PoA expectations

[dan]

Barb <goalieracer at y...> wrote:

>   Each director will change things..but in my opinion,
> they should at least leave the basics in tact and keep
> the established scenery the same...You can add ageing
> etc without a problem..but when you go from a gentle
> slope to a steep slant...that is to much.
>   I also hated what they did to Draco(I always liked
> the character). It just doesn't fit with his image...I
> cant imagine people looking up to or following someone
> who is so whiny and scared....Malfoy is looked up to
> (at least in his house..)and I cant see that happening
> with his portraal in POA...A lot of bullies will back
> down when confronted but this was extreme...

Yunno, on the main list, there's this intense ping pong match 
regarding Harry vs. Snape, and it struck me that we are actually 
pretty lucky the whole series isn't being done by one director. 
Stylistically yes, Cauron is light years ahead of Columbus, but he 
doesn't have the homespun charm many seem to like about the first two 
films. But compare HP with the Lord of the Rings (LoTR) series - one 
director (and his two advisors) version of the books. Now, the LoTR 
fans, they were quite split on the movie and its merits - some said 
it conveyed the sense of the books, but not the look, some the look 
but not the sense, and so forth. But it's quite unfair to hold Cauron 
accountable to BOTH Columbus and Rowling, just as it is to hold 
Newell accountable to all three. Not only unfair, but what director 
worth his wages would agree to it? They might find a recent film 
school graduate willing to do that, but surely no professional 
director. And this will only be an increasing pressure as the series 
of films goes on.

I suggest we just look at the films as if they were different lenses, 
different approaches, to the HP world, as reflected so dynamically on 
these lists, knowing some will match our own reading more closely 
than others.

Regarding the bullying of Malfoy, perhaps it is just his intelligence 
showing through, in the scene with Hermione. I mean, all the boys 
there know she not only learns spell quicker than you can 
say "Quidditch", but knows a good number more than they do. And if 
she fights back, she must be really ticked, so... Let's just say I 
wouldn't want her wand pointed at me. Similarly in the snow scene 
with HP under the invisibility cloak, there's really no fighting an 
enemy you can't see, is there? Let alone one that threatens to drag 
you to the most haunted building in England. (To do who knows what 
with you...)

Dan