[HPFGU-Movie] Fudge & the Leaky Cauldron, and Wood

[LeeMunLim03 at aol.com]

One thing I REALLY hope is not happening, is that Warner Bro.s has
just decided to milk the franchise. Cut corners, reduce the budgets,
etc... with the primary goal of maximizing profits rather than making
a good movie. I'm reminded of the tale of 'The Goose that Laid the
Golden Egg'. Kill the goose to get the gold, and you lose both the
goose and the gold.

Thats the problem with Franchise's!  The only thing they are worried about is 
money and money!  So by the time we get to the 7th novel as a movie, it will 
suck to high heaven.

Kyle Longbottom 




In a message dated 3/8/03 3:15:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, bboy_mn at yahoo.com 
writes:

> 
> Please correct me if I'm wrong. (as if you actually need that invitation).
> 
> I'm assuming that the lack of Fudge is based on the filming of the
> Leaky Caulron/Knight Bus scene. True we didn't see Fudge outside the
> Leaky Cauldron, but that doesn't mean he isn't inside waiting for Harry.
> 
> Scene:
> Harry has just entered the Leaky Cauldron, and is contemplating his
> next move.
> 
> Voice from the dark shadows: 
> Ah... there are are Harry. You had us worried.
> 
> Harry is startled and turns around quickly. A face appears out of the
> shadows. It's Ministry of Magic Fudge. Blah blah blah... etc...
> 
> They can still incorporate Fudge into the scene effectively without
> his approaching Harry while Harry is outside.
> 
> Additonal Note:
> I'm troubled by the lack of Oliver Wood in the PoA. He is seen more in
> PoA than any other book. Quidditch is the framework for Harry
> obsession with learning how to ward off the Dementors. Part of this
> sense of Quidditch obsession is re-enforced by Wood's 'Last Chance'
> speech. Unless I'm mistaken, not only does Wood have a greater role in
> this book/movie, but Quidditch itself is more prominent in this book
> than any other. 
> 
> To some extent, I would like to trust the Director's vision, but once
> the movie is made there is no correcting it. He may have a great
> vision that we, from our limited perspective, can't see. But when it's
> done it's done forever.
> 
> We need to step back and ask ourselves, 'What is the greater story?'.
> The greater story would be the Harry/Sirus Black story, but I don't
> see how to frame, set up, build drama toward that story without the
> subplots of the minor stories like the Quidditch Cup/Dementor story.
> It is in this subplot that the true horror of the Dementors is developed. 
> 
> So, I am somewhat at a loss for what to do. On one hand, I want to
> trust the director. But on the other hand, if you look at the movies
> as a series just as the books are, then one bad movie in the series
> messes up the whole series as a set. 
> 
> One thing I REALLY hope is not happening, is that Warner Bro.s has
> just decided to milk the franchise. Cut corners, reduce the budgets,
> etc... with the primary goal of maximizing profits rather than making
> a good movie. I'm reminded of the tale of 'The Goose that Laid the
> Golden Egg'. Kill the goose to get the gold, and you lose both the
> goose and the gold.
> 
> I confess myself confused.
> 
> bboy_mn
> 
> 



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