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Trailers: Harry Potter, Peter Pan

Quick notice of a couple trailers worth checking out (at least, in my world they’re worth checking out):

Sirius BlackHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban: On the insanely unlikely chance you don’t know, this is the third film in the Harry Potter series, adapted from the book of the same name. First impressions: Michael Gambon as Dumbledore seems to both look and sound right (a good thing, I was a little worried about the switch in actors). What’s up with Draco’s new hairstyle? I’m not sure if I like it or not. Gary Oldman looks great as Sirius Black. Our first glimpse of the Dementors, and they look nicely creepy. Overall, I’m looking forward to it — each sucessive book has been getting darker, and it appears that they’re not afraid to let the movies do the same.

MermaidPeter Pan: I’d not even heard of this one, until I found it linked from the Harry Potter fan site The Leaky Cauldron (Cpt. Hook is played by Jason Isaccs, who played Lucius Malfoy in HPatCoS). This one looks quite interesting — it appears that the people making it are aiming to do their best to capture J.M. Barrie’s book on film as closely as possible. Wendy isn’t “classically” cute, but I think she looks perfect — like a real girl. Isaacs looks like he’s having a blast as Cpt. Hook, and the mermaids look downright creepy! There are two trailers available on the website, I’d suggest grabbing the one listed as “Trailer #1” first — while the “New Trailer!” shows more of the story, the quality is much worse, and the first trailer gives a much better idea of the look of the film.

Posted in Film. See also: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire teaser! | Harry Potter, Year Seven: The Deathly Hallows | 2005 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Butt Kicking ;) .

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  1. Alastair said

    Gotta say the Peter Pan site is appalling. I can’t stand sites that use flash like that. And take an age to load. And I’m on a 2mb VPN connection to a 36mb pipe.

    I think you have a problem with the first line in this box as well. It doesnt line wrap.

  2. I’m no great fan of pure Flash sites myself, either — while I’ve seen some remarkably well designed Flash stuff, the majority takes far too long to download for far too little content.

    As far as the line wrap — well, I just don’t see it. I know there are some odd placement issues with the name/email/url input boxes under IE6/PC, but I think everything else should appear fine in all browsers. And without knowing what browser/platform you’re on, it’s a bit difficult for me to be sure of what you’re referring to. Sorry ‘bout that!

  3. Nifty — thanks Roy!

    For everyone else, that link points to an RSS feed for the latest new movie trailers posted to Apple’s website. Instant notification of new online trailers, right in your newsreader. Nice!

  4. Ken said

    To be honest, I think those mermaids are quite cute. But I too am looking forward to both Peter Pan and Harry Potter. Especially the Potter one because I’m quite curious to see which parts of the book they’ll put in and which parts they’ll leave out. Especially since each successive book gets longer and longer. All in all, I think the special effects along with the storyline should make these a couple of pretty enjoyable movies.

  5. I really hope they stuk to the Prisoner of Askaban because it is my favorite of the five. I’m hopeing to see Sirus Black,Boggarts,and Dementors.

  6. I really hope they stuk to the Prisoner of Askaban because it is my favorite of the five. I’m hopeing to see Sirus Black,Boggarts,and Dementors.

  7. i would like to watch this animation as soon as it is released.please post it to me.

Continuing the Discussion

  1. eclecticism linked to this post on December 29, 2003

    Peter Pan…soon!

    I’ve been looking forward to the new film version of Peter Pan ever since I stumbled across the trailer in mid-November. Kalyx just got to see it, and her writeup just makes me want to see it more…

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