[HPFGU-Movie] Re:film allusions and characterization (WAS: film adaptations)

[Susanne]

Hi,

Tuesday, February 25, 2003, 11:08:24 AM, heather at compsoc.man.ac.uk wrote:

> The off-character scene that most haunts me is when Draco falls off his
> broom and the camera cuts to Lucius looking faintly disgusted. It
> seemed
> to put the issue of his upbringing much more clearly than the books,
> which rely almost entirely on Harry's information.

But the problem is that the Lucius actor (can't seem to
remember his name) brought all this in from his own
interpretation of the books.

The way Draco speaks about his father and his father's
action don't make me believe Draco is abused, personally.
He sounds more like a spoiled brat.
Of course, it could be all front, but I can't imagine Draco
demanding (and receiving) all the things/help from his
father, if he were truly afraid of him.

sophiamcl wrote:
> Why is that? Perhaps Kloves and Columbus decided to make these
> characters a little more human--after all they are nearly caricatures 
> in the books, very belieavable, but still types in a sense. Perhaps 
> the movie perspective s supposed to give us a more "objective" take 
> on the characters, whereas the book-characters are all seen through 
> Harry's eyes.

To me the characters seem more human in the books.

They all appear much more stereotyped in the movies.
They lose parts of their personality, not gain anything
(imo).


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Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net