Trashing the films Was Re: GoF movie trailer

[saraquel_omphale]

Bumbledore wrote:
>I for one, hope the GOF
> puts the magic back into the movies, as I thought POA was an 
insult, and a
> discusting peice of garbage that should never have been allowed on 
the
> silver screen. They should have re-done it.
> 

Saraquel:
Woa Bumbledore - if we're trashing the films then it's PS and CoS 
that got me.  At least with PoA they ditched the vomit making 
sentimentality of the first two films.  Was I glad they changed the 
director.  I thought PoA was a much better film and more true to the 
spirit of the books, which in the end, IMO is all a film adaptation 
can hope to be.

The first two films were completely ruined for me by the totally 
unnecessary, completely unconvincing reaction shots.  It took PoA to 
show me that Daniel Radcliffe can act at all.  Once I'd seen it I 
went back to the first two movies and realised that when he was 
allowed to act, he didn't do too badly (although I've never thought 
he was great in the part).  I realised it was the direction that was 
at fault - Radcliffe was forced to smile sickeningly into the 
camera, or put on a puzzled look, so often that if you cut them out 
you'd reduce the length of the film by half.

And don't start me on the final scene in CoS - I need a bucket by me 
every time I watch it! 

Saraquel
Who has only seen the trailer once, but was impressed and excited by 
it, although I see that it's been hotted up a bit - did Harry ever 
have a merperson's spear at his throat in the book?