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Re: What would you change about the films?
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First, I have to say that I am a hardcore fan of the books and hate any sort of changes made to their story. It follows, therefore, that I am no big fan of the movies and have a lot of potential changes the they could have made. Here goes (in no certain order):
1) Ditch Dan as Harry. IMO, his acting was just deadpan and flat. Plus, he's way too short. And his hair from GoF onward just kept going from bad to worse (though, admittedly, that's not his fault.) 2) Either ditch Emma OR keep her, get her make-up back to the one from PS/SS and CoS, give the lines she stole from Ron and Harry back to them, and get her to stop. moving. her. eyebrows. 3) No changes here: Keep Rupert! He's a great actor, had Ron's character down and I'm just upset they didn't make use of the full depth that, IMO, Rupert could have brought to Ron. He was just sidelined and used 90% of the time as a bumbling comic relief character in the movies. ![]() 4) Alan Rickman's an awesome actor (I love Sense and Sensibility!), but he's just too old for Snape! I would still have supported letting him reprise the role if it hadn't meant aging all his contemporaries (i.e. Sirius, Lupin) Quote:
![]() 5) Keep Chris Columbus for all seven movies and, even if that's not possible, at least keep Alfonso Cuaron and David Yates away from the series! The latter two's crushes on Emma and David's Harry-Hermione shipping ruined a lot of the movies, IMO. 6) Like Rickman, I think Gary Oldman is a great actor but I think he fell short in the role of Sirius. And it isn't even the fact that he's too old (because that was my only problem with Rickman; he otherwise had Snape spot on for the most part). In PoA, Gary lends a sort of extreme madness and also an extreme sentimentalism to Sirius that just... isn't like Sirius. And then in OoTP, he pulls a 180 (in the wrong direction) and seems too calm. Where's the frustration of being locked up? Where's that note of childishness and immaturity? He should've read the books before taking on the role, IMO. 7) Stop messing up the relationships with your own personal ships, moviemakers! As mentioned above, Yates's HH shipping lead to the infamous (and absolutely unnecessary, IMO) dance scene in DH. TPT was another shipping fiasco, IMO. They filmed it to look as though some sort of unspoken tension was there between Snape and Lily with the result that I've lost count of the number of times I've heard the following question from only-movie fans: "Is Snape Harry's actual dad?" Uh, no? The point of TPT (in the books, at least) was to convey exactly why that couldn't happen! 8) Get new scriptwriters. And, this time, possibly writers who've actually read and understood the real essence and characterizations of the books. 9) Understanding the importance of the past. The past plays an important role in HP. In the movies, however, all flashbacks and back stories (ie. SWM, TPT, Voldy's life story, the Marauder's back story) are glossed over and their connection to Harry's present isn't really pressed upon properly. The flashbacks felt very scrapbook-ish in nature, instead of being solid, deep scenes. 10) Spend less time on the stilted romance scenes in HBP and give that time to the actual point of the story: learning about Voldy's life. 11) Please, please, for heaven's sake, keep Michael Gambon as far away from the role of DD as possible (and, if possible, bring Richard Harris back to life ![]() ![]() There a lot more but, I'll keep it at this for the moment. ![]()
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For DH2, I would definitely add the bit from the book where Harry gives Voldemort one more chance of redemption. It paints him in a more heroic light. And I would've emphasized the importance of Lily and Harry's sacrifices, and what happened because of that.
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I would have changed the entrances to Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, it felt soo cliched. Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were both co-ed schools and in the movie it was like girly girls and macho men.
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Overall, I like OotP as an adaptation, though it does have its stumbling blocks. It's mostly just nitpicky stuff that I don't like, such as the Order and Harry flying low over the river and around boats and stuff when they're supposed to be traveling undercover. Or how Fred and George make their riotous exit in the middle of everyone's O.W.L.s, when in the book they specifically stated that they didn't want their mayhem to disrupt anyone's studying. But out of all the post-Columbus films, I think it did the best job of including all the major important story points and still working as a coherent stand-alone film.
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I thought OOTP was an improvement on the previous two movies, I didn't like POA all that much, WAY too much cut out at the end, tacky talking skulls, etc. GOF felt like a connect the dots.
Some of the stuff they cut from the fifth movie had to be cut since it wasn't in the fourth movie. I'm flexible with movies, I'll forgive some changes, but when important scenes are omitted and scenes not even in the book are added in its place, I get so annoyed. I could have done without the fish analogy from Slughorn, why not have it like in the books where he shooes him out, it showed Slughorn's shame much better. |
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In POA, I wish they would've included Harry's time in Diagon Alley before he went to school, eating ice cream and admiring the Firebolt. And then in GOF, I think they should've included the part with Harry's situation at the Dursleys' house (Dudley's diet) and when the Weasleys pick up Harry from the Dursleys. |
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I think it'd make much more sense to clarify the difference between life on Privet Drive and life in the wizarding world - once Harry settles in at the Leaky Cauldron, he should be surrounded by people who care about him and are willing to help him, in stark contrast to the indifferent and often times abusive Dursleys. That way, the "threat" of Sirius Black feels more genuine, as if there's some real danger within this world that's normally so inviting to Harry. The way Alfonso Cuaron shot it, Black's escape just feels like one more cruddy element to an already cruddy universe.
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I would have liked to have seen the Dursleys in the fourth movie, and the sixth movie. The scene with Dumbledore calling out the Dursleys was great, and would have been far better than flirting with the waitress. Agree with the previous poster on POA, Cuaron dropped the ball in a big way. |
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I would also add some character or expand more on them: -Peeves, -Pidwidgeon (Pig), -Kreacher, and lots more that I can't think of right now! There are lots of other things, but I just finished piles of homework so I am tired! ![]()
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On the other hand, the film makers wasted a lot of time on adding things to the movies that didn't need to be there for story-telling purposes or spent time (we're talking seconds but those seconds add up!) on things that they didn't need to spend time on - like the three seconds they spend panning over the kittens on Umbridge's office walls or spending time showing her preparing her tea... If that's what you're doing with the screen time give me Peeves any day.
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I also hate how some characters lose their depth. Ginny doesn't have any of the fire that she has in the books. Fleur did not come across at all as being the strong, capable woman she turned out to be. I hated NEville's line about serving panache's at the slug club. He was coming into his own by that time, what an insult |
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I've always wanted to say this, but not sure if many people feel the same. Richard Harris was amazing. He was exactly how I imagined Dumbledore. I would have replaced Michael Gambon (who is otherwise a brilliant actor) with somebody different. Dumbledore is pretty laid back and relaxed. Michael Gambon portrayed him in such a hyper and flustery way and he speaks way too fast and too loudly. I actually think Alan Rickman could have made a brilliant Dumbledore, cos he has this quiet calm aura about him, (and the perfect nose), even though he might have been a wee bit too young.
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