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MAY 29, 2004 at 12:34 AM
Posted by EUDAEMONIA
Source: USA Today via The Leaky Cauldron
J.K. Rowling
gives an interview to USA Today, sharing her thoughts about the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie. In the article, she talks about the film's director Alfonso Cuarón, the dementors, and the eerie foreshadowing of what's to come in the last two books of the Harry Potter series:
Here's an excerpt of the full article:
It is almost as eerie as one of the plots from her beloved best-selling books.
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says that Alfonso Cuarón, who directed The Prisoner of Azkaban, which opens next Friday, inadvertently foreshadowed events that will happen in books six and seven, which she has yet to complete.
"I really got goose bumps when I saw a couple of those things, and I thought, people are going to look back on the film and think that those were put in deliberately as clues," Rowling says in an interview released by Warner Bros., which is distributing the movie.
Rowling cites Cuarón's "good intuition about what would and wouldn't work" in his film version, which is a less by-the-book take on her novel than the previous two films....
...[Rowling] sees the movie as "Alfonso's version of my world. It's his baby. For the very obvious reason that books and films are such different media, to do a very literal adaptation maybe wouldn't serve the material best, and I think he's done exactly what I hoped he would do. He's put a lot of humor in there, and I think it's fantastic. I'd be very, very surprised if most people didn't find their favorite parts of the book in that film."
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Ron's Robe Designer
Points: 5793
meganwood89 says:
J.K Rowling must really like it, she seems more enthused with this one than the previous two. And why wouldn't she be, it looks fantastic! I've only got 6 more days till I see it, its so hard to get through the day, I just want to see it now!
Posted Jun 5, 2004 at 7:06 AM EST
Witch
Points: 802
padfoot18 says:
I think the movie is great. True it doesn't follow the books word for word and has added stuff but lik JKR said its a different media and the director shows his creative ness and gets his chance to show his interpretation of the books. Everyone who reads the books has a different "vision" of their characters and the way action takes place. Thats what makes reading fun and allows us to broaden our imagination.
Posted Jun 9, 2004 at 5:36 AM EST
Witch
Points: 795
Emma Look Alike says:
I loved the movie and all but i was a,little dissapinted as it didnt follow the book as much. I am very glad that she liked it though. I like it ALOT! I wonder if I buy the movie and watch it a million times if i will see what secrets she is talking about.
Posted Jun 10, 2004 at 4:38 PM EST
Mad Cow Breeder
Points: 8481
Lord Of The Cows says:
It was a great movie i want to see it again and again.
Posted Jun 11, 2004 at 11:19 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1614
hermy-ninny712 says:
If Rowling says that the movie is good, then you know it's gonna be good. I really enjoyed the film and I think that all of the HP fans will enjoy it.
Posted Jun 20, 2004 at 1:15 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 97
Elixir09 says:
This is why I like the movies, they take out all the unimportant stuff and they leave the foreshadowing parts which makes it easier to quess what will happen next.
Posted Jun 20, 2004 at 6:41 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1086
DRU587 says:
I think its awesome that Rowling enjoyed the movie! and i can't wait to see if i can't find the foreshadowing in it after I read HBP.. i just have to wait for it to come out! argh!
Posted Jul 1, 2004 at 10:42 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 10
Draco_girl says:
I'm sooooooooooo glad that she liked the movie. I know I did!! Wait...no! I didn't like it. I LOVED IT!! It was soooooooooooooooo good! It was freaky when those dementors came and also trawney. she was spooky when she did that perdiction.
Posted Jul 14, 2004 at 8:32 PM EST
Magical Music Professor
Points: 5127
MagicalMusicDreamer says:
Well, Harry Potter is JK Rowling's universe, and if she likes the movie, then the moviemakers did a good job. Very interesting comment on how the director intuited the direction of future Harry Potter stories. That gives us fans a clue.
Posted Jul 16, 2004 at 12:48 PM EST
Witch
Points: 617
S.Black13 says:
Woo hoo for Alfonzo or whatever his name was. He really is a great director. I cant wait to see what exactly it was forshadowing.
Posted Aug 9, 2004 at 4:08 PM EST
Squib
Points: 179
14hf says:
I want to know why JKR got goosebumps... I didn't notice any bits that looked like clues. But I'm glad she liked it. Imagine if she had hated it... what would she have done then?
