Alfonso Cuaron "deep in talks" to direct Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
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Oh god please don't waste your talents on this garbage, Alfonso.
The dude should have free reign to make pretty much anything at this point and he's going to do this dreck?
The dude should have free reign to make pretty much anything at this point and he's going to do this dreck?
Truth. I'd be pumped if he came back to direct Beasts
brandonh83
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It's one thing to be skeptical for whatever reason, but labeling it as "dreck" at this point?
Also money on the first five minutes having more substance than the entirety of Gravity.
Father_Brain
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Cuaron could get pretty much any film he wants made after Gravity. I'd be disappointed if he chose to do a franchise film instead.
ohhthegore
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truth bomb
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It's a spinoff short story that Rowling has literally been convinced by an exec to write in return for an immeasurable sum to extend into a feature-length. It is the definition of cash cow entertainment. And Cuaron is better than that.
I'd rather see him move back toward thoughtful films like Children of Men than this trash.
brandonh83
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And that means there's no way it won't be a good film if the script, direction, acting and so on is solid? Again being skeptical is fine but you write off shit long before it has a chance to speak for itself. While Mr. Exec has money in mind, they all do, and it's not necessarily evidence that it'll be bad. People praise Azkaban, even goofily so because Cuaron directed it, yet it's still something that Mr. Exec considers a money-maker.
How can you read anything in this thread from way up there?
Not really, it wasn't even a story. Just an in-universe text-book sold for charity.
The film is about how that book came to be written. The world building in Harry Potter is pretty damn good, so bit early to write off something completely detached from the rest. No one even knows the story.
I can see the appeal of having free-reign to visualise the world without the constraints of anything preceding it. He seemed to enjoy himself with PoA.
alfredofroylan
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People should watch this one too, it's a great way to appreciate Cuaron talent without huge budgets or special effects:
SCULLIBUNDO
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Maybe his weakest film.People should watch this one too, it's a great way to appreciate Cuaron talent without huge budgets or special effects:
Y Tu Mama Tambien is what people ought to check out. I'm typing that title from memory, so apologies for typos. I never get it right.
Honestly, I think it has high potential to collapse on itself. JK Rowling and her team better be on their A game when it comes to writing the movie(s).
alfredofroylan
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It's funny because somepeople in Mexico hate "Y tu mamá también" it was saw as a cliché road movie without any sense. But to be honest filmaking in Mexico can be awful, there's so much bad blood between directors and actors and to get things worse it seems that every critic there expects a masterpiece with deep social comment with every single movie, Salma Hayek's Frida had the same problems.
peanutbutterlatte
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Okay, I admit I wasn't fair in my rebuttal, but c'mon. They had continuity issues and omitted some truly excellent scenes from the books. I mean, they nailed Snape scenes though. So I can't be totally mad.
I would be really disappointed if this is really his next project. We can debate all day whether this will end up being a good film or not, but that doesn't change the fact that creatively this is a film that really only exists because there's someone putting a lot of money on the table. The genesis of the idea is a throw away tie-in book for kids. There isn't really a story which anyone particularly wanted to tell or a great idea which would make a film. If it ends up being any good, it will be due to the talent the money attracted. Talent who could be doing other more interesting ideas born naturally and creatively, instead in a studio meeting room.
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Well, we've already seen Cuaron make the best of exactly that situation.
Tim the Wiz
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I could see this happening. Nearly every director wants a franchise to do between original projects these days.
brandonh83
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I didn't have any gripes about the continuity and I don't give a shit when things are omitted from the source material as long as the story is there. They usually get in what's important and are executed well enough. That's all I personally ask for.
Fancy Clown
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Alfonso nooooo, don't do any Hollywood schlock. He's at his best when he's given total freedom. Children of Men is one of my favorite movies of all time.
He was talking about doing a psychological horror film a while ago and I would kill many people to see that.
He was talking about doing a psychological horror film a while ago and I would kill many people to see that.
You got the title spot on bro!
Cameron should throw some millions at Cuaron to make him direct Battle Angel or what is the name of that movie that Cameron will never make now that will be doing Avatar movies for 50 years?
Demoncarnotaur
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Fucking yes please
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Jason's Ultimatum
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Cuaron needs to talk to Matt Damon and tell him he'd like to do a Bourne film.
Messypandas
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Give us Gravity 2
brandonh83
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You know that's likely due to a bunch of reasons that isn't related to the director... I think it's pretty commonly agreed that Alfonso is a terrific director.
Yep.
I'm pretty much excited about anything Cuarón directs.
Children of Men is one of my all time favorite movies. Lubezki did such amazing work on that movie. Cuarón/Lubezki is an unstoppable powerhouse of beautiful filmmaking.
I saw him give a presentation a few weeks before the Oscars and he spoke extremely highly of working with JK Rowling. In addition, David Heyman produced Gravity as well as all of the Harry Potter movies. This would not be a huge surprise if it happens and would easily be the best possible choice for WB.
IdreamofHIME
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Good for the movie, bad for him.
He directed the best movie in the series and then went on to win Oscars. Don't return to the scene of the crime, you'll just end up like Peter Jackson.
He directed the best movie in the series and then went on to win Oscars. Don't return to the scene of the crime, you'll just end up like Peter Jackson.
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I think I heard a interview with him talking about while proud of Gravity(which he should be) he thinks taking 10 years I make one movie is not a good use of his time. I can see him just wanting to make as many more films as he can and if this project is already rolling he can hop on the train and knock it out of the park real fast. Is there a release date scheduled for this movie yet?
I see what you did there.
Also, yeah, I loved Prisoner of Azkaban, as a book and as a film. But I don't think Yates was the worst one. Mike Newell didn't do a good job with Goblet of Fire. Yates did well with Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Yeah, it does seem likely. I remember before Yates was confirmed to do the final two movies as well, Alfonso said in an interview that he would love to return to Harry Potter, so I'm sure he would definitely love to do these movies. It would be great to see him do a Harry Potter with much more freedom.
November 2016 iirc.
peanutbutterlatte
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The bit where we're with Harry the whole time and nobody tells him Tonks is pregnant and he suddenly knows about it, when the audience has no clue. Really lame. Also, completely missing Dumbledore's backstory out, which I thought was pretty important.
Oh God, the Yates movies are literally filled with these.
Sirius's mirror - which could have been easily explained with the Minister coming to the Burrow and giving Harry the snitch, the sword, and the mirror through Dumbledore's will. It would make sense since his brother would have the other half and he could just say Albus gave it to him to keep an eye on Harry or something. But nope. He just has a broken shard of it for no reason.
Fleur - Harry's competitor in the Triwizard tournament has suddenly returned and is marrying his best friend's older brother ... "Oh, hey, Fleur!"
Tonks and Lupin's sudden romance with zero explanation
Avada Kedavra going from instant death in Goblet, to not instant death in Phoenix, back to instant death in Prince
Neville, Luna, and Ginny, for no explained reason, being caught when Harry tries to contact Sirius.
... off the top of my head. Like I said in another thread, Yates' Potter movies are literally just a handful of scenes from the book put onto screen (plus unnecessary additions), with no care whatsoever put on whether it all makes sense on its own without having read the books.
Rychu Supadude
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If it's not based on HP's scribblings in the margins, then... no sale for me, sorry.
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