[from HP4GU] MOVIE: Thoughts on HP ep II-IV

[bbennett at joymail.com]

Martin wrote: 

<No matter if Chris Columbus makes a good PS/SS or not, I think it's 
best to switch directors for every movie (it worked well on SW IV-VI 
and Alien 1-4). The books, IMHO, all have different moods and the 
directors should be chosen regarding that. >

Just had to jump in and disagree <g>. Empire was better than Star 
Wars, but as much as I love the series, Jedi had a tremendous number 
of flaws. Part of this was due to a less than stellar script (don't 
know what to do with Han Solo and Princess Leia? They can hang with 
the fuzzy little Ewoks for 3/4's the movie), but a lot of it was the 
fault of the director, who never quite "got" it (I'd say "IMO", but 
I'm not the only one who thinks Jedi was not a good movie - it's been 
analyzed by many critics, and have you seen the "50 Reasons Jedi 
Sucks" list that floats around the Net?).  No, if the first HP movie 
is as good as the trailer makes it seem to be (and I really do think 
Columbus "gets" it), then I'd much prefer CC sticking it out through 
the rest of the movies (if that ever actually happens).

My 2 cents! 

Best,
B