[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Kloves or Cuaron??

[Kathryn Wolber]

--- Diana Williams <diana at slashcity.com> wrote:
> From: "Kathryn Wolber" <katydid3500 at yahoo.com>
> 
> > I don't think you can really blame JKR because she
> > doesn't have creative control over the movies.
> When
> > she gave them the rights she just said that they
> > couldn't be cartoons and she wanted a British
> cast. It
> > seems like the close collaboration with Colombus
> on
> > the first 2 movies was more of a courtesy extended
> by
> > Columbus than a necessity.  I'd rather have her
> worry
> > about finishing book 6 and be less than pleased
> with
> > the movies than have her spend alot of time
> > controlling the movies and have to wait an
> eternity
> > for the next book.
> 
> Then her agent did her a disfavour.  Other writers
> have specified that they
> want creative control over their movies - and they
> get it if the studios
> want the book bad enough.  At that point, JKR was
> doing well enough that she
> didn't *have* to have the money - she could have
> held out longer than Warner
> Brothers and company.  She could have even insisted
> on waiting till the
> books were all finished if she wanted creative
> control but didn't want to
> take time out from her writing.  The books are only
> getting more popular, on
> their own, without the movies, so waiting wouldn't
> have hurt her - it would
> have kept WB from cashing in on the current wave, so
> I imagine they would
> have folded sooner than she.
> 
> Diana W.

I don't think it's just that she didn't get creative
control, I think it's that she didn't *want* it. She
said she wants to write other things after Harry so I
don't think she wants much control of the movies
because it would hinder her writing of anything, not
just of Harry. It's like someone else said (sorry I
don't remember who, there have been soooo many posts I
can't keep track) that the books are her story so
she's not too concerned about the movies. I think as
long as the story isn't totally butchered(they make
Harry a girl, Snape nice and move Hogwarts to the
South Pole) she isn't going to have many complaints
because books are her medium and she knows she's not a
film maker so she's content with focusing on the books
and lets someone else deal with the movies.

~Katie


	
		
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