How "true" does Cuaron have to be? was Re: Cedric Diggory cut from PoA

[DaughteroftheDust <daughterofthedust@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Ali <Ali at z...>" <Ali at z...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> 
> wrote:
> 
>  << Is it possible to cut Quidditch entirely?  To the story line 
in 
> general, I mean?  It would be a butchering of the story as a 
whole. >>
> 
> This has made me wonder. How true must Cuaron be to the books? I 
know 
> that Heyman promised JKR a fairly strict interpretation, but is 
> Cuaron bound to follow that? I know that Columbus and Heyman are 
> still producers, but what sort of "artistic licence" will Cuaron 
be 
> allowed? Will he be allowed to tamper with the script if he 
considers 
> it too pedestrian?
> 
> To date, there have been a number of complaints that in trying to 
be 
> too true to the books, the films became a little, let's say 
laborious 
> or lacklustre. It's a no-win situation though isn't it, because I 
for 
> one will be polishing my LOON badge and complaining the minute I 
> catch a whiff of variation from the books. 
> 
> I just wonder how PoA would be viewed if it was a much "better" 
film, 
> but less true to the images brought to us by JKR? I think it would 
be 
> possible to have PoA without Quidditch. Harry could come across 
the 
> dementors in a different setting, but it wouldn't be PoA as we 
know 
> it, and it would exclude a part of Harry that we know to be very 
> important to him - it's the only thing he thinks he's any good at. 
> 
> 
> Ali
> 
> Who asks not to be flamed for calling the films laborious etc, as 
she 
> was trying to thinking of one term to describe the many complaints 
> she's read. Whatever the faults in PS and CoS she still finds 
herself 
> sadly addicted

Flame Away...
I am one of those people who was critical of the first two films, 
partly because it was "laborious...lacklustre". Moreover, Columbus 
just didn't infuse the story with any real "heart", for lack of a 
better term.

I have far LESS fear for Cuaron's turn as director, than Columbus' 
boring paint-by-numbers work.

Watching Cuaron's 1994 adaptation of "A Little Princess" will put 
your fears to rest. It was a beautifully well-crafted film that was 
criminally underseen in theaters. AND it had something that the 
Potter films have thus far lacked...HEART...(and better than 
medicocre acting from the young actors).

As for tampering with the script? I remember reading somewhere, that 
some of the actors, and most likely the director have advanced 
knowledge of forthcoming books from Ms Rowling, herself, for their 
characters' sake. With that knowledge, I do not believe Cuaron could 
alter the films to the detriment of future installments.