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

[laniw01]

Rebecca wrote: 

>I think the artistic and true to the darker spirit of the books HP 
film will be made by someone who is only a child now. Someone who 
will *grow up* loving the books and WANT to someday make a movie out 
of it. 

Lani: 
It would have to be in the fairly distant future, to allow enough 
time to pass between the original ("classic?") series and the
remake(s). It might have to wait for someone of the second generation 
of HP fans, even. I agree that the continuity of a single director 
who loves the story – AND who knows how to tell a story in moving 
pictures – would be ideal. In that context, I'm wondering if
the next iteration might be as a mini-series? Those lend themselves 
much better to long-running, episodic tales, and BBC has an 
outstanding track record of translating books and characters, at 
least in the mystery genre. (IMO, characters such as Cadfael, Miss 
Marple, Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, and Bertie Wooster leapt 
from the pages to the small screen in perfect form and in perfect 
environments.) Besides, I think a TV adaptation could be made much 
sooner than a movie remake, and I would dearly love to see Round 2 of 
the series in my lifetime!