[HPFGU-Movie]

[Child Of Midian]

From: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com [mailto:HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Andrea Grevera




Andie here,

I saw HBP once - I was going to Philadelphia to see it in IMAX but decided
I'll use the money that I would "waste" for something extra in Disneyworld.
Our up coming vacation.

I will probably buy the DVD just to have it but my movie loving days are
over.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

I think they never found a balance between faithfulness to the books and
really exciting cinema.

The first two films where fairly loyal, but the directing was clumsy, Ron
WHINED endlessly in the second one and both ending’s where clumsy. The first
films just didn’t cut it as exciting films. 

The third film was easily the best made FILM. Yes, the cut A LOT out, but,
what was left was coherent, well acted, well directed and exciting to watch.
Take away all knowledge of the book and POA the film is the only film that
really stands alone and completely works.

The fourth film was not a film, it was episodes of Harry Potter. Felt like
watching five 20-minute episodes of the worlds most expensive TV show.

5 & 6 are entertaining, exciting, funny, but they fail the logic test. 

So what have we learned? Longer films that are close to the books would work
if not directed by Christopher Columbus. Shorter films with less book info
would work (but piss-off fanboys and gals) if they really trim it down so
the film has a single, steady focus like POA.

DH will not really work, because half the mysteries are solved by clues from
earlier books that are not in the earlier films!!! 

BUT, if they make DH 5 – 5 ½ hrs total, it will at least be 90% faithful.

 

md

 



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