How "true" does Cuaron have to be?

[DaughteroftheDust <daughterofthedust@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> 
wrote:
> 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).
> 
...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)...
> 
> Richelle
> 
Ehh, to each her own.. :-)

I don't believe "A Little Princess", was overly sappy (I have been 
called a romantic, though, so I'm biased). Too me, it was just very 
much, what it was meant to be, a fairytale. Which sex is "targeted" 
is not an issue for me, whether it's for boys or girls (or both 
IMO, since both love the stories) it's all about telling a good 
story.

Columbus on the other hand, has a style that is not only VERY sappy, 
but insulting to the audience's intelligence. Too much "tell" and  
not enough "show".

I had a REAL problem with the way Harry and his "scoobies" were 
portrayed as, well, rather spoiled in SS. I almost didn't want them 
to win the house-cup at the end. More("evil" and not so 
campy/ambiguious) Snape and (clumsy and pathetic) Longbottom 
would've answered many of my issues...Though much of the blame may 
lie on Mr. Klove's shoulders for that. 

Did anyone else wonder why that wonderful cut scene in the SS DVD of 
Snape vs. Potter in Potions class was cut??

As for CS, the abundance of action provided enough disctraction from 
the awful one-liners, and school play quality of acting from the 
young actors for me to enjoy it more than the first. 

I for one, am happy to see Columbus go (especially before the 
adaptation of my favorite book in the series). 

daughter @)--/---


P.S. Cuaron's a good choice, but Terry Gilliam or Tim Burton would 
have been ideal for me. I'm still holding out that Burton or Gilliam 
will get the upcoming Series of Unfortunate Events adaptations... :-)