Yeah, I'd agree with that. I definitely think the films are better when there's not a "Hollywood" director *coughChris Columbus*... He directed Home Alone, for crying out loud! And it's not that I think that everything not-British is evil, I love Alfonso Cuaron, and I think he was really right for PoA. I just think that Mike Newell really enhanced the 'British boarding school' vibe rather than being "OMG ITZ HOGWATRTZ!!!!"
And David Yates is definitely un-Hollywood, having only ever done TV. I think because there's such a sense of Britishness in the books, with the behaviour and the dialogue and stuff (Lupin's so 'stiff upper lip', bless him!) that a non-Brit writer or director might not pick up on. I'm not trying to suggest it's essential to the story, it's just something that I like.
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Date: 2007-07-08 06:10 pm (UTC)And David Yates is definitely un-Hollywood, having only ever done TV. I think because there's such a sense of Britishness in the books, with the behaviour and the dialogue and stuff (Lupin's so 'stiff upper lip', bless him!) that a non-Brit writer or director might not pick up on. I'm not trying to suggest it's essential to the story, it's just something that I like.
So yes, I agree with you. Anti-Hollywood. :D