Third Movie let down???

[newdevilry9]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, RSFJenny19 at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 8/10/2003 1:04:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> dally_1025 at h... writes:
> 
> 
> > Since the PoA is my favorite in the series, I am looking forward 
to 
> > this movie more than the other two.  After looking at the some of 
the 
> > released pictures from the film, I'm starting to feel like it is 
> > going to be a major let-down.  


> I'm feeling the same thing, but not for the same reasons :)  So 
far, I've 
> liked the pictures I've seen, for the most part.  As for the 
clothes, robes will 
> be worn, as someone's already said, but some of the biggest parts 
of the movie 
> (the Shrieking Shack had better be a significant length to cover 
all the info 
> there!) are not during school hours.  I know some people are up in 
arms about 
> it not being clothes of the nineties, but, let's face it, noone but 
crazy 
> fanatics like us even realize it's supposed to be set in the mid 
nineties, so of 
> course the director is using clothes that appeal to today's kids.
> 
> I really looked at the first two movies as eye-candy for the books, 
fun to 
> see because the visualization was mostly just how I imagined, but 
not able to 
> stand on their own as movies.  So now my worry...well, PoA is my 
favorite too, 
> so the stakes are higher.  There are a lot of scenes I hold dear in 
this book 
> and I *don't* want them messed with.  
> 
> But one thing I would *LOVE* to see, I think WB should have a 
poster 
> advertising PoA designed as a Wanted poster of Sirius Black. It 
would be So awesome :)
> 
> ~RSFJenny :)
> 
> 
I can't wait for this movie, not only because PoA is my favorite, but 
because of A. Cuaron.  If Columbus were directing this movie I would 
be very worried.  I completely agree that the first two movies 
were "eye-candy".  Yes, I enjoyed them, but I certainly did not love 
them.  Someone else compared their concerns for PoA with "Lord of the 
Rings" fans' concerns with Peter Jackson's vision.  As fans of both, 
I have said all along that Jackson's LotR films (thus far) are great 
movies and great interpretations of the books, whereas Columbus' 
Potter can't touch the books, he doesn't even come close.  The Potter 
movies are fun kids movies, but they are far from great films on 
there own.  

Cuaron is a good director, a real director, not a guy who directs 
kids movies.  I really believe that he will capture all of the 
emotion, depth, power and all that good stuff in PoA.  Even if every 
one of our favorite lines is not there, the point will be made.  I 
would rather feel all of Sirius' rage, anger and frustration than 
here him say a direct line from the book.  

I think that everyone was so caught up in staying true to the details 
in SS & CoS that the films felt somewhat flat.  Believe me, I 
certainly was one of the people saying "they better not change 
anything from the book!!", but I've realized that it just doesn't 
work.  A film can't stand on its own and be a great film when you are 
trying to make each scene exactly as it was on page 236 or 321 or 
whatever.  I'm looking forward to Cuaron making what will hopefully 
be a great film from a truly great story.  

NewDev