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Terry Gilliam has mentioned in a new interview that he has no interest in directing the last two Harry Potter movies. He then proceeded to slam the first two. Relevant quote:
MTV: Another no-brainer hit film would have been making a "Harry Potter" flick, and J.K. Rowling fought with the studio to let you direct the first movie. So would you ever direct one of the sequels?
Gilliam: Warner Bros. had their chance the first time around, and they blew it. It's a factory job, that's what it is, and I know the way it's done. I've had too many friends work on those movies. I know the way it works, and that's not the way I work.
MTV: What would your "Potter" have been like?
Gilliam: Alfonso Cuaron's ["Prisoner of Azkaban"] is really good, but the first two I thought were just shite. They missed the whole point of it; they missed the magic of it ... Alfonso did something much closer to what I would've done.
Never ones to let insults to the franchise go quietly, fans on both The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet are wanking steadily. A sampling of the comments from each:
( Mugglenet )
( Leaky Cauldron )
He's certainly just jelus, alright.
MTV: Another no-brainer hit film would have been making a "Harry Potter" flick, and J.K. Rowling fought with the studio to let you direct the first movie. So would you ever direct one of the sequels?
Gilliam: Warner Bros. had their chance the first time around, and they blew it. It's a factory job, that's what it is, and I know the way it's done. I've had too many friends work on those movies. I know the way it works, and that's not the way I work.
MTV: What would your "Potter" have been like?
Gilliam: Alfonso Cuaron's ["Prisoner of Azkaban"] is really good, but the first two I thought were just shite. They missed the whole point of it; they missed the magic of it ... Alfonso did something much closer to what I would've done.
Never ones to let insults to the franchise go quietly, fans on both The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet are wanking steadily. A sampling of the comments from each:
( Mugglenet )
( Leaky Cauldron )
He's certainly just jelus, alright.
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