The Reason Potter Films Will Never Be as Respectfully Done as LOTR

[cgahnstrm]

>  Hey,
> 
>  I know no one's really comparing the two, but since they are both a
> series of films based on popular fantasy novels, let's shall we?
> 
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> 
>  LOTR
> 
>  --- an obsessed filmmaker, writer, and producer who was an uber-fan
> of the books.
>  ---a tight-knit crew and actors who were also committed and
> respectful to the source material, like Christopher Lee, who was
> something of a scholar of Tolkien
>  --- source material that has beeen around long enough to have
> achieved legendary reknown.
>  ---Tolkien is now long gone and unable to have input on how the 
films
> were done (though I heard his family was none too happy).
> 
> End result: 
> Academy awards
> cross-over acceptance
> critcal acclaim
> and very few fandom quips except those nit-picking idiots who miss 
Tom
> Bombadill...
> 
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> 
>  Harry Potter
> 
>  --- a scriptwriter, while a friend of the author, writes in an
> extremely stilted manner
>  --- a succession of directors, of varying abilties and visions
>  --- books at the height of their popularity being rushed to
> production for that all-mighty dollar.
>  --- J.K.'s still alive and well, to give input and approval (this 
is
> both a good and bad thing to me) 
>  --- the books haven't even all been written yet 
> 
> End Result:
> the jury's still out since the films haven't been completed, but so 
far? 
> oodles of money has been made
> reviews have been mixed but getting successively better with each 
film
> the acting has been nowhere near the quality of that in LOTR
> but they are just kids...
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>  
>  I'm sure more could be added...Have at it if you will. :-)



lotr:
A dedicated cast that are very happy and proud to be a part of the 
films.

hp:
A cast that seems to either be in it for the money (Oldman) or for 
their children/grandchildren/nephew/neigbur's cat, pretty much for 
anyone but themselves. (The rest. Well, maybe not Thewlis.)