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

[Karen]

On May 2, 2006, at 6:21 AM, susanbones2003 wrote:

> SNIPPED
>>
>> kchuplis:
>>
>> The biggest problem with that scene was that it did NOT exist in
> the
>> book, there was no reason for Harry TO cry at that point and it was
>> very obviously pressed into the story by the director. Yes, this
> was,
>> IMO, Curzon's biggest crime in PoA and since it did not come
>> organically to the scene, there is little hope that it could come
>> organically to the actor. I'm not sure a seasoned actor could have
>> infused that with true pathos actually. So, I sure wouldn't hold
> that
>> one against Dan.
>>
> Karen,
> Did you read past the embarrassing remark? I said there was no good
> reason to allow that scene to exist! I am with you on this. Dan
> shouldn't have taken the fall. They could have fixed it so easily! Why
> was Dan made to take that embarrassment, that's the big question.
> Crying is one of the things actors have to do occasionally and they
> aren't faucets. Sometimes it's very difficult to summon up the
> necessary emotion to start the tears (or appropriate sounds, as it
> were). Now if AC had so much devotion to this invented scene (with all
> the other good stuff in the book, why did that guy have to create his
> own emotional scene? Smacks of arrogance to me...) why didn't he make
> sure the darn thing worked? I think Dan has so much potential, so much
> he can give to HP and I just really hate to see his contribution
> squandered.
> Jen D.
>
>
> kchuplis:

Oh, I wasn't arguing just expanding. That scene actually makes me a  
little mad so I get het  up. There was just no reason, like you said,  
to manufacture that. I very much agree.