Your favorite actor/actress in HP movies

[j.s.barnes at comcast.net]

I have to agree with this to a great extent. GOF had so
many rich elements that were left out. Perhaps they should
have made IT into 2 movies and kept the movie script closer
to cannon. The second part of GOF movie should have started
when they went into the Maze. If they'd have included all
the excitement of the maze included in the book, I think
the parts of the audience who hadn't read the book would
have been motivated to do so. As it is, they have no idea
what they've missed, but the faithful readers do know. They
had a chance to produce some truly phenomenal movies. They
took the easier route instead much of the time by ignoring
or rewriting cannon.

So we can remember this in 25 years when someone wants to
remake the movies... Hopefully they'll get a real fan as
producer/director and they'll try to stay closer to the
books with the movies.

Jackie Sue

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From: "Nightbreed" <md at exit-reality.com>
I think his direction was excellent and I think what he
did for the characters and actors really made a huge
difference and he also set the tone for the other films.

You’ve got to give him most / all the credit for the
movies since because he made the changes in tone, he made
the changes in visuals, he made the changes in bringing
out and growing up the characters.

What happened in POA is Cuaron did not respect the
subplots (the same holds true for GOF) and he did not
understand what those meant to the fan base that read
the books. People who did not read the books, by and
large, love the film far and away over 1,2, or 4.

I think Cuaron guided the films into cinematic events,
not just adaptations for the readers.

What I didn’t like was GOF. I thought it entertaining
and decent, with some genuine moments but the focus was
on just getting through seven chapters of the book as if
the other chapters didn’t exist. We had the Quiditch Cup,
Goblet of Fire, Triwizard events 1 & 2, Yule Ball,
Triwizard event 3 and Voldemorte’s return. The movie had
no flow, it just jumped from event to event. Also, Fleur
and Victor where reduced to mostly silent, pacing
figurines. I thought of all the films it missed the worse
because it failed on plot and character. For those who
hadn’t read the book, when Hermione cries and screams at
Ron after the Yule ball, they are left dumbfounded
because the side-stories, the back-story, the character
development isn’t there.

POA and OOTP where truncated to be sure, OOTP better, but
they where the two strongest character driven stories of
the film series. You can hate on POA all you want for what
was left from the book, but latter films all owe to it.

md