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

[Susanne]

Hi,

Saturday, July 8, 2006, 9:11:39 AM, penhaligon at gmail.com wrote:

> 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.

This is exactly how I feel about the movies.
I've given up expecting much, especially in the way of
character exploration and understand that the movie makers
think special effects are more important for some reason.
Special effect *are* important, but in HP they seem to spend
so much unnecessary time on extended chase scenes that tend
to get boring quickly, but claim there is no time for (to
me) more important and interesting storylines.
I watched the first two films multiple times in the movie
theater, but the last two only once each.
While we bought the dvds (our daughter likes the movies), I
can barely stand sitting through PoA and GoF doesn't hold
my attention much, either.
They just seem kind of empty to me compared to the books.
We barely know Ron at all, and Neville is only there for the
occasional laugh, too. Not to even mention Dean, Seamus and
the other Gryffindor girls.

I, too, hope they will some day make a mini series that will
take the time to really go into detail and actually show
characters interacting for more than a few sentences at a
time.

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at vcem.com