Rotten Tomatoes UK recently caught up with Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron and spoke to him about his feelings on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and asked the director if he had any interest in returning to direct the film of the last Harry Potter book. Saying he has just begun reading “Deathly Hallows”, Alfonso Cuaron gave the following answer about his feelings if he were to be offered a directing position for the film adaptation of the book:
“You know, it was such a great opportunity and such a beautiful two years and everything around Harry Potter – JK Rowling’s creation – is enveloped in this really beneficial energy. I got the benefits of that energy for those two years. So yes I’d be very tempted to do so even though, at this point, I feel a little bit like I have to try to do the films that are not going to exist without me. On the same token, I would be really tempted because it was really beautiful. I just started reading the last book and something I respect is the care the producers have put in the film franchise. It would have been so easy after the success of the series just to take the cynical approach of knowing that no matter what people are going to see those movies. Actually they’ve been taking a lot of care from beginning to end, so yeah I would be really tempted.”
I HOPE he directs it! He did some absolutely amazing action sequences in Children of Men, and I think he would definitely be able to do Deathly Hallows justice.
I personally really hope that yates carries on. He is the best thing that has happened to this movie saga. The Prisoner of Azkaban book was my favourite and cuaron tarnished the good name of JK. He left out the major underlying plot line…the marauders…enough said!
I too would love Alfonso Cuaron to return to film The Deathly Hallows. He was able to capture great performances from all the actors as well as put together a seemless film that flowed nicely without unusual, confusing scene changes and people talking off screen (David Yates should take some notes).
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! IMO he would ruin it! I am hoping for (not likely though) Peter Jackson and a 3.5+ hour epic that includes EVERYTHING!!!! Although if they really did include everything it would probably be rated “R”.
I wasn’t all that impressed with Cuaron’s “vision” of Harry Potter. Dressing the trio in jeans and sweatshirts? Please… we’re in the wizarding world, now.
Personally, I’d like to see Mike Newell or Chris Columbus direct Deathly Hallows… or… Tim Burton (as long as he doesn’t go too “Nightmare Before/Corpse Bride”).
Well the PoA is really the best DIRECTED film of the series, but it didn’t have a really good script. Then again, I guess Cuaron is not the one to be blamed for that. Now I hope no-one thinks that these movies are supposed to be exactly the same as the books. They need to primarly be good movies and movies just don’t work the way books do.
Cuaron is still the only HP director that made me feel I’m not watching a movie made for 10 year-olds with 1 minute attention span.
Noooo sob Please no. I don’t like what Cuaron did to PoA and I sure don’t want him back to ruin the very last one. If Cuaron does it, they may as well tell Rupert to stay home. :(
OMG NO! Bring back Yates for DH! He’s the man to do it!
I rank POA as the worst one of the bunch! He was the worst director out the bunch. His direction in the PoA is not good and he put in too many random things that did nothing for the plot. Sure it looked nice but that did nothing for the plot!
All of you criticising Alfonso’s direction of PoA would do well to remember it was the best film of the series in critical acclaim. He was the one that turned it into the universe we know now, the Bridge, Hogsmeade, Hagrid’s Hut etc.
Maybe
Thats all I have to say, number three was beautiful, though not so true to the book- 3 was my fav and 6 is my second fav but I havent seen the 6th yet hopefully David Yates will do a great job, and the 7th book we are already expecting them to butcher it so let is be done nicely at least
No thanks!