[HPFGU-Movie] Re: new to the HP movies

[jrober4 at bellsouth.net]

lorien_eve wrote: 
  <<I was happy with everyone they picked. A lot of people didn't like 
  Harris as Dumbledore, but he did a good job, IMO. I don't think Emma 
  Watson is a "perfect" book Hermione, but I like her in the movies. I 
  liked the PS/SS movie better than COS movie. COS seemed rushed, like 
  they kind of threw the scenes together without a lot of transition.

  Lupin is a *wonderful* character who'll you'll meet in POA. He and 
  Sirius Black are a lot of people's favorite characters (including 
  mine!). I'm American and had never heard of Thewlis until he was 
  mentioned for the casting. He doesn't look like the Lupin I have in 
  my mind, but since he's already cast, I'll give him a chance.   

  Branaugh did a great job playing Lockhart, but he didn't fit the 
  mental discription I had of him, either. He wasn't good-looking 
  enough, IMO. But he was funny and came off arrogant just like the 
  Lockhart in the books, so I have no complaints about his acting--
  just his looks. >>


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