[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Dan's acting, and other observations

[Karen]

On May 1, 2006, at 12:18 AM, Valerie Flowe wrote:

> My family and I were watching "GOF" again today. My husband had to
> comment "He (Dan) really can't act, can he? How can he get away with
> that?" I was trying to be objective...course I'm NOT when it comes to
> my greatest obsession, the HP books and movies! I do think Dan has  
> much
> improved on his delivery since SS/PS. There were still a couple of
> moments where his delivery might have been a bit too quick...what  
> comes
> to mind is when Cedric, in the maze, says "Some game, huh?" and Harry
> responds "Yeah, some game", a bit too quickly. Or when he's going to
> the 2nd task with Neville who says "You look a bit nervous (or
> something to that effect) and Harry replies "Do I?!" with his teeth
> gritted. Some of those moments were a smidgeon less than perfect. But
> then there are other moments when his facial expression is so great,
> such as when his name gets called from the goblet...he looks so
> terrified. And then later when he's having the "piss off" discussion
> with Ron...I love when he says "I don't want eternal glory, I just
> want..." Or when he's talking to Sirius in the fire and says in a  
> panic
> "I'm not ready for this, Sirius!!!" And how believable he was when
> Voldemort was searing his scar his his finger!!! That was awesome! I
> mean, he's not a Rickman or an Oldman or a Gleeson or a Fiennes...but
> perhaps he will be some day. OK, I could go on and on...I love the
> movies, I love Dan and all the other actors.
>

Go back and watch a Jody Foster movie when she was Dan's age some  
time. She was on Letter man and he was showing clips from her preteen  
and teen years :D  I'd say he is on track. Yes, there are better  
actors,however, I've seen way worse and he does fine.

> By the way, has anyone seen "Friend's Money"? Jason Isaacs is in it,
> and it just amazes me how American he sounds. How do Brits DO that?!
> Now THAT's good acting!

That's a good dialect coach too! I was stunned at Heath Ledger's  
accent in Brokeback Mountain. He sounded JUST like some of my  
customers (we are in Nebraska and I'm from SD).

>
> One little bit of inconsistency that I noted today while watching GOF.
> When the camera pans to the World Cup stadium and we get that wild
> perspective of how it looks like it's underground...this was all Art
> Direction for the movie, THEN, the Weasley, Hermione, Harry crew  
> has to
> trudge all the way UP to the top (which was in the book). Huh?!
> Wouldn't they already be at the top, if the top is level with the
> ground? Just an observation...!
>

My big gripe on that scene is when Dan takes Emmas arm and then  
Lucius whams his cane down and voila! Dan's hand is back on the  
banister. Plus it seems further up than would be possible for the  
cane to be.