[HPFGU-Movie]Shredding the movie (WAS: Seventeen points ......)

[John Hancock]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Joanne0012 at a... wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Milagros Viquez <sesyred at y...> wrote:
> 
Well, in fact JKR helped write the screenplay for the movie and 
worked on the adaption including alterations!


> > I'm not entirely sure J.K. Rowling did make the final
> > cuts to the movie.  In fact, I'm pretty sure that she
> > stuck around to perfect the look, feel, and just about
> > everything of the movie, but she certainly didn't have
> > the tough job of being the person to make the final
> > decisions on the cutting room floor.  The director is
> > the artist.  He's the interpreter and, ultimately,
> > J.K. had little power over what scenes should be kept
> > and others ommitted.
> 
> I think you're right, Millie, JKR was a presence on set and 
beforehand, but 
> there's been no indication that she participated in the editing, 
more's the pity. 
> Several scenes were filmed but not used -- they've shown up in 
previews, 
> among other inidcations -- so even if she saw the script, she 
didn't necesarily 
> approve the final cut.