From kabuki_darling at hotmail.com Thu Sep 6 01:43:17 2001 From: kabuki_darling at hotmail.com (kabuki_darling at hotmail.com) Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 01:43:17 -0000 Subject: Steven Spielburg disses the movie Message-ID: <9n6kbl+orae@eGroups.com> 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."' 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... Sylph From jrober4 at bellsouth.net Mon Sep 24 16:52:28 2001 From: jrober4 at bellsouth.net (jrober4 at bellsouth.net) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:52:28 -0400 Subject: new to the HP movies Message-ID: <004801c14519$4cf33230$72a0d6d1@nonexuzodpqjy5> Hi! I saw the "Sorcerer's Stone" movie for the first time two weeks ago (on Cinemax) -- much to my surprise -- I really *liked* it and so I ran out and bought the 4 books (as well as pre-ordering #5 last night). I am now reading "CoS", and am very much looking forward to seeing the movie when it comes out on DVD and VHS April 11th. I would really like to know, for anyone who wants to respond -- did you like how the movies were done? Were they translated well from the books? And, how do you feel about the actors who were chosen to play the roles? As for me -- so far, I like everyone. And, since my boyfriend lives in Scotland -- and so am partial to Scots -- I was delighted to hear of the Scots who are in the HP movies: Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane and Sean Biggerstaff. Are these the only Scots in the movies, or are there any others? Being a fan of Scot actor Ewan McGregor, I heard about rumor floating around that him and the role of Lupin. I suppose this could have been merely wishful thinking on the part of Ewan fans, and I haven't read far enough to even know who Lupin *is* yet, so I would like to know if he was one of those considered to be "in the running"? And, who fans were *hoping* would get this role? I heard that David Thewlis -- who I know from "Dragonheart" and one fairly recent version of "Black Beauty" -- is the actor who *got* the Lupin role. Glad that I found this egroup, and I look forward to some upcoming "interesting" discussions! Judy I have to say one thing, though -- in *reading* CoS, the image I got of Lockhart . . . well, Kenneth Branaugh doesn't fit it, to tell you the truth. Granted, I haven't seen the movie yet, and I may be way off base here, so would anyone like to comment about this? From jrober4 at bellsouth.net Tue Sep 25 01:40:36 2001 From: jrober4 at bellsouth.net (jrober4 at bellsouth.net) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:40:36 -0400 Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: new to the HP movies References: Message-ID: <004301c14563$1453ce40$e4a1d6d1@nonexuzodpqjy5> lorien_eve wrote: <> Lorien_Eve, Thanks for your response! Your opinion -- and others, I hope -- is important to me, so I can get a good view of what HP fans (for longer than I have been, I mean). I have to say that Daniel's portrayal of HP is what has made the biggest impression on me up to this point. He is a real find, imo, and I will be most interested to see how he looks in PoA. Speaking of which, how would you all feel if the movies go beyond PoA? I presume the studio would want this, as long as the franchise continues to make money. Oh, and I am an American, myself. I think the first thing I saw David Thewlis in was the movie he did with Leonardo DiCaprio, "Total Eclipse" (*not* for children). He made for a unlikable bad guy in "Dragonheart", which is probably his best-known movie to the mainstream audience. Since the PoA book is even longer than CoS, I sure hope they don't go haphazard with the movie, to get things in within a certain period of time. Hopefully, JKR won't allow that to happen. I guess this being directed so much at children, though, will make this a real challenge. Judy From jrober4 at bellsouth.net Wed Sep 26 06:09:26 2001 From: jrober4 at bellsouth.net (jrober4 at bellsouth.net) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 02:09:26 -0400 Subject: follow-up Message-ID: <00cb01c14651$cd064500$84a0d6d1@nonexuzodpqjy5> First of all, I want to thank everyone who responded to my "new to HP movies" post. All of your opinions were welcome, which helps in putting everything I am seeing (the "Sorcerer's Stone" movie) and reading (the first two books) in perspective. I finished reading CoS tonight, and will start PoA when I go to bed in a few minutes. I hadn't realized how emotional invested I was getting in this until I found myself saying out loud "all riiiiight" at certain points in the last 50 pages. (Yep -- the HP series has taken me in *completely*, .) So, I am more eager than ever to see the movie when it comes out on DVD/VHS next month . . . and to see if the movie has the same effect on me that the book did. Does anyone know what I mean? As long as JKR can stay *directly* involved in the making of the movies (to keep things loyal to the books), and Daniel continue to portray "Harry" in all of them, I am totally in favor of every HP book being turned into a movie. I would hope that all the other actors/actresses of the main characters will also keep doing their roles. Oh, there's one thing I forgot to mention about "SS" -- I was *so pleased* that John Williams had done the score, as I am a *long-time* fan of his work (going back even before Star Wars), and I think he did a good job of helping the feel of what we love about the HP series come alive in "SS". Did he also do the score for CoS? And will he do the PoA one? I sure *hope* so. Judy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]