I have heard that directing the first movie was mostly teaching the three principals how to act.
but PoA is my favorite too.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
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Laga - Jul 22, 2011 5:20:12 am PDT #15599 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Jessica - Jul 22, 2011 6:03:20 am PDT #15600 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have heard that directing the first movie was mostly teaching the three principals how to act.
"Eyes wide, terrified!" was apparently an oft-repeated mantra on set during HP1.
Kathy A - Jul 22, 2011 6:52:35 am PDT #15601 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I saw a thing on Biography last week that demonstrated Chris C.'s directing technique for the kids in the first film, at least. He had to keep three cameras running at all times, one for each of the kids, so that he could piece together decent performances from all of them since he knew he couldn't get them to perform at top level on every take. He admitted that the first film was very choppy as a result, because he had to string together the best takes out of, say 10 per scene (on average) to put on screen.
Consuela - Jul 22, 2011 7:23:53 am PDT #15602 of 30000
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Not only did Columbus get the casting absolutely right, I don't think there would've been a series without the success of his movies which were very young kid friendly.
Maybe so, but MAN does the pacing drag. Both needed a much more ruthless editor to keep the narrative moving forward.
Jessica - Jul 22, 2011 8:07:15 am PDT #15603 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
With the first 2 movies, the producers were terrified to leave anything out, which is why they play like books on tape instead of actual movies.
Cuaron made the decision (which carried through the rest of the series) that anything that wasn't from Harry's POV was OUT unless it was absolutely essential to the plot.
§ ita § - Jul 22, 2011 8:09:13 am PDT #15604 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IO9 really like Captain America. They did describe it as a war film with superpowers, which gives me teensy pause, since I don't like war films. But I like superpowers, so I'm in.
And the posters there that have seen it are very enthusiastic too. So I'm stoked. I have tickets for 8:30 tonight.
Consuela - Jul 22, 2011 8:20:10 am PDT #15605 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
With the first 2 movies, the producers were terrified to leave anything out
They should have cut the Norbert storyline entirely, I have to say. It goes on for chapters in the books, and in the movie it gets all of five minutes, and peters out pretty inconclusively (offstage, even, IIRC).
Vonnie K - Jul 22, 2011 8:22:03 am PDT #15606 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I really love PoA the film, but I wish Cuaron went a bit more into the backstory of the marauders. That might have interfered with the flow of the story, but I feel like that's an important part of the Potter canon that wasn't very well fleshed out in the movies.
Every single one of them, dead by the end of the series, barely into their 40's.
Scrappy - Jul 22, 2011 8:27:36 am PDT #15607 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Lupin.
::sighs romantically and sadly::
Consuela - Jul 22, 2011 8:28:26 am PDT #15608 of 30000
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barely into their 40's
Not even 40, I don't think. Say James and Lily have Harry at 20, or 22: that makes Remus no more than 39 at DH. So sad.