Please, No....

[doliesl]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, LeeMunLim03 at a... wrote:
> Hell yeah!!  So your telling me lets not have the same cast??  We 
need a new 
> Draco, Hermoine, Harry etc etc???
> 

Kyle, I've always found your way of reasoning too black and white 
(maybe it's your one-liner way of response), it's always simply 
either this or that. Whoever suggest not having/wanting SAME "major" 
cast? What have Alfonso ever done EVER suggest his desire of changing 
of cast on MAJOR IMPORTANT characters for whatever reasons?  People 
here are criticizing Columbus's lack of talent and depth in making HP 
films, and the fact him keeping the same casts in PS and CoS (which 
you valued above everything else) is not REAL important & vital 
factor do HP series any justice.   

It seems ridiculous for you to make correlation between the "cut of 
Wood/Flint" and "changing MAJOR MAIN characters like Harry, Draco, 
etc." Let's be realistic for once alright? Characters like Wood and 
Flint is pretty trivial compare to changing MAJOR MAIN characters 
like Harry, Snape and Draco. I just don't think you really understand 
the idea of translating and interpretating a book into a different 
medium. Stuffing as much little details does NOT necessary convey the 
spirit of the book, as Chris Columbus's not-so-impressive effort has 
shown (and you should have read tons of well-written, well-reasoned 
critique here by mature HPfans). To do each little characters 
justice, you have to NAIL the characterization RIGHT and given 
appropriate time for them to develop. And an 2 1/2 hr. movie just 
aren't enough space and time for EVERYBODY. Some characters just 
gotta go. 

Especially for average film-goers who either never read the book, or 
even book-reader but hardcore fans, rarely do they 
remember/notice/care for who the hell these forgettable, no-
personality background one-liner side characters are. These 
paperboard background character just do NOT add much to the film 
overall, nor they are vital KEY in keeping the spirit and charm of 
translating the book to film. 

Here we have Alfonso, who's making an artistic decision in snipping 
out what's unnecessary, in order to tell a story more effectively. 
And we all know what a complicated story PoA is, and how it 
introduced a new set of generation of characters (Sirius & co.) who 
happened to be the focus of this particular story. I think most 
matured HP fans agree we rather want more FOCUSED, DEEP-
characterization and and REAL in-depth emotions, rather than the 
shallow parade show of all-characters that Columbus has done (which 
is pointless and forgettable). 

-D.