Trashing the films Was Re: GoF movie trailer

[Petra]

CMC:
> How about if we keep the magic on the printed page and let the movie 
> moguls do what they will with their Inferius-like adaptations?

No "how about if..." about this, since those who wish to keep the 
magic on the printed page *and* those who wish to let the movie 
moguls do what they will with their Inferius-like adaptations 
(and buy tickets to see the said adaptations) *both* can already 
do as they wish at this time.
 
CMC:
> My feeling is that none of the books should have been cinematically 
> rendered at least until all seven books were completed.

This I agree with - foreshadowing is hard to do well and well-nigh
impossible (IMO) to do when you don't know what you're trying to
foreshadow.  OotP is estimated to cost more than $150 million so 
as soon as we raise about seven times that much, maybe we'd have 
a shot at re-making the films after Book 7 is out.  <evil grin>

CMC:
> I also feel an 
> animated version - which would have given the story line a greater 
> prominence than the SPFX - would have been vastly preferable.

Hmm...I rather suspect that an animated version helmed by Columbus 
would not have been vastly different in spirit from the live-action
versions.  Whether the story line gets greater prominence than the 
SFX depends more on the kind of story the director wants to tell 
than on whether the story gets told in animation or in live action.  
There are also so many variables involved that this aspect may not 
deserve the preference you accord it.

Knowing how the entire story (all 7 books) ends, however, is surely
inarguably preferable to groping in the dark as to motivations and 
subtext, which to some extent, the cast and crew are stuck with 
doing at this time.

CMC:
>   - (who has not seen Movies One Two and Three, and who will not 
> see Movies Four Five Six and Seven)

Nice to have the choice, right?  You go on avoiding the movies 
while others go on enjoying them.  See, it's all good, no?

Petra
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