[HPFGU-Movie] Re: First Equus review!!!!!!! - Casting Dan

[Ronin_47]

--Sandy Wrote--
>>>This was never more true than with GOF. By the time the movie was
released I 
>had seen every clip that had been made available. I was totally shocked to 
>find out that, in essence, I had already seen the entire movie, with the 
>exception of the graveyard scenes. All of these scenes I had seen on the
Internet had 
>just been strung together to form the movie in it's entirety. Very 
>disappointing. GOF is my least favorite. 

>I have to say that SS and COS, to my way of thinking, are pretty true to
the 
>books, with minor exceptions. POA is where they really started changing 
>things, yet it remains one of my favorites.

>As to the acting: Sometimes I feel like I must be so much more
simple-minded 
>or easier to please than everyone else on the HP groups because I think Dan
is 
>a good actor in the movies, and I think Rupert has moments of brilliance
too, 
>although I feel his talent is much under used. I am not, however, impressed

>with Emma.

>As to Warner needing to rethink their policy on the length of the movies, I

>couldn't agree more. I am really concerned about OOP. It was the longest
book 
>to date, yet they still insist upon maintaining the 2 1/2 hour movie
length. 
<<<
 
 
 
--Ronin's Comments--
I have to agree with most of what you've said. Although to me, Michael
Gambon's Dumbledore is horrible. Nothing against him personally or as an
actor in general, but he is the furthest thing from the Dumbledore I see
when I'm reading the books, which is especially evident in GOF. I suppose it
was more the result of bad directing than anything, but I've never really
liked Gambon's portrayal of DD. There are so many other actors who could
play that part; Michael Caine, Peter O'Toole, Sean Connery, Ian McKellen,
Jeremy Irons, etc.
I also think Emma is not bad, but there are moments where I can see her
struggling with simple lines or expressions. In spite of this, I couldn't
see anyone else playing Hermione and it's so minor that I can shrug it off.
She's getting better.
But, I have no idea why the studios are such sticklers to the 2.5 hour
format. It was tragic for GOF, which ended up leaving a massive portion of
story and congruency on the cutting room floor. It made no sense the way it
hopped awkwardly from one scene to the next and spent WAY too much time
dealing with the Yule Ball. Dumbledore came off more as a confused thug than
anything else and the movies greatest redeeming quality was probably the FX
and sound.
This disaster is fresh in my mind and has me very worried about OotP, which
is my favorite book so far. Luckily, not only a new director, but a new
screenplay writer worked on this film and the reviews of recent screeners
have been pretty good so far. One of them seems to have been written by a
actual HP fan.
Anyway, I can't wait. The 7 minute behind the scenes clip on Google Videos
has my mouth watering and if nothing else, I know that Bellatrix, Sirius and
Luna will be worth seeing the movie for.
 
Cheers,
Ronin
 


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