film allusions and characterization (WAS: film adaptations)

[sophiamcl <sophiamcl@hotmail.com>]

 Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:
 
> To me the characters seem more human in the books.
 
> They all appear much more stereotyped in the movies.
> They lose parts of their personality, not gain anything
> (imo).

Good comment. Maybe I need to revise. Let's see. As much as I enjoy the 
movies, I certainly think the books to be vastly superior.  I'm not saying that 
the characters necessarily gain anything per se in the movies (other than the 
what the visual experience can bring to the equation), but many of them give 
off a different feel than in the books, and generally that difference IMO seems 
to consist of a softening the edges--giving chacters such as Snape, Crabbe 
and Goyle, even Draco a slight makeover by introducing possible causes for 
audience-leniency: e.g. C&G bullied by D., D. bullied by his father.

Sophia