[HPFGU-Movie] Yes! Yes! Yes!

[Richelle Votaw]

Caroline writes:

> C'mon everyone - don't get so hung up on the minute details - enjoy it!

Thank you Caroline. :)  I am reminded of seeing PS/SS while reading the
book.  As I've said before, I was half way through PS/SS when the movie came
out on DVD.  Bought the DVD, watched it--loved it, ran to finish the book.
Then went back and watched the movie again.  I, for a brief time, fell into
a "that's not in the book" and "what about _____" mode.  What about the
potions/ logical part that Hermione solves?  What about Harry's flute?  Why
is Ron on a horse, he's supposed to just stand there like everybody else.
Why is everything wrong in the final chamber?  Then I realized that if they
had done everything "just right" it would've taken another hour.  Critics
were already hyperventalating over a 2 1/2 hour "children's" movie.  So I
got over it.  And still love the first movie, and its rewatchability.  My
one lasting complaint is that the final scene with Quirrellmort and Harry is
cheated.  He crumbles.  He's supposed to burn.  However, if they had done it
like the book, it would've been a little gross.  Maybe a lot gross.  Plus an
awful lot of screaming (Quirrell screaming, Harry screaming, Voldemort
screaming).  My complaint was that basically Harry looked like a wimp.
Voldemort vapor went through him, he fell down, next thing you know he's
waking up in the hospital.  Why?  Did he bang his head falling?  There was
no real reason for it as in the book.

Anyway, how did I get off on that?  Basically I think a lot of things in the
new movie are put in there because it is considered a children's movie.
Whether we think of it that way or not. :)  WB doesn't really care about
making a good movie.  Not really.  They care about making a movie that will
make a lot of money.  And the more things you can find for kids to like, the
more toys they can make and the more money they (and everybody else) can
make.   For example, so much of the flying car.  Kids will like it.  It's
fun.  It's exciting.  We can make a Flying car (okay, I confess, I have the
Mattel Weasley flying car).  We can make a Whomping Willow game (No, I don't
have it!--yet).  A Basilisk attack set (naturally).  A flying car spider web
race car sort of thing. (Weird, don't have it, not getting it).  We can make
action figures (I have eight of them so far), trading cards,  t-shirts and
so on.  Which, I might add, I was delighted to discover that I can wear a
boy's XL t-shirt.  So I now have a red Harry playing Quidditch shirt and a
black Harry in the chamber with the sword shirt.  :)

So anyway, sad but true, for WB it really is about money.  Nothing else.  So
my decision is to forget the nitpicking and enjoy what is there.

Oh, and back to the sir/ma'am thing.  Didn't Harry say "Thank you Sir" to
Lockhart after he said good luck at the duel?

Richelle

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