[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Still More Musing on Adaptations

[Meredith Wilson]

This is exactly my opinion.  I understood a lot of why they cut things and
even changed things (though with all the CGI in this movie I can't
understand why Harry's eyes are so blatently blue...) but there were a
number of details that were changed for no apparent reason and could have
just as easily stayed the same.
 
My one other complaint is that I think Richard Harris really hurt his
performance by not reading the book.  I don't think his Dumbledore held the
depth of character that Dumbledore should have.  I saw little to none of his
mischievousness.  Not that Dumbledore is a crack-up, but he has such depth,
and as an incredibly important character in the series, I saw Harris
lacking.
 
Other than that stuff... I adored it, though more the second time when I
could relax and let the art flow. :)  I did prove myself to be the town geek
here in Seattle by being one of 3 dressed up people at the midnight Thursday
showing.  One of the other 2 was my husband and the 3rd was in some odd
witch outfit that looked right out of the Spice Girls.  I appreciated the
effort, and loved her tights, but it didn't seem very Hogwarts to me.  I
also was interviewed that night supporting all the Grown-Ups for HP!
 
Meredith

There is no logic to it, as with most of the small
detail changes, which is why I do not like them. The
changes are so small they do not any real effect,
positive or negative, and/or it would have taken an
equal amount of effort to leaving things as they were
in the book, leaving one to wonder why anyone bothered
to changing it. Again, there are some changes,
additions, etc. that I thought were brilliant (Dudley
stomping on the steps is one), but the details should
have been kept.

That's just my $.02

Michael



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