Re: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Whatever
Maybe I'm rationalizing, but I still think that's on the mark. Ask Scorsese in 2001, "hey, you want to make a kid's fantasy film?" I bet he declines.
I'd guess it's because of the rampaging success of the POTTER films -- and probably 10 years of aging in which he decided he wanted to make something his younger relatives could enjoy -- that Scorsese decided to take on HUGO. I don't think he would have been comfortable forging that particular path, nor indeed the right man for it IMO.
But you're right, it was particularly amusing that it premiered with HP7.2. When the trailer revealed Scorsese's name I leaned over to Anthony and said "Well, now we know what that looks like."
