Chris COlumbus the director, why did he do so well with his two Harry Potter movies,

[Morrison_Lad]

Really? Cos I though Cuaron brought the a-game. Azkaban really impressed me, made me sit up and actually pay attention to the films.

Yeah, I think Cuaron was great. And other than the two-part final film, that one is my favorite.

[EmarAndZeb]

Yeah, I also thought Azkaban and the finales were the best of the movie series.

[Little Scandal]

I liked Azkaban - the begining scared the snot right outta me. But I really loved the last two films. I felt they went all out in those ones - fx/acting wise. I balled my eyes out when Harry realized what had to be done.

[Morrison_Lad]

I liked Azkaban - the begining scared the snot right outta me. But I really loved the last two films. I felt they went all out in those ones - fx/acting wise. I balled my eyes out when Harry realized what had to be done.

Yeah, the last two were really powerful. Great stuff.

Maybe one day I'll read all the books.

[Patrick Gerard]

Can I say I dislike his Harry Potter movies the most?

I found them to be poorly directed, saved by the source material and some of the performances.

[Morrison_Lad]

Can I say I dislike his Harry Potter movies the most?

I found them to be poorly directed, saved by the source material and some of the performances.

They may not be the greatest, but I swear I don't even *remember* Order of the Phoenix. I mean, it didn't even make enough of an impression for me to dislike it. I've just forgotten it totally.

[RobStaeger]

I've never been fond of Chris Columbus as a director. Looking at his filmography on IMDB, I realize that the only movie of his I really like is his first, Adventures in Babysitting. It's all been downhill from there.

[Karen El]

I never saw Percy, so can't really comment on the quality or lack thereof of that.

But I've seen all the HP films, and I read the first two books. Those films were good, IMO, because Rowling wrote a really good story. And the films managed to capture most of the gist of the books.

That's interesting, because I thought the films did so well because they cleaned up the poorer parts of the novels, and gave some depth to pretty generic stories.

[Karen El]

They may not be the greatest, but I swear I don't even *remember* Order of the Phoenix. I mean, it didn't even make enough of an impression for me to dislike it. I've just forgotten it totally.

It was easily the poorest realisation. The story being far too long to fit into even a two and a half hour movie, they compromised by chopping great chunks of the plot out.

[Morrison_Lad]

That's interesting, because I thought the films did so well because they cleaned up the poorer parts of the novels, and gave some depth to pretty generic stories.

Hmm. Well it's been a while since I read them, so maybe I'm projecting more depth and interesting story-telling than was actually there. But I seem to remember thinking that Rowling could hold my interest and tell a story I wanted to read.

OTOH, I had already seen the first two movies when I read them, so there's that. Maybe the fact that I enjoyed the films effected how I saw the books.

It's like with "Hunger Games." Even though I hadn't (and still haven't) seen the film when I read it, I couldn't help but imagine Katniss as Jennifer Lawrence, with Jennifer Lawrence's voice, etc.

It was easily the poorest realisation. The story being far too long to fit into even a two and a half hour movie, they compromised by chopping great chunks of the plot out.

Ah, yeah, never having read the book, I couldn't compare them. But that makes a lot of sense. Because it really was forgettable.