[clayton b]

Does anyone know if the sound was re-mixed for Imax?

I know that for AOTC, The Imax Experience they remixed the sound. I think they do remix the sound for all 'Imax Experience' films. I agree that the dialog was much more directional and the mix much more aggressive for the imax presentation.

I agree that the Imax presentation was much superior to that of what you get at a conventional theater. The print at an Imax theater will almost certainly be in better condition than a conventional 35mm print, you can count on the image to be properly focused at an Imax theater, the equipment properly maintained and the sound quality is vastly superior.

I guess that not all of the Imax projectors have been upgraded to accommodate more film. When I saw it at chinook centre in Calgary they announced the running time as 1 hour 47 minutes and I noticed a few shots and whatnot were missing.

[clayton b]

Does anyone know if the sound was re-mixed for Imax?

I know that for AOTC, The Imax Experience they remixed the sound. I think they do remix the sound for all 'Imax Experience' films. I agree that the dialog was much more directional and the mix much more aggressive for the imax presentation.

I agree that the Imax presentation was much superior to that of what you get at a conventional theater. The print at an Imax theater will almost certainly be in better condition than a conventional 35mm print, you can count on the image to be properly focused at an Imax theater, the equipment properly maintained and the sound quality is vastly superior.

I guess that not all of the Imax projectors have been upgraded to accommodate more film. When I saw it at chinook centre in Calgary they announced the running time as 1 hour 47 minutes and I noticed a few shots and whatnot were missing.

[Tony_Ramos]

Ernest:

I have a few things for you that Columbus did not do, but that Cuaron uses to great effect:

• Psychedelicism (the mugshot of Black and the close-ups of his eyes are truly trippy sometimes)
• Surrealism (any scene with the dementors has wonderful light and shadow, i.e. the Big Patronus scene)
• askew camera angles. Columbus sticks primarily to naturalism, which is usually disengaging for viewers

In summation, questionable edits aside, there's no questoin that Cuaron is a more well-versed, engaging, and interesting director. Whether the movie was more entertaining for you is a different question.

[Artur Meinild]

I think this movie could have been about 20 minutes longer (like Chamber) and explained some more things in detail. I really felt the story rushed forward, everything that happened HAD to push the story forward, and it didn't really take its time to stay with the characters for more than 2 minutes of dialogue at any given time. Beautifully made, but it felt rushed to me, I hope for an extended version.

[Malcolm R]

I hope for an extended version.

Hope all you want, but it's been stated repeatedly that everything they shot is on-screen, save for a few seconds here and there. The cutting was at the script stage.

Unless they go back and do some additional POA shooting as part of the GOF production, I don't see any chance of an extended edition.

[MatthewLouwrens]

Saw the film. Liked the film. Liked the fact that it was abbreviated much more than the first two films. Would have liked a bit more discussion of why the other characters became animagus - not necessarily revealing who Prong, Wormtail, etc, were, which did not actually need to be explained, but just explaining that they chose to develop those powers in order to acompany Lupin on his werewolf nights.

Also, wasn't this the book where the story of Potter's father saving Snape was explained? Maybe it's not entirely essential to the story, but it did tie back to the first film, so it might have been nice.

But on the whole, I thought they did an excellent job in abbreviating the story down to its bare essentials.

Loved the closing credits.

One last thing - am I completely wrong, or did the film have the kids watching the death of Buckbeak, or have them turn away at the very last minute? Or did I mean, I could have sworn they actually watched it, in which case the whole time travel aspect is screwed. Or is my memory completely faulty, and they just sat there behind the wall not watching at all. Can people just confirm that point? Thanks.

[Matt Stone]

All they saw was the executioner swing the scythe/axe. After they go back in time and free Buckbeak, you see that the executioner actually cut a pumpkin in half out of anger...so the kids were mistaken the first time around.

[Tony_Ramos]

yeah you can't tell what the executioner is cutting the first time you see it, the trees and pumpkins obscure it.

[Adam Lenhardt]

Quote:

One last thing - am I completely wrong, or did the film have the kids watching the death of Buckbeak, or have them turn away at the very last minute? Or did I mean, I could have sworn they actually watched it, in which case the whole time travel aspect is screwed. Or is my memory completely faulty, and they just sat there behind the wall not watching at all. Can people just confirm that point?

The book was clearer in that it had them walking away with their area of view in the opposite direction from the pumpkin patch, but the general idea is that the kids couldn't have seen it.

[Mark Walker]

Malcom R-

The first two, based on side-by-side comparissons, looks to be shot Super35, meaning some image was lost on the left and right sides, and for shots that were primarily f/x, it looks like plain, old, pan-and-scan: the shot of the kids first encounter with Fluffy, in particular, is seriously cropped.

Per www.imdb.com (which has from time-to-time had "technical specs" errors), it says HP3 was also short Super 35. While Columbus appears to have preferred the composition of the 1.33, I suspect that Curon's theatrical aspect ratio will look more properly composed than the MAR version.