[HPFGU-Movie] Re: What trio? /was HP Flubs

[Jane Penhaligon]

Candance said: 

>   It's funny you say that because I made one of my guy friend 
> sit and watch Goblet till 2am because he owed me.  He had 
> never seen any of the HP movies.  I found myself just at 
> random explaining missing things, not just from other movies, 
> but from the books, just to make the movie flow better.  I 
> never realized it before that night that somethings (not very 
> many) were missing.  Funny thing is, that's probably why I 
> picked up the books myself.LOL


Good point, Candance. The thing is, even with very short early books
(Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets), the screenplays had to leave out
whole sections of the book and those films still came in over two hours. As
the books have become longer and more complex, I think it's all but
impossible to make a coherent film under 3 or 3.5 hours. 

When I originally heard that they had considered making Goblet of Fire a
two-part film, I was thrilled! A two-part film could really to justice to
this wonderful book (Goblet of Fire remains my favorite book of the series
so far). On the other hand, I understand enough about the economics of the
film industry to see why Warner Brothers made the decisions they have make
to make each book a single film, but the downside is a savage cutting of
huge chunks of the narrative flow.

While I will continue to see each film, I no longer eagerly await them. I
enjoy them, but no longer expect to be overwhelmed and entranced as I was
for the first films. 

My hope is that some years down the line, BBC or something similar, will
undertake doing the books for television as a mini-series, with the ability
to really explore the full content of the books and the characters. I, for
one, would gladly give up some expensive special effects in exchange for a
truer representation of our beloved books.

Panhandle