As an audience who has watched every "Harry Potter" film series but is not a book fan, I am now in a state of "Stockholm Syndrome" with the director David Yates. Although I have always disliked the three Harry Potter movies (Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Half of the Deathly Hallows) directed by this director, I have to admire this one who has always been a fan of book fans, movie fans, film companies and J The director who carefully balances K Rowling. David Yates may not be the most artistic director in the "Harry Potter Series", but he can definitely be regarded as the master of tightrope walkers, although every time he is between the mess and the full house. He squeezed a sweat, but he also went all the way without incident, and now he is finally about to complete his historical mission.
The original work of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" (hereinafter referred to as "HP7·Part 1") is not the thickest one in the series (559 pages in Chinese, second only to "Harry Po Special and the Order of the Phoenix, page 575), but "HP7" was filmed into two episodes. From a good point of view, this is the film company that has learned the lesson of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and conforms to the aspirations of the majority of book fans, so that the original story can be presented in its entirety; from an evil point of view, this is Faced with one of the most profitable movie series in history, the film company reluctantly wanted to win some money from this cash cow before the finale came.
But in any case, "HP7", which is divided into two episodes, is actually doomed for a long time. From the perspective of a popular cultural product, the HP series of films, no matter what it looks like, will have a sufficient number of book fans converted into audience groups, thus ensuring the smooth extension and expansion of its industrial chain. But if you look at the HP series from the perspective of the movie itself, as it becomes more profitable, the director of the series becomes more and more a two-sided character.
On one side is the supervision of J.K. Rowling, on the other side is the demand of book fans and movie fans. For any director who wants to pursue film expression, the process of converting the original HP series into a movie is destined to be a Difficult challenge. Movies adapted from novels have a law that has been repeatedly verified: only third-rate novels can be adapted into first-class movies. The secret is that the director and screenwriter can boldly make changes to the cinematic narrative, so that the most essential part of the original novel can be presented in a cinematic way. But for the HP series of novels stared by J.K. Rowling, the possibility of making major changes to the novel has basically been lost at the stage of the script. The film director largely depends on the heavens: the original. The novel is wonderful, and there is a lot of room for adaptation of the film; if the original novel is underdeveloped, the director can only work on visual effects at best.
Specific to the movie "HP7·Part 1", director David Yates also tried hard to add his own style to it, and succeeded in innovating in some details. For example, the details of Hermione's spellcasting on her parents before leaving home, although the original work is just a glimpse, but the successful presentation in the film makes it one of the most moving scenes in the film. But for the film director, his job is not only to transform words into images, but also to give the story a distinctive soul. And this is probably a very difficult task for any director of the HP series. Except for the ubiquitous J.K. Rowling, hundreds of millions of book fans around the world are estimated to have zero tolerance for any adaptations that deviate from the original. In the face of heavy confinement, the individuality of the artistic creation level has been soared. I think even a director who has the ability to complete this breakthrough will not make himself suffer.
For various reasons, director David Yates unfortunately became the last successor in this unlucky drumming game. With commercial success, the commercial benefits brought by the HP series of novels have expanded into a huge commercial system. As part of this commercial system, the HP series of films, especially the later films, have begun to receive more and more attention. Many non-artistic factors interfere. Starting from "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", even if we exclude the doubts about the personal artistic ability of director David Yates, the cautious, trying to be restrained state in the relevant film adaptations. , Also largely affected the integrity of these three HP series movies. This completeness is not based on whether the film is faithful to the original, but whether the director is faithful to the film itself. The three HP films directed by David Yates unfortunately have obvious defects in the film itself, but at the same time we all know that this may not be directly related to his artistic ability.
With the release of "HP7·Part 1", we can see an obvious change in attitude of David Yates or Warner Pictures: Since people are dissatisfied with how to shoot, we will give priority to the fans before the finale. Bar. Therefore, "HP7·上" has become such a movie. If you are not a book fan, then you are likely to be confused in the story when watching this movie; if you are a book fan, then this movie Actually you don't care what it becomes. Because it is you who touched you forever, this kind of touch has nothing to do with the movie.
In addition, the two episodes of "HP7" were originally planned to be released in 3D versions, but at the last minute, because the effect of the later 2D conversion to 3D was not satisfactory, Warner temporarily abandoned the 3D version of "HP7·Part 1". From the 2D version seen now, it is obvious that there are many scenes specially designed for 3D effects, such as the chase and escape paragraphs at the beginning. If the 3D effect can be guaranteed, it should be the most memorable in the film. One of the paragraphs. However, it is planned to be released next year "HP7·Part 2" will be released in 3D version, and there are rumors that "HP7·Part 1" will also be re-released in 3D version at that time.
If there is a theater that is willing to engage in an event with the HP series of 8 Dalian releases, how many fans are willing to participate? The 8 movies add up to more than 16 hours, which is a crazy physical challenge. But for movie fans, the crazier the more charming.
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