Intro/Movie impressions

[foilgirl_82]

Hello everyone,

I've been lurking for a while (no-mail, since I hadn't seen the movie) 
and finally saw the HP movie yesterday. I was pretty eager, having 
read the books, but it took some...er, persuading to get my husband, 
Bryan, to come with me. :) Since I saw it, I've been dying to talk 
about it. This seemed like the perfect place. So, here goes...

The movie was okay, but it all seemed a bit pointless. Don't get me 
wrong, the acting was good, and the effects were wonderful, *and* I 
know they changed a few things around (I was sure Lee Jordan was a 
girl until I read the credits...my bad), but still. I was looking 
forward to the movie so much because I thought it would add something 
that the books didn't. A different interpretation, maybe? I wasn't 
expecting a (nearly) carbon copy of the first book and that was a 
disappointment. I suppose I'm being unreasonable, since I can't think 
of any "movies-based-on-books" that do that very well...I just left 
the theater feeling like we should've seen something else and left HP 
for video. I may do that with the rest of the movies.

On the other hand, Bryan was very entertained. He bugged me with 
Quidditch-related questions for most of the first half ("That part's 
kind of like soccer, but really, the whole thing's more like rugby..." 
"Well, why is he just sitting there? Shouldn't he be flying around 
looking for the snitch thing?" "What are the rules again?") and 
actually clapped at the end, something he doesn't usually do at 
movies. I think he's actually going to read the books, or at least the 
first one. Pretty amazing, considering he used to make fun of me for 
reading them.:)

Respectfully,

Meghan