[HPFGU-Movie] Re: HP does not better in the summer than Fall

[Lady of Imladris]

that's what makes it an interesting place this group we all have different ideas  on things!
Love,Red

--- On Tue, 6/23/09, elfnorc at voyager.net <elfnorc at voyager.net> wrote:

From: elfnorc at voyager.net <elfnorc at voyager.net>
Subject: RE: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: HP does not better in the summer than Fall
To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 12:38 PM



Wow.  It is amazing they we have practically completely different
opinions on the movies.  I thought Columbus kept the words and the
story but Azkaban was the first movie that actually captured the magic
within the story and told that.
Tina


> Chris
Coloumbus was probable the better of  the first directors of the 
> Harry Potterfilms. They are deep and thoughtful and tell teh whole
story 
> unlike some of the others example -  
>
Prizoner of Azkaban (which felt more like a Harry Potter for dummies 
> novel).. I felt like the Prizoner of Azkaban movie was the movie
that all 
> the writers/directors/producers forgot. Its like they
just read the first 
> page and said this will be good
enough.  
> Love,Red 
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Mon, 6/22/09, Child of Midian <md at exit-reality.com> wrote: 
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From: Child of Midian <md at exit-reality.com>

> Subject: RE: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: HP does not better in the summer
than Fall 
> To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com 
> Date:
Monday, June 22, 2009, 10:07 PM 
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From: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
[mailto:HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Carol 
> Carol, hoping that someone else will theorize as to why Poa was the
least 
> profitable film and the profits began to rise again with
GoF 
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> POA lost the Chris Columbus crowd, and pissed
off a huge amount of book 
> fans 
> by cutting far deeper
and wider than the first two films. The main loss in 
> revenue
was the deterioration of repeat business. 
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> Now, here the other half. A lot of people came out for the
first film 
> because it was the first, the second one, because
they hoped that like the 
> books, the movies would just get
better. Instead the second film was slow 
> and the end was weak
so people didn't decide the first one was the charm. 
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> Now, OTOH, the POA and GOF really showed a change
coming in cinematic and 
> storytelling, now the films are more
mature, darker, and not just for 
> kids. 
> Suddenly OOTP
is big, not only is it good, but it appeals to a broader 
>
audience that has grown warm to HP on video and cable. Also, OOTP has a

> lot 
> of little nudges to the things in the book it
couldn't include, it's a 
> very, 
> very dense film and
you gain something in repeat veiwings. 
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> That's my opinion based on experience (esp. in marketing.) 
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Tina In Michigan 

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