[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Poll for HP BAFTA's

[Ms. Found in A Bottle]

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From: "alhewison" <Ali at zymurgy.org>

> The screen play was the thing that most annoyed me about the film.
> Harry was much more fiesty in the book, and  IMO it wasn't acting
> that made him seem wimpy. Many of his phrases were given to others
> (such as threatening to curse Dudley as Dudley wouldn't know he
> wasn't allowed to do magic).  I found it hard to accept the idea of
> Harry worrying out loud to Ron & Hermione about whether he would make
> a fool of himself playing quidditch. I suppose that was one of their
> few attempts to externalise Harry's thoughts - but that one didn't
> work for me. I did enjoy the film though, and let's face it, could
> the film have match our (well my) huge expectations.

I have to say that the thing that annoyed me the most was that Harry wasn't
nearly as fiesty in the movie as in the books.  When I first read the books
I wasn't very fond of Harry (I get in trouble for saying this, but I thought
he was
annoying), but then I saw the movie and I loved Harry (thought it was my
fascination
with Daniel Radcliffe).  But then after I re-read the series over the past
few
months it occurred to me that they just softened Harry up too much in the
movie.  No
matter how annoying I find him in the books...I just like my Harry with a
little more
spunk.

Beth