Introduction

[Steve]

---  Stephen Vandecasteele <vand195550 at ...> wrote:
>
> My two cents, Chris Columbus is an outstanding director
> whose direction has neither been boring nor bland or dull.
> If you think the Sorcerers Stone and Chamber of Secrets
> was boring,dull and bland I really hate to see your idea
> of excitement. This is exactly why you need to seperate
> the books from the movies.
> 
> Steve
> 

I can handle CoS right up until the end. Then the Hagrid 
Hug-fest at the end drives me nuts, so I always stop the 
video just before the point. But, other than the ending,
the movie is fine. 

To some extent, it is a drawback having read the books
THEN seeing the movies. It is almost impossible to enjoy 
then when I am so aware of everything that has been left 
out. Though, admittedly, I do still enjoy them. 

Chris Columbus, whatever faults he may have, has a lot of
experience directing kids, and that shows. The only
annoyance I have with his directign style is his over
reliance on the kids grabbing their cheeks and going 
'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'. Still, I guess it fits in the movies.

As long as we are on the subject, when you watched the 
movies, did you notice it took Lockhart a few seconds to
reach the bottom, but it took Harry and Ron a very long
'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH' to go down the slide and reach the 
bottom.

Still, while I noticed, I don't let things like that bother
me. It was a fun part of the movie.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bluewizard