Trailer/watching dvd/promo pic

[torillgrnhaug]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "sophiamcl" <sophiamcl at h...> wrote:

> 
>" BTW, just wanted to share a happy experience with people who
understand:
> After spending months looking at the DVD-cases on HP 1 and 2 on my 
> bookshelf (I just had to have them even if I couldn't watch them) I
was finally  able to pop them into my brand new dvd-player last night!" 

"Whoooo-hoooo! I had a 
> terrific time finally, finally getting to see the extra material,
and of course, the 
> movies."
> 
>  "I must say 
> that Columbus did a fantastic job (along with Stuart Craig). Let's
keep in 
> mind--in spite of the things some of us are unhappy about, including
myself, 
> he did a remarkable feat in creating the world of Hogwarts on screen
that 
> many fans of the books can relate to, recognize and feel at home
with. I 
> found CoS particularly striking visually. It's just crammed with
delicious detail 
> everywhere, and creates a feeling of completeness. Everything fits
together 
> from the sets to props to the costumes. It's a magical environment
but yet 
> tangible and believable. Though Cuaron will be making some changes and 
> bringin his personal touches to Harry, he will be standing on Columbus' 
> shoulders. Though there will be changes, Chris Columbus' original
vision will 
> still be a part of it. I've changed my mind. He did a terrific job."


Those things you mention are just the things I think make the films
worth seeing too, Sophia, along with the casting and acting. But I
don't think it's enough to say Columbus did a terrific job, sorry.
Stuart Craig did a terrific job, absolutely, he deserves all honour.
And I'm willing to give Columbus some part in that honour too, because
I suppose he took part in all the discussions and decisions about the
creation of the Hogwarts sets. I salute him for that!!! 

BUT- somehow this makes me even more disappointed about the films.
With a terrific background like this, and such wonderful spot on
casting - how could you make the films to be so mediocre as films go?
   When it all could have been just SO beautiful with a real talent at
the helm? That's why my hopes are so high for Cuarón, to think of the
work he has done earlier and then imagine him let loose to play with
his creative camera in these wonderful surroundings!! (And just the
reason why I'm in for the biggest disappointment ever if he chooses
this one to flop with - then you better run fast, Alfonso!!)

 
>" Can I also just say that I've just seen the new promo pic of Dan
from the PoA 
> set? I'd really like one (hrm), I tought it was so nice, but can I
really justify 
> writing just to get one? (Who would know, though, except you people
now, 
> but you don't really know who I am anyway....cackles madly and rubs
hands 
> in a sinister fashion.) 
> 
> Sophia"

Why not Sophia? I will soon approach the grandmother age myself, but I
still get this warm fuzzy feeling when I look at pictures of Dan or
watch him in interviews. He is just too cute to be real. Makes me wish
I had a son like him, or that I had fallen in love with someone like
him at the age of 14, when instead I was embarking on a sad teenage
journy through a string of the most hopeless of dates till I finally
learned what I needed. So you go for it girl, send him a letter and
get your pic, no harm in that is there? You just tell it's the pic you
want, chances are he will never even read your letter anyway. 

Torill