[HPFGU-Movie] Re: More concerns about Prisoner of Azkaban

[LeeMunLim03 at aol.com]

I will miss the Firebolt too!  Well for Live actors in a computer screen its 
not that advanced as to have the computer genarated actor up close since you 
then can see how fake they are!!  We are still a long way off but getting 
there!!

Kyle Longbottom 

Hufflepuff Prefect 




In a message dated 4/20/03 5:04:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
WFeuchter at msn.com writes:

> 
> 
> Don't forget the use of computers in today's films. The fewer live 
> actors in a computer scene  the better the scene looks.
> 
> They really only need Harry and Draco, and it does not need to be a 
> long scene.
> 
> 
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> 
> wrote:
> >Darrin wrote:
> >
> >>The first two movies have been well over two hours, with CoS 
> pushing two-
> >>and-a-half hours. I do hope this is not studio pressure to cut 
> the movie, 
> >>considering that CoS made about $50m less than SS/PS.
> >
> >I think a number of things must be taken into consideration here.  
> First, we must ALL view PoA as a movie separate from the book.  I'm 
> 90% sure there are a LOT of major changes taking place.  David 
> Heyman said in an interview when CoS came out that PoA would be 
> about the same length or a little shorter than CoS.  And the book is 
> much longer.  Which means they're leaving a lot out and thus 
> changing a lot of the plot.  We know already that the whole blowing 
> up Aunt Marge/Knight Bus thing is there, it's been filmed.  So far 
> no one who is in the movie strictly because they're on the Quidditch 
> team has been back for PoA.  So I'm 95% sure that Quidditch has been 
> cut.  Which will be a great disappointment for all of us, I'm sure.  
> However, several things must be looked at here.  First, there is no 
> Quidditch (at Hogwarts) in GoF.  Which during reading I felt was 
> dropped too suddenly.  So perhaps they decided to go ahead and cut 
> it now to save time on PoA.  
> >
> >No Quidditch means some major plot changes.  I, for one, think 
> that Harry will face the Dementor/Boggart in Lupin's class, will 
> pass out (or be extremely shaken) in front of all his classmates.  
> And to prevent that from happening again (and embarassing himself in 
> front of Malfoy, since they will be in class together in the movie) 
> he goes to Lupin for help at that point.  There you have it, no 
> Quidditch.  Unfortunately, this means no Firebolt, which I was 
> REALLY looking forward to seeing!
> >
> >Richelle
> >



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