HP Vs. LotR round 3

[Betty Landers]

I personally found the LOTR movie more enjoyable than the HP movie.  This
could be for any or both of a couple reasons.   The HP book may have been
too fresh in my mind when I watched the movie, and I was doing too much
comparison.  Another possibility is that I just didn't like it.  I can find
evidence for both reasons when I remember my experience.  I remember about
20 minutes in, I looked at my dad and told him we were already in Ch. 7.  I
kept looking at him at points during the movie and telling him what they'd
skipped or changed or moved.  Some of the biggest editing/plot peeves I
remember were the lack of color in the Dursleys and switching Ron for
Neville into the Forbidden Forest scene.  These are just a couple; I could
probably find more. I also remember, on another note,  not being satisfied
with the actors for Hagrid and Snape especially.

In the movie for the Fellowship of the ring, however, the book was not fresh
in my mind and when I got a chance to re-read the book after watching the
movie, I was surprised at how well Jackson had done.  The only thing that
really peeved me about the movie was replacing Glorfindel with Arwen and
Arwen just popping up.  *Not *Cool!
OK, I'm done rambling (grin).  I think I'm still going to buy or at least
rent the HP movie when it comes out and give it another chance.
Betty, who realizes that she is covered in rotten tomatoes that the
Rickman/Snape fans threw at her while she was talking.