[HPFGU-Movie] Re: new uniforms? & new Dumbledore

[LeeMunLim03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/26/03 6:48:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
thorswitch at thunderhaven.net writes:

> LeeMunLim03 at aol.com recently mentioned:
> 
> >Plus it was Chris Columbus who created harry potter not Alfonso Cuaron!
> 
> Um...  it was JK Rowling who created Harry Potter.  Chris Columbus may have 
> done the first two films, but we was working from the same basic source 
> material that Alfonso Curaon is, so there will have to be a fair amount of 
> continuity.  Plus, don't forget that Rowling seems to have a fair amount of 
> involvement in scripting the movies, and the script is being written by the 
> same screenwriter, both of which will help ensure that thing will be rather 
> similar.


Usually the company such as Warner Brothers will say to the author let us 
have ownership of the characters we will bring forth on to the screen.  J.K 
Rowlings gave her ownership of the 3 books to Warner Brothers so they could make 
the film.  J.K Rowlings owns the books and the live action characters are owned 
by warner Brothers not her listen to what I am saying.



> 
> >You want harry potter to end up like Batman!! fine Joan!!  Just remember 
> >the last
> >movie was forgetable!! Plus the changed little things too
> 
> The Batman movies were a bit of a different situation, though.  Yes, all of 
> the people working on the different Batman films were working from the same 
> basic material, but they were writing original stories based on that 
> material, not adapting existing stories (as in the Harry Potter books) to a 
> new medium.  That makes a huge difference in the quality of the stories 
> themselves.  Plus, the scripts were written by different scriptwriters, so 
> a lot of continuity was lost.


Well as i understand it Tim was let go so this Director Joel could come in 
and take over and look what happened!! 

> 
> In this case, we *know* the story that the movie is being based on is a 
> well-told tale.  That wasn't necessarily the case in the Batman movies 
> where the focus was less on taking a well-told tale and making it into a 
> movie that would be enjoyable by fans young and old, but rather on getting 
> as many big-name stars into the film as possible to try and make it as much 
> of a blockbuster as possible - which isn't the best way to go about making 
> a movie, and usually has a very negative impact on the overall quality.


Well as you see there are big name stars on harry potter.  Well it didnt 
start until they got rid of Tim Burton.

> 
> I know I'm going to sound like many of the people who criticized my concern 
> about Gary Oldman as Sirius when I say this, but keep in mind that Alfonso 
> Cuaron has already shown that he can make a "children's" movie that is not 
> only enjoyed by the kids who see it, but also by the adults - and which has 
> received exceptional praise from most of the critics who have reviewed it - 
> "A Little Princess".
> 
> He may make a number of superficial changes to how different things look, 
> and actors in a series of movies change for any number of reasons - but the 
> heart of the movie is still with JK Rowling's characters and story, and 
> that increases the chance of success by quite a bit.


Well we will see.  Just becuase a director has an academy award doesnt mean 
he can do the film justice.  Joss Whedon of Buffy fame couldnt quite get the 
Alien Ressuraction to fly.  

Kyle Longbottom 





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