Steven Spielburg disses the movie

[b.jebenstreit at biologie.uni-bielefeld.de]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., kabuki_darling at h... wrote:
> I just heard on the radio a major insult from Spielburg, about the
> upcoming HP movie. It went something like this:
> '"The Harry Potter is too easy, I purposely passed on the chance to
> direct it. At this point in my career, I need a challenge. I want to
> film more...authentic films. Harry Potter is like ducks in a barrel
> (*what does that mean?*). It'd be taking a million dollars to put in
> my bank."'

Is there an English equivalent to the German saying: "The fox scorned
the grapes - that he could not reach - as to sour."?
If not: its easy to say something is bad - if you don´t have it. Is he
actually against earning money?
In his defense - he might attempt to say that he made enough money for
a lifetime and can take the leisure to make more movies like
"Schindler´s list". In which case he did not express himself to well.



You get the gist. We all know that he just didn't like
> that they didn't want Haley Joel Osman for Harry Potter. And what's
> this about authentic? As if his little alien films are much more
> authentic? Don't get me wrong I think he's made some great movies but
> still...


Haley Joel Osman is a great actor. But I cannot picture him as Harry.
Danile Radcliff might not be perfect - but he is closer than Osman.
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