Hermione/Emma Watson (Re: The Romance (was HBP))

[cubfanbudwoman]

md: 
> I don't think WB had anything to do with it. I think it's Kloves. He
> distilled the characters to what he believes are their basic 
> structures, hero, comic sidekick and well-of-knowledge. It's really 
> a standard way for screenwriters to think. 
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> It was the directors that made the choices to cut, and
> Kloves who made the choice to distill the characters. 
 
> 
> I think it's easy to point a mean finger at WB and say it's their 
> fault, but time and time again what I read is screenwriter and 
> director, not production.
 

SSSusan:
I actually agree with you entirely, md.  It is Kloves I feel is primarily responsible (or "to blame," for those of us who prefer that term).  

When I talked about the "Warner Team," he was definitely part of the team I had in mind.  I should not have lumped him in with them, since he's independent of Warner, and "Warner" as a moniker really does imply the *production* folks.  So, my bad there.  But it was actually Kloves first, and the director secondarily (whether Cuaron, Columbus, Yates or Newell) whom I blame for this distillation, yes.

Siriusly Snapey Susan,
who remembers back when SS/PS and CoS came out and she thought Kloves was fabulous for sticking so faithfully to the text; but then....