Letters to the Editor
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Enough with the Columbus bashing!
I'm no fan of Chris Columbus, but give the poor guy a break. True, the first two films pale before Azkaban and Goblet of Fire, but then, so do the first two books. And as is clear from looking at the overall progression of the saga over the last six books, this is very much by design. I suggest that anyone who finds the first two films garishly dumb go back and re-read the books. The plot, style, and characterizations are drawn in the same bright, simplified colors that Columbus uses in his adaptations. As the series has progressed, the books have grown up, and that same growth is evident in the way the film series is developing. Columbus may not be a talent on the level of Alfonso Cuaron, but he understood the books far better than people are giving him credit for.