Director for third movie

[shelaghcol]

I'm a bit puzzled by that article since it was recently announced 
that Cuaron had been chosen already.

I was relieved that Branagh won't be directing, frankly. Yes, he 
worked with the kids, but that doesn't mean he can *direct* kids.

First, children - particularly those who have little or no training 
(and, let's face it, it doesn't matter that Emma and Rupert have been 
in movies, they don't have *training*) - have to be worked with 
differently than adults. Branagh has *never* directed children.

Second, his reputation as a director in the last few years, 
unfortunately, has suffered. He hasn't directed anything of any note 
for quite some time. As an actor, he can be superb. As a director, 
he's rather uneven.

Third, he's *never* directed anything that was aimed at a general 
audience. I'm not saying an audience of children, but an audience 
that could be kids *or* adults. And for my money, that's important 
with Harry Potter.

I've heard reasonably good things about Cuaron and he *has* directed 
both children and for general audiences quite successfully.

btw, with all the moaning and whining from people about how much they 
hated CC, I found it amusing that JKR herself felt that he shared her 
vision of the HP series and that she wasn't happy about him not 
directing again.

;->

Shelagh
first breakfast is late


--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "feliciarickmann" <feliciarickmann at d...> 
wrote:
> I appreciate our attention being drawn to the article on JKR. Thank 
> you.
> 
> I can understand JKR's concern about getting a director who chimes 
in 
> with her feelings for her characters.  I would be rather worried if 
> someone was proposed with no track record that I admired, or at 
least 
> knew of.
> 
> I can agree with previous posts that Kenneth Branagh would be a 
good 
> choice, not just because he is in CoS but he had much experience at 
a 
> high level in film making as well as stage work, and seems to be 
able 
> to, as someone put it recently * melt into a role *.  This ability 
> applies to directing as he has great empathy with the characters he 
> directs.  
> 
> I had heard that another director had been proposed (his name 
escapes 
> me for the moment, sorry) whose work I have not seen, but I believe 
> he is Spanish.  Has anyone any comments on this directors work?
> 
> Felicia