Where is the humour?

[hoeppli at freesurf.ch]

I also think, that some of the subtle humour from the books was lost in
the film. I would say that it is to blame on the script. In several scenes
I had the impression, that the dialogue was somewhat "hacked". I don't know
other work by Steve Kloves, but surely he has by no means as much talent
as JKR. I think in some scenes it would have been wiser to just take the
exact dialogue that was in the books. When it was already similar, why change?
Other than the director, I rather hoped that someone else would do the script
for PoA. 
That was from the beginning the one thing I didn't like about the films.
At some points, Daniel Radcliffe was critized for the way he portrayed Harry,
but frankly, he not always had the most brilliant lines to say. So, if he
doesn't get a witty line to say, how can he portray the humoristic side
of Harry from the books?

Silvia

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>Message: 15
>   Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:56:35 -0800
>   From: "gwynne" <sequoiajw at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: Where is the humor?
>
>duchessmadeleine wrote:
>
>>>Is anyone else disappointed about how Harry has been portrayed in
>the movies?  In the book he has this wonderful dry british sense of
>humor, but in the movies he seems much more stoic.  I realize they can
>not portray everything in the movies, but I think they have damaged
>his character development by removing those humor aspects that I
>personally came to love in the books.<<
>
>I agree. I think that what I like least about the movies is that they
>seem to have lost most all the humor from the books, not just with
>Harry. There are some wickedly funny moments in both SS/PS and COS
>that just got dropped from the films. I don't know if Columbus & Co
>were going for a grittier feel, but... why leave out the little
>touches that make the books so wonderful and engaging: Lockhart's
>pictures in curlers running out of the way, the way the Dursleys
>really are portrayed as so buffoonish, Lucius and Arthur fistfighting,
>Fred and George bewitching snowballs to smack into Quirrel's turban...
>oh, I could go on and on about what is missing, since this is my pet
>peeve about the films.
>
>The films really are quite enjoyable, but I'm glad I can go back to
>the books and remember how engaging they really are.
>
>

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