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

[Kriselda Jarnsaxa]

LeeMunLim03 at aol.com recently mentioned:

>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.

I was - you had said that Chris Columbus "created" Harry Potter - I was 
pointing out that he hadn't. And while WB may own the movie rights, they're 
smart enough to know that they need to stay true to JK Rowling's vision or 
they're going to be in big trouble, so her input isn't insignificant.

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

Right, and Tim, to the best of my knowledge, had no further involvement in 
the Batman movies at all.  Chris Columbus is still a producer, which means 
he's still involved.

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

But in this case, the stars are being cast to play characters that are part 
of an already set story - how the character fits into the story is well 
worked out.  They may be being played by bigger-named stars, but the stars 
were chosen to fit the story - not the other way around.  With the Batman 
movies, the executives decided who they wanted to have in the movie, and 
then they tried to figure out what characters they could play and how to 
build a story around those characters.  That's usually a pretty sure way of 
making a bad movie because the story considerations are last on the list of 
importance.  With the Potter movies, regardless of who is directing and who 
is starring, the story is the most important thing - it's why there's an 
audience to begin with.

>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.

I didn't say anything about Cuaron having an Academy Award - I didn't know 
he did.  I just know he has experience in adapting a child's book for the 
screen and was considered largely successful in not only making a fantastic 
movie, but in making a movie that stayed true to the heart of the story and 
was enjoyable by a fairly wide audience.

As for Joss Whedon, part of the problem there was that the idea of Alien 
Ressurection wasn't that good to begin with - again, here, we have good, 
solid source material.  The book is excellent.  That won't guarantee a 
great movie, but it sure does increase the chances.


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