Future casting opinions, nitpickiness

[Adana Robinson]

Hi!  I'm a newbie here.  I've been enjoying the HPforGrownups list, so I 
thought I'd check over here too.

I really enjoyed the movie, strictly on a movie basis judgement.  Not to be 
compared with the books, of course.  As an adaptation, it was closer to the 
book than I thought it would be, but from necessity it reminded me of a 
description of the Platte river I read once: "A mile wide and an inch deep."

The mirror of Erised scene is an example, and the one I had the most problem 
with.  In the book, Harry went back more than once, over several nights.  He 
lost interest in his schoolwork and even in his friends.  It was clear that 
the mirror had a hold on him.

In the movie, it seems to be a one-night deal, and Dumbledore shows up 
almost immediately to give his pep talk.  The dialogue is almost the same as 
in the book, but the scene and mood are not nearly as strong. It's almost a 
footnote, just a set-up for the end fight with Quirrell.

And where was Hagrid's outrage that the Dursleys hadn't told Harry anything 
at all?

(I apologize if I'm mentioning things already discussed here.)

I'm following the Snape/Rickman discussion with interest.  That wasn't how I 
pictured him at all, but I'm still undecided as to who I'd pick instead.  
I'll give that some thought.  Rickman doesn't *do* anything for me, but then 
neither does Snape.  However, don't ask me about Sirius Black.  :)

I'm firmly in the "Colin Firth for Sirius" category.  Can I vote somewhere?  
Anybody have any contacts in the film industry?  In A&E's Pride & Prejudice, 
and in Bridget Jones's Diary (the same movie, for those who haven't seen 
them), he played an at-first-glance total jerk, only to be revealed as the 
true hero.  Shouldn't be much of a stretch to play an at-first-glance 
murderous thug, only to be revealed etc.  He can project the edge that 
suggests that it wouldn't take much for him to slip right off reality.  
After 12 years in Azkaban, I think Sirius is hanging on by a thread.  Plus 
Colin Firth is *really, really* nice to look at.

Has anybody mentioned Jeremy Northam for Lupin?  (Mr. Knightley, in Emma, 
with Gwyneth Paltrow.)  He's got the slight uncertainty and self-effacing 
quietness, but with underlying strength, for the role.  Some might say that 
we are supposed to think that he's a bit dangerous--a quality I haven't seen 
from Mr. Northam--but I didn't think anything of the sort about Lupin, even 
after it was revealed that he was a werewolf.  I just couldn't be scared of 
him.

And then, of course, there's Leslie Nielsen for Mad-Eye Moody.

Just kidding!

Adana

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