[HPFGU-Movie] Reactions to PoA (the film) Re: On to other issues

[OctobersChild48 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/24/2007 5:12:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
justcarol67 at yahoo.com writes:

Cat" wrote:

You are absolutely right IMO regarding Curan! Yes, it  was supposed to be a 
darker
movie but he really went out of his way to  elliminate some really nice
sublties that JKR had put in and put in some  very odd things in no way
progressed the story line, they were just inane.  . .The Shrunken
Head????? The choir with frogs??? The complete  rearrangement of
Hogwarts? Poor Professor Fliwick?!? He turned my favorite  book into my
least favorite movie. I am still flabergasted by the  viewers that came out 
and said it was
the best HP movie so far ... I always  wondered if they had read the
books, seen the other movies or even seen  that one? 
 
Sandy:
 
Despite the fact that POA was the first of the movies to be radically  
different from the book it still remains my second favorite of the movies,  
surpassed only by SS. And, yes, I have read the book - several times - have seen  all 
of the other movies; in fact, I own all of them. I could have lived without  
the shrunken heads, although they were cute and funny, enjoyed the choir 
because  I liked the song and thought the frog was cute, didn't particularly care 
for the  changed Hogwarts, and hated the new-look Flitwick, but I still love the 
movie. 



Carol:

Wasn't it Michael Gambon who said that he hadn't read  the books
(though he's heard rumors that his character dies in HBP)?  

Sandy:
 
Yes, Michael Gambon has admitted to not having read the books.
 

Carol:

I have mixed feelings about PoA (the film). I actually liked  the
(uncanonical) chorus, complete with toads, because of the  explicit
link to Shakespeare. (The lyrics, I'm sure you know, are straight  out
of Macbeth, if not verbatim at least very close to the song of  the
Three Witches as Macbeth approaches.)
 
Sandy:
 
Having never read Shakespeare I was not aware of this, but loved the song  
anyway.
 

Carol:

I didn't like Gambon!DD's drab robes or the changes to  Flitwick or the
shrunken heads (mercifully removed from any following  films) or the
Muggle clothes worn by the students outside of class (but  once Cuaron
or his wardrobe department had made that change, there was no  going
back). 
 
Sandy:
 
This has become my greatest source of irritation with the movies -  
costuming. I hate that drab get-up they have Gambon in, can't stand the new  Flitwick, 
and most of all don't like the students being in Muggle garb all of  the time. 
Part of the charm of the stories is the robes and wizard wear, and it  really 
pisses me off that it has been taken away. Most of the scenes could be  
taking place in any boarding school anywhere because of the lack of the magical  
costumes. At least Snape and McGonagal are always properly costumed.
 
Sandy



  





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