[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: POA Spoilers (Long & might tick a few ppl off but t...

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

Kai: 
I saw the same film; ppl talked to each other but the emotions were
more evident than all the usual flash and glamour of the first two
films.  Flash and glamour are annoying; actual acting well now...some
ppl have seen it some haven't.

While there were gaps missing in the film some of which even annoyed
me, when thought about, did I really need to see two Quidditch
matches?  How relevant IS an explanation of the stag?  Does it lessen
the feel of watching Dementors scatter like rats? No I don't think so.
And who gives a flying fignut if it didn't follow parts of the book
but took liberties. Independent directors are just that; independent.
Most are creative madmen with the ability to take low budget films
(My Greek Wedding) and just put feel and charm into them that a lot of
slick Hollywood-style directors can't do any more.  

I found PoA to be a mixture of independent thrills, REAL emotions (not
follow-every-line-in-the-book type crap seen in the first films. I'm
not saying SS nor CoS weren't brilliant but they do lack a certain
energy to them that was all over PoA.  So many are complaining about
what's missing that nobody is talking about performances-geesh! For
instance, David Thewlis' Remus Lupin-Holy Zeus on Olympus! He floored
me. I felt that he truly played Lupin, my heart hurt when he resigned,
cheered when traded words with Snape-I enjoyed how instead of Lupin
being pleasant he had a bit of bite in him. And my heart went out to
both him went he saw the moon knowing what would be happening.

And ah..lets not forget ppl (I am so TIRED of hearing this that from
now on, I'm just going to ignore whiners or taunt them which ever
works) it's not suppose to follow the WHOLE book. 
Do we need to make this into a song?
Did SS follow the whole book? 
We KNOW CoS didn't follow the whole book and in fact like PoA changed
some scenes or deleted them all together.  
And frankly, no offense to those who haven't read Book 3, I don't need
a running commentary of Book 3-I've read it several times already.
What I was hoping to get from PoA is a visual story to the one already
in my head.  

If that's all you did, you wasted your money.

Ok, I'm done ranting...for now I hope not to repeat it.
I too, can not WAIT for the DVD because I know Alfonso has left some
real treats for us (and who ever bids highest to play the whole movie
(cut scenes and all). How delicious THAT would be! I only wish he
could do OotP because its going to need a director to really work the
character's emotions.  
Cassie: 

Yes, yes, yes.   Good filming. Good acting.  

No one expects the books to be followed word for word.  However, there were 
plot holes in the film itself.   I'm thinking about this from the perspective 
of a person who has never read the books or if the books had never been written 
at all.  There was some important stuff missing, not just little bits we 
would've like to see. 

~Cassie~ 


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