, but at least it will work.
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May 01, 2004 12:52:58 AM CDT
They're not really effing around with these casting choices, are
by terry_1978
Though I'm somewhat surprised they didn't go for a Brit for old Tom Riddle, but this should be interesting to see nonetheless.
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May 01, 2004 12:57:21 AM CDT
I'd pay money to see one of the ads for this say "That shit was
by 007-11
Of course this one is going to rule and be well received. It's the vocal favorite of fans and they got a fantastic director. But what will we do if the next one isn't up to snuff? Other than come here and bitch.
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Yep.
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Uh, actually, Warner Bros. already denied the Malkovich casting thing...go to mugglenet.com..
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I am pretty surprised that they didn't choose a U.K. actor as well, for I thought Rowling wanted to keep it strictly a British cast. Hm, Malkovich was too good I guess. Heh, props to Darth Scarface for that quote. Totally fitting. Now about Rickman getting more screen time. FINALLY!!! YAY! and HOORaY! About Ra's Al Ghul, I'm a Watanabe fan, so I can't say much, but I don't particularly see Rickman in that role, not to say that he wouldn't be able to pull it off, cuz he would...w/ flying colors~ for Rickman is THAT cool. I could imagine both addressing Batman as "detective." Both will sound different but uniquely awesome! In the end, though, I don't want Rickman playing a Batman villain. Although I don't know how Nolan's movie is gonna turn out, Rickman deserves much more than putting on those funky eyebrows. Again, yay for snape!
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Read the post about Malk casting proved false on mugglenet. Scratch whatever I said on that subj.
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You know, I visit this site all the damn time, and it never fails to amaze me that Harry will put stuff on the front page that can be EASILY disproven on about 100 other web sites. You'd think that a guy with as many connections as the Big One has would be able to get some accurate info. Just a thought.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_3670000/3670139.stm
CBBC Newsround are now reporting that 'Warner Bros has killed off the rumor that actor John Malkovich will play Lord Voldemort in the Goblet Of Fire.' Very fast denial by Warner Bros & considering that the Daily Express was the paper to report this story first, I would take the movie length as rumor also.
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This guy hasn't seen anything....I love how he doesn't describe a single thing.
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for reasons passing understanding...that is all
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is Terrence Stamp.
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You're damn right, Michael Gambon is a hundred times the actor that that crusty old drunk was. On the one hand, Harris, who made three movies in the sixties and then spent the next thirty years garging in a hotel room. Or Gambon, the Singing Detective, Beckett and Lear. No contest.
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Hey, I'd never thought about Tim Roth as Voldemort... I think he'd have made a great Lupin, though. I'm not sure about David Thewlis as Lupin, I'm waiting till I've seen the film to pass judgement, but I'm a bit skeptical...
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Aren't there enough attractive adult women out there right now that you can ogle?
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Kinda sad when adults can't handle kids books because they're LARGE.
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Yeah, let's cast the guy who did such a brillant job the last time he played an evil sorcerer. Granted Goblet of Fire will be a little better done than the D&D movie, but if I flashback to Profion for even a fraction of a second during HP4's awesome confrontation scene with Harry and You-Know-Who my anger will be so intense I'll spontaneously develop incredible psychic powers which I'll then use to fight purse snatchers and terrorists. So maybe it's not that bad an idea.
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Hollywood rarely gives us a serious black in a movie. Usually they're just relegated to the role of the humorous cut up, even when they're the lead and not the sidekick. Man on Fire and now Harry Potter...good year for serious black actors.
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First, Hermione: admit it, she is smoking hot right now. And if she's causing a tingle in my pants at 13 or 14 or whatever she is, I just can't wait to see what developes. Here's hoping she's in Hairy Pooper and the Pees-on-her of Az-cock-ban in a few years.
As for Voldemort, the only logical choice to play Voldemort? Michael Jackson. "Ron, stop teasing ! Harry, get me a tissue." -
You shall see.
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Or the WORST. 500 pages of no conflict, no plot, no resolution, no story-line progress; just new character introductions and improbable revelations.
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...get's my vote.
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May 01, 2004 12:10:20 PM CDT
John Malkovich has been cast as a new, Douglas Adams-created cha
by declan_swartz
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I'm stunned into silence.
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Azkaban is going to be great, you can just tell from the trailers and Oldman as Black come on! the first 2 films were good and each book gets even better so you know these movies will be classics if they make all 7 as well as they made the first 3.
As far as who for Voldemort, i agree that it should be Tim Roth. he was up for Snape until he decided to work on that piece of crap Planet of the Apes so hopefully they'll consider him again for Voldemort. if not then maybe Cilian Murphy if he is going to do a kickass Scarecrow then maybe he can do the same for Voldemort! -
May 01, 2004 1:01:56 PM CDT
He turned down the Green Goblin because he has a snobbishness ab
by sith witch
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May 01, 2004 1:20:37 PM CDT
Maybe AICN should have some sort of policy for only printing rev
by avon
That way people would believe it was a bullshit review that anyone whose read the books/read articles could write in a half hour...
