[HPFGU-Movie] Little Giants and Little Spider - Ho-Hum.

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bboy_mn writes:

> I really think they are falling down on the job in their potrayal of
> Hagrid as a half-giant. He is suppose to be 8 to 10 feet tall (2.4M to
> 3.0Meters; 1 meter=40 inches). That was easy to do when Dan and Rupert
> were 11 yrs. old and only came up to Robby Coltrane's waist but now
> Dan comes up to Robby/Hagrids shoulder and he hasn't stopped growing. 

Actually, I don't think Dan and Rupert were ever that short.  Not while filming 
HP SS/PS.  The premier pictures from last year show Daniel almost up to 
Robbie's shoulder then.  I personally thought they did a great job with 
Hagrid.  Robbie Coltrane's not exceptionally tall, at 6'1".  Tall, but not THAT 
tall. If Dan and Rupert had been up to his waist they'd have been what, 4 feet 
tall?  
 
> In GoF, a spider is suppose to pick Harry up, puncture his leg then
> drop him twelve feet so he sprains his ankle. These spider CERTAINLY
> aren't up to that job.

I tended to think that the spider in the maze had been, oh, altered a bit.  :)  
And for my purposes, the spider in the clip from the trailer was way bigger 
than anything I want to meet in a dark forest. :)

> Very short sighted on all fronts if you ask me.

If you ask me, the most short sighted, or perhaps purely overlooked thing is 
Harry's lack of green eyes.  I understand if Daniel can't wear contacts, but 
why not edit them green?  It can't be that hard, compared to everything else 
they edit in.  When it becomes important that he has his mother's eyes, will 
they suddenly become green?  Or will they change Lily's eyes to blue? <gasp>

Richelle
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Hagrid the not so very big giant-

I really think they are falling down on the job in their potrayal of
Hagrid as a half-giant. He is suppose to be 8 to 10 feet tall (2.4M to
3.0Meters; 1 meter=40 inches). That was easy to do when Dan and Rupert
were 11 yrs. old and only came up to Robby Coltrane's waist but now
Dan comes up to Robby/Hagrids shoulder and he hasn't stopped growing. 

It's a shame when you look at what a great job they did in Lord of the
Rings at creating the illusion of tall and short. Even without the
special effects, they could make Hagrid look taller by having him
stand on a box when he stands next to people, and when he walks along
side them, he could walk on a raised platform. How much would that
have cost? The would have only had to use special effects in the
rarest of shots. 

In PoA, they are going to have a hard time maintaining our belief that
Robby/Hagrid is anything but a big but ordinary guy. Also, it somewhat
corrupts the illusion, if in the fourth movie where Hagrid being a
giant is important to the story, he is suddenly 4 feet taller. 

The very ungiant spiders-

Then there are the ridiculously small spiders in the trailer. Maybe we
haven't seen the really big ones yet, but there is one short scene in
the trailer where a spider is crawling toward them and I assume that
this is Aragog. However, this spider isn't even 3 feet tall, and the
spiders that get run over by the car are roughly the same size. These
spiders are suppose to be able to pick Harry and Ron up and carry
them.  These puny spiders don't look up to the task.

In GoF, a spider is suppose to pick Harry up, puncture his leg then
drop him twelve feet so he sprains his ankle. These spider CERTAINLY
aren't up to that job.

Very short sighted on all fronts if you ask me.

bboy_mn



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