Posted Sep 4, 2004 at 11:07 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 76
Godric55 says:
I think she means how Harry meets the Half Blood Prince, Godric Gryffindor in the Half Blood Prince, in the graveyard that Cuaron was told to leave out. Harry sees all the founders graves there and my guess is that he finds something important there by Godric's grave. McLagen, the new character, is the grave digger there I'm guessing.
Posted Sep 23, 2004 at 8:37 PM EST
Squib
Points: 198
Muggle Princess says:
Everyone may hate me temporarily for saying this, but I really hated the movie. Sorry, I'm a really annoying stickler for keeping things in movies like the book and everything just really bugged me... like singing bubble bubble toil and trouble at the sorting? Come on! Since when do wizards glorify Muggle's views of them! Shakesperian witches were nothing at all like JKR's portrayl of the magic world! Sorry, but I'd like to think that Jo said all those nice things about the movie just so people would see it and I'd like to think she's as steamed about it as me.
Posted Dec 13, 2004 at 9:14 PM EST
Witch
Points: 670
Gryffindor_chick says:
Yay! I'm glad she liked it! I thought it was a very good movie, also. I just didn't like how different it was from the book. But the visuals & all the effects were awsome!
-Kristen
Gryffindor_chick
PS- sorry I'm a little late on this thread. lo.l
Posted Jan 25, 2005 at 3:21 PM EST
Student
Points: 235
Celedora says:
I'm glad she likes it. It's a beautiful movie. I can't wait for GoF!
Posted Feb 5, 2005 at 12:18 PM EST
Witch
Points: 595
puremudblood says:
well its Ok, but if she likes it, she definatly knows better
Posted Mar 18, 2005 at 11:56 AM EST
Squib
Points: 193
Hermione Jane ; ) says:
I wonder what those clues are? No matter how hard I'd try, there's no way I could ever figure it out, so I'm not even going to try. Anybody have any ideas?
Posted May 30, 2005 at 11:46 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2185
Potterfan5 says:
Well that is something to think about! Especially with Half-Blood Prince only being 22 days away now! I wonder what it could foreshadow from the seventh book though...? I will have to watch it again maybe...
Posted Jun 23, 2005 at 4:11 AM EST
Witch
Points: 655
pine-fresh says:
Wow, interesting bit of info there...i shall look out for those clues when i watch it! Anything out of the ordinary events of the POA book...
Posted Aug 20, 2005 at 10:08 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1338
Toms_Girl13 says:
Hey, good info from JKR there. Some interesting stuff about her thoughts on the movie. Definalty have to look out for clues!
Posted Aug 26, 2005 at 11:28 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 22
DRACOFAN12 says:
wow! I wonder what the hints may be???????
Posted Nov 15, 2005 at 6:16 PM EST
Head Girl
Points: 455
Krztyn says:
I love how that movie foreshadows things that weren't in the book- that's a great way to make it work with the books, even as separate as it is sometimes. Having seen the newest movie, GOF, I'm satisfied with the way they switched up a couple scenes to foreshadow future events in the story- tho it digresses significantly from the book, it helps to make the movies an entity of their own.
Posted Nov 20, 2005 at 3:39 PM EST
Squib
Points: 192
Ovi-wan says:
I'm going to go over the movie to see these foreshadowings since we have book 6. I'll look for what they were and if any are left for 7.
Posted Dec 12, 2005 at 2:38 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2424
bonniewrightrulz says:
Really nice to see that JO liked POA.It was a great movie in my eyes as well but not the best in the series so far.The first two were far better.
Posted Jun 21, 2008 at 1:23 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2424
bonniewrightrulz says:
Really nice to see that JO liked POA.It was a great movie in my eyes as well but not the best in the series so far.The first two were far better.
Posted Jul 31, 2008 at 10:35 AM EST
Rickmaniac to the Core
Points: 2564
snaily says:
people are going to look back on the film and think that those were put in deliberately as clues,
I swear the budding romance between Ron and Hermione is one of those things. I, for one, never thought of it while reading the book.
Posted Dec 20, 2008 at 11:10 AM EST
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