HAPPY BIRTHDAY Alfonso!

Prisoner of Azkaban is still my FAVORITE Harry Potter film!

And who coaxed, by far (not that this is saying that much) the best performance from Emma Watson in the series to date.

Whereas Dan Ratcliffe (obviously) and even Rupert Grint, have shown good improvement in films 4 and 5, Emma has not done.

Happy Birthday, Senor Cuaron.

I agree, M Jones, he has got the best out of Emma of any of the directors. But Emma is capable of more. Just look at the Ballet Shoes article two posts down. Perhaps she needs a certain type of director to get the best out of her (though I personally don’t think she’s done that badly in HP).

Happy birthday!

He may focus more on imagery than storyline (3rd film) but I would love for him to return for Deathly Hallows!

Happy Birthday, dude!

Happy Birthday! Alfonso!

Who is a terrific director but I hope his friend del Torro—-and NOT him—directs DH.

I want the ending of the series to be about “Harry” and not Hermione[girl power,ugh! ] I think Cuaron and Columbus[SS/PS] both got the best from Emma .Maybe she will grow out of her self-awarness from films 4 and 5 , she is a capible actress.

Alfonso!!! Oh I love this man so much. Happy birthday señor! =)

Happy birthday to a wonderful director!

Happy Birthday! Happy birthday to the man who brought beauty and artistic style to the Potter series.

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I really enjoyed Emma’s work in P of Az. But in the last few films, she is all stutters and raised eyebrows ! Thats not to say she did not have her moments; the cliche “crying girl taking off her shoes at the prom” scene in Film 4 was very well done but I felt, in the last film, she was slightly dissapointing. Just re-watch her opening lines in the bedroom ….”its….so….unfair…”

The contrast with Ratcliffe who replies “Yeah, theres a lot of that going around” is quite immense.

Why is this ? Well -I can only guess of course, but she had sensational GCSE results and very good As level results so maybe she committed more of her time to that. But she seemed to have a crisis of confidence immediately after the conclusion of principle photography on “Order”. Was this her own doubts creeping in ? She did get a bit of a roasting in the media over her performance in “Goblet” but as I said, I am only guessing.

She seemed to have so much promise after “Pr of Az so I have been very dissapointed not to see the huge improvement shown by Dan Ratcliffe in Emma as well.

She has recently said that she has finally decided that she does want to be an actor -so we may see an improvement. One things for sure; like anything in life, if you want to be good at it, you need to commit. The great golfer, Gary Player said “That the more I practice, the luckier I get.” and I think that Emma needs to totally commit to her own ability and potential, over the next two films. I genuinely hope she does well.

Yes!! HAPPY B-DAY FOR FOR THE BEST HP DIRECTOR!!!! seriously. he created the most critically acclaimed hp movie!!!! and i pray that he does number 7!!!!!

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Yes!! HAPPY B-DAY FOR FOR THE BEST HP DIRECTOR!!!! seriously. he created the most critically acclaimed hp movie!!!! and i pray that he does number 7!!!!!

Que pases un cumpleaños muy feliz, Alfonso!

M Jones I understand what you mean, but maybe she’s delivered what the directors wanted – a Hermione that spends two books hissy-fitting.

Personally, I don’t think her script helps because she has to say things that even posh British teens don’t say (which is why they should get a British screenplay writer). The director also has the job of getting the best out of the actors, especially young actors, and if Cuaron and Ballet Shoes director Sandra Goldbacher could do it, then perhaps Newell and Yates thought they got what they needed from her too.

All three of the main leads have had good and bad reviews for all of the HP films so far. So a lot comes down to opinions too. I think she has a long way to go before she’ll be critically acclaimed (many of the best actors were slow starters), but I feel sure she’ll be fine so long as she plays a lots of different characters to broaden her range.

Maybe another project with Cuaron would help her too.