[HPFGU-Movie] Re: movies vs. books. The 4 HP movies...

[Valerie Flowe]

>  geebsy replies:
>  The first two films were thought to be too slavish to the books by
>  many movie reviewers.  The third was supposed to have caputured
>  the "real magic" of the HP world.  GoF is generally believed to be
>  lacking in a real emotional punch. 
>  However...from what I understand most HP fans liked the first two
>  movies for keeping generally to the books, dislike the story re-
>  arrangement in PoA and its "artsyness'. Goblet is  too new to come
>  to deffinate conclusions, although most fans find in favor of it,
>  despite the severe cutting the book had to go through. Rushed is the
>  correct word for it.   This is just a quicksummary of what I have
>  found in reading most HP sites.
>
>  Roxane
>
Hmmm...POA too artsy? That what's so fabulous about it (IMO!) I was 
just thinking about it today, and how, despite the chopping of the 
storyline, it is still probably my favorite movie (and book).
I wouldn't say GOF lacks emotional punch! It's often more emotional 
than the book! (mainly the dead Cedric scene.) Many people have 
complained about how rushed it was. I didn't really feel that. In fact 
I was noting that the cinematic ploy that Cuaron used with the 'time 
theme' (huge clock tower, ticking clock, time turner, changing seasons 
of the Whomping Willow, etc.) is still carried through in GOF. Perhaps 
more subtly than POA, but in IMAX I really noted for the first time the 
clock ticking, the clock tower, etc. This serves to pull the audience 
along the timeline, denoting the passage of the school year (in this 
movie the year is sectioned by the 3 specific tasks).
Being an HP fan, I would prefer that the movies remain as faithful to 
the books as possible. Removing extraneous side story, one can still 
tell the main story, artfully filmed and emotionally acted.

Valerie
  

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