POA, gripe towards the so-called fans!

[Gabriela]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "waynegregory23" 
<waynegregory23 at y...> wrote:
> What is wrong with you lot? The third film was the best one! OK it 
> is very different, but dont forget so was the book. The about of 
> complaints which have cropped up are "ridikulus"!

> 
> "waynegregory23"

(snip 'cause I agree with everything you posted)

I mostly lurk around but am writing this because I think I need to 
say something good about Alfonso Cuarón, as I am mexican too. I 
think he did a wonderful job as a director of the movie; and of 
course he read the books. Do you really think JKR would have let him 
direct this movie if she knew he had no idea of what he was doing? 
Someone said PoA was an american action film with mexican touches, 
the only mexican touch that I saw were the sugar skulls at 
Honeydukes; the shrunken (talking) heads belong to an ancient tribe 
in Ecuador. Complaints about missing characters like Sir Cadogan or 
Oliver Wood are out of context, you might as well complain about 
Florean Fortescue not being in the movie. I think Sir Cadogan or 
Oliver Wood were not that relevant to the plot. The "time-wasting" 
scenes like Harry riding Buckbeak or the frog choir put together 
take what? five minutes? What would you include there? Alfonso was 
the director of this film, but he didn't work alone; Columbus, as a 
producer had to stay close and make sure Cuarón was doing a good 
job. 

The beauty of reading a book is that you give your own 
interpretation to characters, setting, plot, etc. Each and every one 
of us have our own interpretation of the books, Alfonso Cuarón gave 
us his, and I think he did a great job. PoA IMNSHO is the best of 
the three movies, and JKR thinks the same. I am really sorry that 
there are a lot of people upset about (movie)PoA; that was bound to 
happen, as Melody mentioned, especially with a book that is so dear 
to many of us. I only hope that these people can focus a little bit 
more on the good things they saw, rather than the bad ones. Thanks 
to the many people here who could appreciate the work done by 
Alfonso, it's good to know I am not the only one who thinks he did a 
wonderful job ;)

Gabriela
(going back to lurkdom)