[HPFGU-Movie] How "true" does Cuaron have to be?

[Richelle Votaw]

DaughteroftheDust wrote:

>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).

I had remembered liking Cuaron's version of "A Little Princess" much better than the original one with Shirley Temple, but hadn't seen it in years.  Wal-Mart had it for $8 on DVD, so I picked it up this week and watched it last night.  Looking at it more critically this time.  I love what he does with the film, the use of slow motion, repetition, wind, lighting, etc.  However, one can only hope that certain sappiness (is that a word?) was in the script and can be blamed on the screenwriter, not him.  One could also say that it was more of a "girl" family movie whereas HP is targeted to boys more (hence the abundance of action figures and the few and far between "girl" HP toys). I admit that particular story needs a great deal of mushy stuff, but it went from aww to *too* mushy at the very end.  I won't say any more to spoil it though. :)

Richelle


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