More PoA pics

[Dan Feeney]

Did anyone think the first two movies were actually good? I mean, I 
haven't met anyone older than 8 who thought they were good movies, in 
themselves. I know a number of HP fans, none quite as much as myself, 
however, and they felt the movies were, "uh, okay". I think most of 
us only watched them for fun - we weren't expecting another more than 
an after school special, and we got nothing more than an after school 
special. So what is a real director, like Cauron, to do?

He's going to flush all that Columbus stuff out, for one thing, clear 
the drains, as it were. This is a good thing. If it takes muggle 
clothing all over the place, that is also a good thing.

Now, maybe it's just the fact that I actually like well-made movies. 
Maybe it's that I suspect the Rocky Horror Picture Show fandom school 
of HP movie appreciation needs a little bit of psychological content, 
to give it an edge. Columbus' vision of the books is, upon second 
viewing, precisely Byatt's interpretation of the series. Yes, 
Columbus was THAT BAD. No wonder he left the logic puzzle out. He 
couldn't make it work, he couldn't get his lens around it. And the 
scene with Hedwig and HP in the dorm, first night at Hoggy Hoggy. Did 
someone hold a gun to his head to shoot that?

The only semi-artistic parts of the second movie were the diary 
interiors, IMNSHO.

Look at the still with Minerva. There's more grace and subtlty in 
that picture than in the entire 2 Columbus travesties.

I sound like Darrin re: Snape. LOL.

dan