Sirius/Oldman's tatoos & hair

[torillgrnhaug]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Marci" <blackgold101 at y...> wrote:
> "Theresa" <anmsmom333 at c...> wrote:
> > Ok. Delurking again. See what you created in me Torill. ;o)

Any day.....:)


 Well, why do the look like cattle brands 
> if 
> > he is supposed to look like a rebel which was the look I believe 
> > Alfonso was going for? Even prisoners and pirates didn't have brand 
> > looking tatoos. I mean the ones in the photos look like the Azkaban 
> > guards - not the dementor ones - branded him so folks would know 
> > where he had been. 

I  hadn't thought of that, but why not?? That's really not such a bad
idea. What you need to get through is that Azkaban is a terrible
place, without actually showing the place, and without anybody SAYING
it. It must be shown visually. If you get the association of branding,
ok with me.


'I'm Serious kiss me' - sorry bad pun.  

Hehe - he could have had one of those.....But, I think he could have
those big ones we see also. They give me the association of something
tribal or magic, not the muggle kind of sailor's or biker's tattoos.
That's fine, I think. 



> 
> I agree about the tattoos.  My beef lies with his hair.  It should be 
> a lot longer.  He's been in prison for 12 years.  Where's stringy?  
> Where are the dreads?  It's too short.  His clothes are dirty and 
> torn, but his hair is nicely cut and conditioned.  LOL  He doesn't 
> look scary, menacing.  Perhaps he broke into someone's house and 
> washed and cut his hair??
> 
> Marci (who would have loved Michael Wincott, but thinks Oldman will 
> do the role much justice, and hopes he read the book)


I agree about the hair, I imagined this huge mat of tangled hair
reaching down to his waist. I don't think it looks nicely cut and
conditioned, but not quite straight out of Azkaban either. Anyway I
agree with what both of you say, if the acting is great you won't mind
the details of the costumes so much. Lockhart's 1800-something
costumes in Cos didn't look anything AT ALL the way I had pictured him
 - neither did Branagh's appearance - but his acting was so brilliant
that now he is the definite Lockhart to me. Maybe Oldman will do the
same, tattoos and hair and all...

Torill