[HPFGU-Movie] switching character parts (was Hagrid's Gift and Ewan as Lupin)

[Samaporn Teeravechyan]

At 02:32 PM 12/1/01 -0000, you wrote:

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Oh, well, I guess this just illustrates the problem of going from one 
medium to another - we all have pictures and preferences in our heads 
and no one will ever be able to replicate what's in our own 
individual imaginations.  There's no telling what will make us cranky 
about what is left in or out or how it looks right or wrong. I'm already
cranky about the character of Arwen riding a horse and waving a sword in
the upcoming "Lord of the Rings."  
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Okay, I can't resist following up on that LoTR movie comment =P. I promise
an in-topic discussion will follow.

Very mild 'Lord of the Rings' book SPOILER
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Actually, I was thinking about that too. My impression is that they
replaced Glorfindel with Arwen, so that they don't have to introduce yet
another character who will have no role later. That's sort of okay with me
-I always felt cheated by the lack of Arwen's character development.
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END OF SPOILER


As you say, that's the difficulty in making movies based on books.
Actually, I wish the Harry Potter movie did more of that. Sure, they
changed the dialogues around and let Harry or Ron deliver them instead of
other nonessential characters. But, as most people noted before, the movie
is still trying too hard to be faithful to the book. 

Personally however, I am rather optimistic on that part. My feeling is
that, for the first movie, they were working to capture all the sights and
imagery of the books, at some expense of continuity and flow. Having
established that and satisfied the fans' hunger to see a visual depiction
of Hogwarts and the Quidditch game and Diagon Alley, later movies will be
able to focus more on the storyline. Or so I hope.



Samaporn