[HPFGU-Movie] Re: COS Puppet Theatre and some Behind-the-Scenes COS pics

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> > Since this is the movie list, though, let me make this post fully on
> > topic by asking a question - those of you who came to the HP series and
> > the fandom through the books - do you consider the films to be
> > canonical, and if so, why?
>
>I consider the films to be their own canon and the books to be a completely
>separate canon.  I'm not overly fond of the alternate-universes theory, but
>in this case, it's the only way I can enjoy both without having my head
>explode trying to reconcile the two.  This also eliminates the "gosh, I
>would never have cast that actor for that character" difficulty, because in
>a way it's not the same character at all.  I don't have any logical
>explanation for this theory; basically I choose to believe it because it
>makes me happy ^^

I look at it like this.

Somewhere "out there" Harry Potter is real - call it an alternative 
universe or whatever you like. The books and movies are both very close 
representations of the "real" HP, but neither of them is necessarily 
exactly spot on.

~Say