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

[elfnorc at voyager.net]

I really like all of these movies but I still don't think the first 2 HP
moives were the best.  Other people have said it better than I did
but I think the phrase "straight forward regurgitation" as just
posteb by someone else says it best for me.  I don't need the movie
to be an exact replica of the book but I do need it to be alive.

Wtih the Devil Wears Prada I actually thought the movie was better than
the book.

Tina


> Thanks Betsy!  
> I love Home alone, Mrs. Doubtfire (A defiante classic), and my
other all 
> time favorite adventures in babysitting!  
> More so than the other directors Chris has been around a long time
and I'd 
> go see a movie of his anytime. 
> Love,Red 
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 6/23/09, bgrugin
<bgrugin at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> 
> 
From: bgrugin
<bgrugin at yahoo.com> 
> Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: HP does
not better in the summer than Fall 
> To:
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com 
> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 7:50
PM 
> 
>> 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 
>> ::::::::::::::: 
>> 
>> I thought, when Columbus was announced to direct, what a
horrible 
>> mistake.. 
>> Home Alone, bad, Mrs.
Doubtfire, horrible. Then I saw SS and thought, 
>> yep, I 
>> was right, he has no style whatsoever, the story is stagnant,
the acting 
>> wooden, the camera stiff. 
>> 
>> As for POA, yeah, abridged but excellent in every way. It was
the first 
>> film 
>> that really bonded
non-readers to the films. It's cinematic, stylish, 
>> well 
>> acted and concentrates on characters as much as plot. I think
POA and 
>> OOTP 
>> are the best of the five. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> md 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> MusicalBetsy here:

> I must say that I agree with Red.  It was the first film -
SS - that made 
> me fall in love with HP.  I thought
Columbus captured the innocence of the 
> children
perfectly.  And then when I read the book, yes, I discovered 
> there was so much more to the book than the film.  Sure, some
things were 
> left out (very small things), but at least nothing
was radically changed.  
> BUT in PoA, there were WAY too
many things that were non-canon.  I HATED 
> the shrunken
heads and Flitwick's new look and the kids in muggle 
>
clothes.  And there was so much important stuff - like the origin of
the 
> Marauder's Map - that was left out.  In fact, after
the movie, I had to 
> explain so much to my husband just so he
could understand it.  It was a 
> difficult movie to follow
if you hadn't read the book - and it shouldn't 
> have to be like
that. 
> 
> It IS interesting how we all see things
differently, isn't it?  I guess 
> that's what makes life
interesting. 
> 
> Cheers, 
> Betsy 
> 
> 
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