And the movie was still great
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Honestly can't blame him for not reading it; you'd have to get through the first two Harry Potter books before you got to the Azkaban one
Actually, the book referenced by this particular wikipedia screenshot is Children of Men, not Prisoner of Azkaban. Cuaron's got interviews where he says that he did read the Harry Potter books before directing Azkaban and found them to be quite charming.
But yeah, Children of Men fuckin' SLAPS. The whole film is basically a perfect distillation of Gramsci's "pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will" into a tight action thriller. The temporary ceasefire scene makes me tear up everytime.
~~that's how he made the best hairy potter movie~~
nvm this is children of men lmao
The first time I saw it I was confused by the militants flying green flags bearing the Shahada because the only association I had with that was Al Qaieda -- now that I'm more woke to anti-colonial struggle in the Levant that scene feels a lot more coherent to me.
But, even at the time, I kinda read it as being about people of all races and ideologies coming together to overthrow a common oppressor, so at least I had the spirit
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Was he the screenwriter? If he was just directing, reading the script should be enough for a good job.
he co-wrote it but the other writer(s) did read the book
What book?
children of men