Dan's acting

[susanbones2003]

Richard,
You speak with tremendous authority about acting and the quality of 
acting we have seen from the trio and your points are well taken, 
but it seems this group, representing the characters that they do, 
are under a very unfair bunch of expectations. Just from reading 
your recent posts I just don't think the HP series of films belongs 
anywhere in serious film-making. Has there ever been a film made, or 
a series of films made from such a beloved and popular series of 
books? How could anyone (even Haley Joel Osment, for goodness 
sakes!) escape the pressure of bringing something as big as Harry 
Potter to life? Dan wasn't an actor. Maybe I have a tolerance for 
wooden delivery, but I found him very fresh. He did have child-like 
expressions and that came across very well in the first two movies. 
But I digress. Coming to the screen after such anticipation, how 
could the adaptations satisfy? I think my point, (not sure I have 
one at this juncture) is that just as we can not expect the films to 
include all the plot machinations, pershaps we have taken Dan, Emma 
and Rupert to our hearts and don't expect a "professional" 
performance from them. For me, honestly, I feel like I am watching 
my kid up there. I am so wanting him to be good that truthfully, any 
growth is a huge deal to me. I did see much to be proud of this 
time. He is coming along. It seems to fit that we have an amateur 
giving it his all. After all, itsn't that the British way? 
Pluckiness wins the day. And Dan gets my vote for plucking up his 
courage and doing this gig, even when really brilliant people tell 
lots of other folks he isn't really any good at it. 
JenD