midnight showing

[David]

Becky wrote: > has 
> anyone taken anyone to see it who hasn't read the books. I'd be 
> curious to know if it was easy to follow....

Yes. I went last Sunday with a party of four, 2 of us had read the 
book, 2 of us hadn't. I completely loved it, and can't wait to see it 
again, as did the other person who'd read the book. The other 2 liked 
it, but they didn't really understand it. They understood the 
storyline perfectly (apart from Dumbledore's explanation as to why 
Quirrel/Voldermort couldn't touch Harry and how he survived as a 
baby), but they really didn't get the reltionships between the 
characters, and they found the characters quite 2 dimensional, which 
they're certainly not. They got that Harry Ron and Hermione were 
friends, but they didn't get why. In their eyes, one minute Harry and 
Ron didn't like Hermione, and the next they all got on well together 
(this was before the troll scene). They didn't get that Draco and 
Harry were rivals, and they didn't get the relationship between the 
three children and Hagrid. And, interestingly, both of them gussed 
fairly early on, that Snape was protecting Harry and it was Quirrel 
who wanted to get the stone. This is probably because a lot of the 
character interaction has been cut out, which in my opinion is a 
shame, because those bits (such as potions lessons and common room 
scenes) are the best bits in the book.
Also, neither of them understood Quidditch. But they did both enjoy 
it, not as much as they should have done, and neither of them now 
want to read the books, which is a great shame.
But, as Chris Columbus said, it's not really a film in its own right, 
just a companion to the book.

Btw, I'm new here...:o)

Dave