[HPFGU-Movie] Re: AR has read the books, well, at least DH!

[Cassandra Wladyslava]

Alla:
I see your point if the adaptation has similar intentions as the original,
even if adaptation cuts storylines, etc, but characters and plot remain for
the most part the same. So again, please do not get me wrong, I do not think
it is bad for Alan Rickman to read the books at all. Although even for him,
what good does it do him that he reads about Snape delivering the Prophecy
for example and guilt and remorse he feels because of it if , if it will not
be touched upon in DH (of course we do not know yet one way or another).

Cassie:

In that situation, maybe it wouldn't do him any good.  On the other hand,
sometimes actors use information for character development that is never
touched upon in the actual production.  Even if it's never revealed to the
audience that Snape is the one who told LV about the prophecy, AR (as Snape)
may still keep this in mind as he's playing the character.  Of course, if
the director tells AR he should have a completely different motivation,
then his having learned about that information really doesn't matter.  AR
(or any actor for that matter) may even come up with his own reasons for
doing things because of the way he interprets what he's read in both the
book and the screenplay.

Alla:

But I realized that I can come up with the example that illustrates my point
much better. Have you seen Disney's version of Three Musketeers? Have you
**read** Three Musketeers? If you did both, I am 99.99% sure that you will
agree with me that Alexander Dumas would have turned in his grave if he saw
this so called "adaptation".
Because well, for those who did not do both or only read OR saw that
silliness, well they have very little in common together besides action
supposedly taking place in France and characters with the same names and
occupations.

Cassie:

I've read the book, eaten the candy bar, and have seen The Musketeers as
portrayed in The Man in the Iron Mask, but no, I've never seen the disney
version.  Now I don't think I want to.

Alla:

I was thinking what good it would have done to the actor (whose name I do
not remember) who played Cardinal Richelie (please forgive the spelling) if
he read the book.

<snip>

And then he reads the screenplay. I am not sure how reading the book would
have helped him work on character development. Only if in the future he
would have wanted to play the role in the better adaptation LOL.
Cassie:

I see your point.  Some adaptations can be so far off the mark it makes you
wonder if the screenwriter and/or director even read the book.  Mind you, I
think some changes are good.  Even as a diehard HP fan who wanted to see the
films be completely faithful to the books, I have to admit there are changes
that I've liked and even thought were better than what was written.

~Cassie~


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