Bittersweet

[Steve]

---  can can <turn2pg394 at ...> wrote:
>
> I'm excited that they are splitting the last film into 2 
> parts, but Yates as a director kills my joy just a little. 
> Continuity is one thing, but I don't feel he did a good enough
> job with Order.  So what will the continuity be?  Just my 
> opinion.  I know some people like Yates, I just do not.  
> Order's still just a really long trailer to me.
> 
> peace...real love...
> 
> Candace
> 

bboyminn:

To some extent I agree with you. I think Yates showed great
potential, but didn't live up to that potential. I think
he constructed the movie very nicely, what little story there
was played out smoothly. But good construction is not enough
if the story isn't there, and in OotP, I think the story
was just barely there. He did enough in the editing room to
get by, but no more. Too much story was cut out, in my opinion.

I don't understand what the Producers, Directors, and studios
obsession is with time. We, the people who are forking over
the money, want more. The people who are taking the money want
less. When did that every become a winning proposition?

I frequently go to matinées to avoid crowds, so there are
usually a fair number of very young people there, I've never
seen a HP movie where the audience wasn't more that willing
to sit there another half hour, if it made the story better. 

We'll see if Yates does a better job with HBP. If he fleshes
the story out better in this new movie, then perhaps there
is hope for Deathly Hallows.

Steve/bboyminn