My take on the movie

[deborah at thevine.net]

Well, I saw the movie yesterday. I had been looking so forward to 
seeing it, hoping against hope it would be perfect.

It wasn't. I think the disappointment I feel (although I liked the 
movie) is because my expectations were so high. It sounds as if I'm 
sorry I went. I'm *not*.

I've read lots of the comments that have been made so far. I think 
many of the criticisms are valid, especially the ones about why the 
scriptwriter replaced excellent lines with mediocre ones, and how 
Harris just didn't "twinkle" as Dumbledore.

Apart from the fact that Harry's eyes were the wrong color (what's up 
with that?), the other thing that really bothered me was the 
pronunciation of Voldemort's name. Where did that "t" come from?

I loved Diagon Alley...it looked like what I imagined. The castle was 
wonderful. What I thought was kinda funny was that they used the 
Great Hall to study, play chess, etc. I thought that all went on in 
the House Common Room. I've been listening again to the books on 
tape/cd...and you get the most marvelous sense of how much the 
members of the House mean to each other because they do most 
everything together. 

I just realized...Hagrid's house was wrong. It is supposed to be a 
wooden house (which gets commented on by ?Hermione?) when Hagrid is 
trying to raise Norbert. I think it was a stone house.

I think that no matter who made the movie, it wouldn't have pleased 
those who are, shall we say, obsessed!

Just MHO.

Deb in Newhall