GOF One movie?

[torillgrnhaug]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "hpoldfan" <WFeuchter at m...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "torillgrnhaug" 
> <torillgrnhaug at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "hpoldfan" <WFeuchter at m...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > " The studios will 
> > > have to start listening to the fans if they want to stay in 
> business."
> >  
> . The point is that the studio 
> > > can 
> > > be influenced by it's customers, but there is not much time left 
> for 
> > > our influence to be felt.
> > > 
> > > Bill"
> > 
> > I actually think this story is a worst case scenario for the film, 
> and
> > not a way any film should be made. What we need is a director with 
> an
> > independent mind and an artistic vision of his own that he can 
> bring
> > to GoF. If he loves HP and has a good record of earlier films, that
> > should be enough, he then should be given free rein. Not be forced 
> to
> > have the story written and rewritten over and over, and scenes cut 
> and
> > added according to constant new petitions from fans........
> 
> 
> 
> That was not what I was driving at. First the studio would never do 
> that. Second, the director has almost complete control of the 
> picture. I really have no complaint about the first 2 movies, and am 
> looking forward to POA. That said, if the studio keeps thinking that 
> they are making a childrens picture, then that is what will be made. 
> I am advocating that the adult fans bring to the the attention of WB 
> that it is no longer a childrens story, and it is important to  
> bring the movie up to the itellectual level of the remaining books. 
> That certain is not telling the studio how to make a movie.
> 
> Bill

I'm glad to hear that Bill - you know it was your story about how this
script was constantly changed to fit the producers, from comedy to
drama and back again that gave me the shudders. And it seemed as if
you had that as an example on how studios could be influenced by us
fans. But I guess I wasn't only answering you, it's how some of the
fans get so nervous about every little thing, and start to talk about
petitions for everything. I have the feeling I have done nothing but
writing in Cuaróns defence ever since the first news about PoA 
filming came out, and no one has even seen as much as one minute of
actual film yet. As for letting the studio know adult fans are as
important for them as the kid fans, I think they know, at least if
they check on the segments buying the books. I think they do. And
everybody interviewed on the set so far has talked about how much
darker and grittier PoA is going to be. So let's not despair. I am
actually much more worried that they will listen too much to all the
nitpickers among us fans! That could definitely ruin the film.

Torill