Concerns about PoA and future films

[susanbones2003]

>GulPlum wrote in regards to Columbus/Cuaron:
 The first two films are being marketed towards younger children than 
the books' are, namely 6-9 year-olds rather than roughly 12+.  In 
that respect,Columbus was probably a good choice of director - he 
might not have much talent for personalities or character, but he's a 
fair director of slapstick and similar stuff. Cuaron is, if anything, 
the reverse (none of his movies to date have featured much in the way 
of action sequences, for instance).
 
I reply:
What did you think of the scene in "The Little Princess" at the end 
where Sara walks across a plank several stories up in pouring rain in 
order to escape the evil head mistress and inadvertantly discovers 
her father?
I thought that was action-oriented, very well paced and controlled. 
The supsense the first time I saw it was very painful and I knew 
there was a happy ending coming!! That very scene gave me hope that 
Cuaron might be able to capture more complex emotions and play scenes 
in a more developed and compelling way that heretofore seen.
JenD