Campaign to keep Sean Biggerstaff?
doliesl
doliesl at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 8 20:34:50 UTC 2003
Well if no Wood implied the elimination of Quidditch, or Quidditch
sequence became very minimal background thing...
I'm totally fine with that, I've seen enough quidditch in the SS &
CoS already and am getting really tired of them (I skipped all the
Quidditch chapters when I re-read the books anyways). Because I just
don't see how it's ABSOLUTELY crucial to the major plotlines and
themes of PoA, especially the significance of Wood. They could have
change certain plot devices (ex: Draco's Trio faking Dementors) to
something else that could make the film flow better. Again, NONE of
us know how the script works or what's really on Alfonso's mind, so
aren't you guys jump too fast on conclusion whether a film is "ruin"
or not based solely on the these little tidbits we have right
now ...the film just started filming for what...3 weeks??).
Also it seems to me more of an artistic decision than monetary.
Alfonso said he finds PoA more emotional than the 1st two (the
Lupin/Sirius/Peter plotline I supposed), and maybe that's what he
wants to put the film focus on. Instead of trying to show as much
scenes possible from the book (but end up got everything in there
except the soul and emotions), he rather sacrifice being slavish to
the book, for the sake of illustrating the theme and emotions of PoA
OVERALL as a better FILM. I felt the first two movies played more
like collections of interdependent sequences/chapters, they worked
more like visual campanions (not to mention very SAFE and
PREDICTABLE) than a complete film with more artistic value. Maybe
Alfonso wants more of a unify flow and central focuses, and these are
the decisions he made. He said he wants to shake things up BIG time,
I like that. Anyway I'm definitely really more excited (maybe a
little fear, the pleasant kind, as in taking a risk) than being
disappointed.
-D
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