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May 01, 2004 1:23:48 PM CDT
This will sink! LOTR beaten the crap out of Harry Potter on all
by robofag
In 10 years, "Harry Potter and the Satanic Witch of Deception" (which will be a serial-B cult horror flick sponsored by the Church of Satan), we'll finally be revealed that Harry Potter is the Antichrist and he`s gonna laugh at all the viewers who sheepingly followed his adventures since their childhood by telling that they were all fooled by Satan and he owns their ass like fucking slaves! And after that we will witness the biggest scatophilic party of all film history, and everyone`s heads will explose in the theater. And finally, after having directed a series of terribly flawed blockbusters, Peter Jackson will finally turn his back on Hollywood, vowing to never go out of Kiwiland again, and adapt "The Hobbit" to film, wich will be an immense success, again. Then at this time Hollywood will no longer be able to produce any blockbusters, David Lynch will take over what`s left of the film industry, and the Antichrist will be beaten to death by El Savior from the skies!!!
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Why not Samuel L. Jackson as Voldemort? I can only think of two movies with black bad guys and that is Live and Let Die (Classic) and Daredevil (Crap, except for crazy Colin Ferrel which made me laugh) so I think that is unfair and there needs to be more black actors so bring on Sammy Jackson as Voldemort!!!
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drooling after a thriteen-year-old girl? you guys are sick, seriously. go write posters for Jacko's next SUV dance saying "we've loved you since the Jackson 5, Mike, if you know what we mean." i'm encouraged by this review, having read the books several times and thoroughly enjoyed them, i still like Azkaban, though Phoenix was great too. hey man, if you can't read Harry Potter's 300 pages (the early ones, anyway) you need to go back to grade school and learn the values of an elementary education. oh, and no HP movie will ever TOUCH LotR so don't even make humor that way...
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i'm getting sick and tired of these messed-up TBs with the order all wonky and jumbled. GET WITH THE PROGRAM HARRY! it's your frickin' website after all
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...that doesn't mean that he can't be. Seriously, what are they waiting for. John Malkovich as You Know Who sounds like the most natural casting decision in the world. He's about the right age for the character and he has that creepy demeanor that would be a slam dunk for He Who Must Not be Named.
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"Azkaban" was the bridging novel between the first two and last two books in more ways than one. Rowling throws a decidedly more serious tone into the third book that provides a definite separation from the first two, just as the fourth book ,"Goblet", quickly breaks away from "Azkaban" and delves even darker, with "Phoenix" continuing that deep spiral. I was hoping that Cuaron would stay true to those currents, and it seems that he is, to which I say Bravo! Of course, I'm basing a great deal of this on a reviewer who, I hope, isn't as dim as his writing makes him seem to appear.
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I hope that the producers of the HP films are able to keep the current cast (if the cast wishes to stay) at least through the present run of books - and hopefully beyond, as the continuity of faces attached to these characters is very important for the films' continued success. The young actors may feel a bit stifled within these roles as they get older, but working steadily as a typecast actor beats sitting around being out-of-work. David Caruso and Sean Connery are just two actors whom the HP kids should speak with about the realism of the profession of acting. You think they actually preferred schlepping around to auditions after they gave up lucrative careers to pursue "the art" of acting. Rubbish! It's a job, so get up, go to work, and be wise enough to enjoy the fact that your job is a spot better than almost anyone else's on the planet.
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To whomever stated that HP will never touch LOTR, for shame! You are just too silly to admit that Harry Potter and co. could kick LOTR's but! This new Cuaron guy has changed around my favorite aspects of the books and in my opinion, totally screwed it up. But nonetheless, it will still always be better than Lord of the Rings by far. This person who did the review on the movie, by the way, is a total prat. Harry Potter is awesome and I don't like what Cuaron is doing to the movies. I don't like how much he let them change the slapping scene around and I hate that he changed the oh-so-perfect-already costumes to either those of "muggles" (which Ron is not even slightly) or a mutilated form of the school uniforms. I scoff at his work and I hate LOTR with a burning passion!!!!! HP will always be the best in my eyes, always.
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And oh yes, I believe that John Malkovich would have played a decent Lord V, but now that the role seems open again, I believe that Terence Stamp would be an excellent choice. He is right about the same age as Gambon, Smith, and Rickman (his contemporaries in the story) and possesses the necessary gravitas for the role. Oh, and that voice. Perfection!
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Yo playa, a brutha cain't even keep up wid da conversational flow wid dis hacked up TB order. Wassup wid dat?
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...will kick Potter's butt to high heaven. Just wait and see. Infinitely better books by the the world's (current) greatest writer of children/adult fiction, Phillip Pullman. If it's anything as marvellous as the stage version the film will seriously raise the bar for what we should expect to feed our kid's brains with. 'The Amber Spy Glass', for those of you who haven't read it, is a masterpiece for the ages.
