Would Columbus get rid of Cuaron?

[sophiamcl]

Keith said:

> On a personal note:
> Many assume that this movie will be great simply because of 
the 
> Curaon name and "The Little Pincess" but I beg to defer - I've 
seen 
> another little movie (made by the gr8 Curaon himself) called 
"Great 
> Expectations" and a fine mess he made of that one; which was 
based 
> on the book of the same name by Charles Dickens (yes, THE 
Charles 
> Dickens of Oliver Twist fame).
> 
> Curaon made changes so drastic that he even saw it fit to 
change the 
> name of the protogonist from Pip to Finn (as if Pip wasn't hep 
or 
> modern enough for him). Let's just hope that he doesn't 
change our 
> beloved hero's name from Harry Potter to Larry Rotter and 
change the 
> location of Azkaban to Azarbaijan!
> 

Cuaron is not free to do anything he pleases with the script. 
Remember, it is still part of a series and the parts have to ad up! 
Besides, on the previous two movies, Rowling helped 
script-writer Steven Kloves on what parts need to stay in the 
adaptaions. I don't think we're going to see "Larry Rotter"...

Also, there is difference between filming Great Expectations and 
filming PoA. Cuaron was free to take all kinds of liberties with 
Great Expectations for several reasons: 
1)Cuaron's "Great Expectations was not intended as a faithful 
book-to-screen adaptation. It was more of a film based on and 
inspired by the book, not a screen version of it. 
2)It has been filmed many times before in a more traditional 
manner. Cuaron comes along and decides not to repeat what 
has been doen many times before and instead turns it into  a 
modern-day interpretation of it rather than make a 
costume-drama.
3)Dickens is dead
4)Great Expectations does not enjoy a following of millions of 
whatchful fans...

I don't know Chris Columbus personally, but I think he'd be a big 
enough man and passionate enough about the end result to let 
Cuaron continue if he did a terrific movie and was willing to stay 
on.

Sophia