from the book. I don't know whether it would have been honest to the spirit
of the book to have changed that scene though.
My only quibble with it was that they should have used Kenneth Branaugh for
Serious Black - I think he would have worked much better than his playing
that foppish professor in the second film.
There was an interesting story about Richard Harris when he was first
offered the part of Dumbledore. He said that he was going to turn it down
until he talked about it with his youngest granddaughter. Apparently she was
so enthusiastic about his playing the part that he said after that he
couldn't turn it down without being a cad.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marwan Saidi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:35 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban
>
>
> Heh, I would imagine that you wouldn't! :)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lyons, Larry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:21 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban
>
>
> Still I definitely did not like the griffin chowing down on
> the digital ferrets.
>
> larry
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marwan Saidi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:15 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban
> >
> >
> > +1 on the best one yet. In fact, the movie reviewer here in Orlando
> > +posits
> > that this one is so well done, he wonders how they could
> > possibly do better in the remaining films.
> >
> > I _loved_ the new direction, and I was worried that I
> > wouldn't. Much better use of camera angles and music, IMO. I
> > too enjoyed the dementors, I thought that the effects were
> > excellent (the sucking of the soul was top notch). I would
> > have preferred more Quidditch, but the scene that was used
> > was remarkable.
> >
> > As to Michael Gambol as the new Dumbledore... No, he was not
> > Richard Harris, and in such lost some of the "regalness", but
> > in time he grew on me.
> >
> > Major props to the casting department... they have
> > consistently hit home runs here (Snape, McGonagal, shoot,
> > everyone) and kept it up with Gary Oldman as Sirius Black,
> > Emma Thompson as Trelawney, and the guy that they got for
> > Professor Lupin.
> >
> > All in all... very well done!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 11:13 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban
> >
> >
> > I saw the new Harry Potter movie.
> > I think it was the best movie yet; definitely a must see
> > for fans of the
> > series.
> >
> > While it touched on all the important plot points of the
> > book, it felt
> > like a lot of the little details were left out. In many ways
> > the movie
> > flowed better than the previous two. The dementors were very
> > well done; as
> > was the Maurader's map. The scenery and backgrounds were
> > fantastic to watch
> >
> > My two complaints (spoilers below if you care)
> >
> > A) Magic without wands: It appeared to be happening all over
> > the place,
> > from Lupin opening the Boggart chest to Harry blowing up Aunt Marge.
> > In the books, the only time we have magic w/o a wand is in
> > book 5 when
> > Harry casts a Lumos after (during) the Dementor attack. That
> > is an anomaly
> > and people don't know yet if it was a mistake or has some
> > great significant
> > meaning we'll find out in later books.
> >
> > B) Hogwarts was hilly. It appeared that everyone was going
> > up (or down) a
> > hill, especially on the way to Hagrid's cottage. Everything
> > appeared more
> > natural in the first two movies.
> >
> > The kids spent half their time in normal clothes, not magic
> > robes. It
> > bothered me in the trailers, although I didn't even notice
> > while watching
> > the movie.
> >
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