MOVIE: one more word (okay, lots) on Horribly dissapointed

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> 
> An example here from the trailer is the clearly NON-dungeon where 
Snape
> says that purring line to Harry. We ALL know the potions classroom 
is in
> the dungeons. No windows. Period. So in this instance, the movie is
> inarguably WRONG. But. But. But. Watch the trailer and look at the 
angle
> from which they introduce Snape. You're looking up at him, and those
> windows (lovely, by the way, if inaccurate) backlight him so that 
he is
> a towering, indistinct, threatening figure. Whose line parallels 
this in
> its ambiguity--soft, calm, measured, but clearly powerfully 
threatening.
> So I totally applaud this change; it took the "feel" that the books 
had,
> and translated it into a faithful visual--faithful to the "feel," 
not to
> the letter of the book.


I just have to disagree.  I don't want to see windows behind Snape.  
He teaches in the dungeons.  Snape and the dungeons go hand in hand.  
It's the darkness. That should be the 'feel'.  I would much rather 
see Snape in the dark with only torches.  That would be much more 
effective than windows with the light streaming in.  But maybe the 
Hogwarts dungeons have windows ;-)

Also, I know I'm taking my life in my hands, but I never wanted to 
see Rickman as Snape and I'm disappointed in what I see.  Hope the 
big screen is better than what I've seen so far.

 
>I would rather have a movie that is, well,
> magical in its scope and cinematic sweep, and not entirely faithful 
to
> all the little details, than a movie which renders each and every 
detail
> perfectly, but which falls flat.

It doesn't have to be entirely faithful in 'every little detail' but 
how hard is it to:

Have Ron taller than Harry?

Have the right hair color on the actors?  Ever heard of Clairol?

Hagrid?  He's half-giant - it's important -  make him that way.

Snape is a very young man with *shoulder length* hair and sallow 
skin.  His skin color and hair are a big part of his description.  
Make him look that way.  Not that ugly chin length thing he is 
wearing. How about a little yellow coloring!

The above are important and fairly easy to take care of. 

There are things I do like about what I've seen:

I basically like the kids.  I like Argus, the wand maker, D. Alley, 
the castle, Madam Hooch.....

All in all I'm sure the movie will be fine.  

Koinonia