Actors in HP movies

[nebraskatoronto]

You know I actually prefer the movie version of POA to any of the 
others in the series of movies.

I notice people get upset because they change details around (the 
color of ties).  This doesn't upset me as much as bad acting or bad 
direction does.

I accept that when a book gets translated into a visual medium it is 
never going to meet everyone's inner visual movie they had of the book.

It's an interpretation.

I really found POA watchable because the director had a beautiful 
sense of mood and theme.  I love his version of The Little Princess, 
it's charming and colourful.  I also enjoyed his version of Great 
Expectations (even though it's not all that faithful to the book and I 
love the book).

I see the movies like cover songs.  It's not the original band but 
maybe if someone with talent interprets it in a new crazy way..it can 
take on a new meaning to you.

Listen I don't like Chris Columbus all that much.  I think he wouldn't 
know a subtle joke if someone set fire to it on his front porch.  In 
fact, I think the greatest crime of the first two movies was lack of 
the subtle adult humour that I love in all of JK's books.  I just 
don't care as much about the location of Hagrid's house or the colour 
of ties..as much as taking a very funny story and making it alittle 
hacky...

That being said I still own them because I love some of the 
performances (Rickman!) and I love watching the story unfold.

I feel like POA had a better sense of this humour and just a more 
artistic sensibility.  I especially enjoy the time motif..lovely..and 
very prominent in the series of books.  The sense of that time is 
precious and limited.