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Hey everyone, did this Voldemort casting hoopla side-track you all into not seeing Sepulchrave's post saying Richard Harris was essentially a bad actor? How could anyone say such a thing? Both Harris and Gambon are (or were in Harris's case) fine actors. And I think the point this reviewer was trying to make was that Gambon doesn't come close to Harris's Dumbledore, though I am not saying it will be bad. I'm sure Gambon is very good.
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ginny, i am hoping and assuming you're refering to the books when you favor HP over LotR. i pray that is the case because if not, then i'm wasting my time even responding to you. the films...well, there's no comparison really. it would be like saying that Mafia! movie with Jay Mohr and Lloyd Bridges is better than the Godfather. PJ's masterpiece is unique in cinematic history, not only in scope and grandeur, but also in the detail and the fact that (in my humble opinion) it is the greatest film adaptation of any book ever written. HP the movies are okay, great sound track and visually neat but nothing to get awestruck over. as for the books, well, what can i say except that LORD OF THE RINGS IS THE CORNERSTONE FOR THE WHOLE FREAKING FANTASY GENRE! PERIOD! AAAHH! NO DISCUSSION. And most people forget that the book that started it all, the Hobbit, was a kids' book as well, and better than any HP book. my favorite kids series has to be the Chronicles of Narnia, an absolutely excellent set of stories from the master storyteller CS Lewis. there are all sorts of kids books that are great as well; A Wrinkle in Time comes to mind (Madeline L'Engle). the point being, if you really want to assert that HP is better than LotR, that's your perrogative. But you're wrong.
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I am not even talking about the sexualizing of a pre-teen...........I am shocked how many people in the talkback are declaring that the first two movies were great. The first two HP movies were considered average at best by critics and fans over 16. Don't believe me? Why did the 2nd film drop significantly in $$? The first movie had moments but the second was as well done as if the director were reading a "how to make a movie" book as he went but had a giant budget and a competent DP. The second movie, in fact, bored me to tears. It was DOA. Not coincidently, the first two books were decent children's books, with the second one following the template of the first almost to the letter. However JKR made significant strides in the third book with writing skill and imagainative plotting and hopefully the film will grow similarly. There is great hope for the franchise. The casting was very good from the begining so all the tools are there to make a pretty damn good movie. My concern is how to adapt such a lengthy story into a digestible film. I hope the writing is sharp.
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Hey if you're going to be a pedo, at least have taste. 13 year old Peter Pan's Rachel Hurd-Wood smokes this bitch. http://rachelhurd-wood.primary.net/photo01.jpg
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May 02, 2004 12:45:45 PM CDT
I've never read the books, you know, because....well, because th
by charlie & tex
A perfect example of literacy (ot should that be illiteracy) rampaging across the western world. God help us all when text-english surpasses English as the norm...
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Anyone catch that ABC Harry Potter 2 special, where they had the "kids" (that Weasly guy is really outgrowing the other two)talk about three, and I believe they had a new trailer? Hermione was way hot!
Also, read Roger Eberts review of harry potter 2, he agrees. And that validates my point of view.
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My guess is, he attacks Harry under the big buttery moon.
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Oh, you mean this isn't a Roger Corman production of Harry Potter? Too bad... I'd love to see a ten-million-dollar version. Strip away the CGI and really get into the character development.
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Did anyone see SNL last night with Lindsey Lohan and that Harry Potter sketch? Funny shit. "Harry, you don't still have that cloak of invisibility, do you?"
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Just had to say that.
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Harry Potter is far superior to LOTR. Harry Potter is awesome. LOTR is not. LOTR sucks.
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Serious Black, You've got be kidding me!!!!! Sirius Black is the name of the villian in the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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If we're talking who should play the part, first off it *should* be a "British" actor (this includes Irish, Scot, S.African, Indian Brit, Aussie, Canadian) Secondly, age needs to be considered.
Following the books' story arc and taking into account what would be the linear ages of the characters, Tom Riddle/Voldemort would be around 65-70 years old. However, Dumbledore by that formula would have to be about 100.
That is why I've compiled two lists. One for older actors and one for younger actors. (The old guys outnumber the pups)
Elderly Voldemort:
Peter O'Toole
Patrick Stewart
Terence Stamp
John Neville
Ben Kingsley
Christopher Lee
Christopher Plummer
Derek Jacobi
Brian Blessed
David Warner
Ian McDiarmid
Ian McKellen
Brian Cox
Anthony Hopkins
Malcolm McDowell
Younger Voldemort:
Sean Bean
Tim Roth
Timothy Dalton
John Lynch
Sam Neill
Rufus Sewell
Dougray Scott
Ralph Fiennes
Liam Neeson
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May 03, 2004 5:10:25 AM CDT
Only one man can play Voldemort and let the series retain any cr
by full_time_killer
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN
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You know you want it!
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You are all immature losers! I'm an avid fan of the HP and LOTR books, and both are awesome; both plots are great and the characters are fantastic. What's up with you guys?! Why do you keep on biting each other's heads off?! I respect both books because they're terrific in their own unique way. Just a suggestion: why don't you guys READ both LOTR and HP first before judging the other? I'm sure that you'll eat your words. And stop showing the whole internet how juvenile you are, it's an embarrassment.
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