[HPFGU-Movie] My 2c on the DVD

[CLShannon at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/13/03 2:05:45 PM, TACtalk at adelanta.co.uk writes:

<< Deeply disappointed with the cast interviews; I wanted meaty, informative
interviews, not 10-second soundbites.

Desperately wanted more info on the making of the movie; more about the
sets, more about the filming, more off-camera moments on the set; a
movie-length commentary by CC/Kloves/Heyman would have been terrific.

Once again, Warner have catered well to the kids, but I'm really not into
'guess-the-effect-of-the-spell' games. I wish that they would realise that
HP has a large adult fanbase too. >>

Couldn't agree more and thank you for concisely saying what I have been 
struggling to express ;-) 
Those interviews were a major disappointment for me. Not only did we have to 
click on each question, we never knew who was going to answer which one. 
Grrr. How about nice long interviews with many of the principal people? 
That was the first time I had ever seen either Alan Rickman or Maggie Smith 
comment on the movies at all and we got all of 20 seconds from each one.
I guess they figure the span of attention of the average 'kid' viewer is 
short or something.
I think I am definitely spoiled by Peter Jackson and his LOTR DVDs, now that 
is a man who knows what fans want <g>
Also, I am tired of the arrows and tours with that narrator. Why not have the 
art director take us on a tour of Dumbledore's office, explaining what 
everything is? I invariably get frustrated with the arrows, can't get back to 
where I wanted to be, etc. It's horribly frustrating ;-)
Also, the production sketches section was very paltry - no explanation at all 
as to what we were looking at? Just a slideshow with no narration at all? 
Geesh. And did anyone notice the sketches of what looks like the astromony 
tower? We haven't even gotten that in the movies yet, it would have been nice 
for someone to be saying, 'and here are some production sketches of the yet 
to be seen astromony tower' just to confirm it.

After viewing the extras on the LOTR DVD, this one frustrated me. I wanted 
those 'day in the life of...' features - more behind the scenes stories of 
the  filming, not just snippets during the 10 second interviews. 
What about commentary during the film? Some tracks where perhaps the producer 
and director comment on it? Or even the actors? 
The games are fine for the kids - I even played a few of them. But I really 
wanted more behind the scenes stuff - notice how they hardly have given us 
explanations on the special effects, sets, etc., on this film? How exactly do 
they film quidditch?
Compare this to the LOTR DVD - I feel like I know everything about those 
movies and I mean 'everything' - from the special effects to the props to the 
actors to the writers....it goes on and on.

Sorry, got off on a rant - I love this movie and I have to admit the COS DVD 
is a vast improvement over the SS one, which left me wanting to strangle 
something (the extras part, of course, not the movie), but it could have been 
sooooo much better.
Cindy
P.S. And I agree with what Nicholas said about which missing scenes should 
have been left in - esp. the ones that further the suspicion about Harry and 
his own self-doubt.