Has you image of the characters change?

[Lisa <dozierwoman@hotmail.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve <bboy_mn at y...>" 
<bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> 
wrote:
> > Nicholas wrote:
> > 
> > >Daniel Radcliffe doesn't look like *my* Harry (except in one 
> > >brief shot), ....
> 
> > 
> > Ever since I read that JKR said they couldn't have found a better
> Harry Potter I was convinced.  Still, when I read the books I 
picture
> a sort of less good looking version of Daniel.  Make sense?  
> > 
> > ...edited...
> > 
> > Richelle
> 
> bboy_mn:
> 
> I'm curious, I remember when the first movie was about to be 
released,
> and some reporter made a comment to the effect that the world of HP
> could never be the same once you saw the movie, because it would
> destroy you existing mental images of the character. Implying that
> Harry would no longer be your Harry but Daniel Radcliffe.
> 
> So, did your image change? Does your Dobby now conform to the movie
> Dobby? Is your Harry now Daniel's twin?
> 
> Personally, my images have never changed. There is a right Dobby 
and a
> wrong Dobby, and I got it right; they got it wrong.
> 
> They interviewed a few kids, and the kids didn't think it would 
make a
> difference.
> 
> My Harry does look something like Daniel but only because Daniel 
looks
> something like Harry. My Ron never looked like the book described 
him;
> tall, skinny, long nose, and big hands and feet. My Ron does 
somewhat
> resemble Rupert, but just a resemblance. In my HP world, Ron is
> slightly taller than Harry and has a somewhat average body where as
> Harry is a little skinny. 
> 
> In my vision of their adult life, Ron would be the one who would be
> likely to get fat; not FAT fat, but he would be likely to go from 
and
> 'outie' to an 'innie' where as Harry will alway be thin although 
muscular.
> 
> Dobby has a butt. I don't care what your images is, or what the 
movies
> version was, but my Dobby has a butt. He's still very small, thin
> neck, thin arms and legs, but a fuller more rounded body. A bit more
> dwarf like.
> 
> So, is there even the remotes chance that the movie has corrupted or
> adjusted your vision of the characters and thier world?
> 
> Just wondering.
> 
> bboy_mn

No, not really. I find it easier to picture the characters now that I 
have seen the movie, and in all the books following, I do picture Dan 
as Harry, Rupert as Ron, etc. In my old and decrepit brain, I find it 
easier to picture the characters now than before. It really doesn't 
effect how I view the stories, it just allows me to visualize more.

Lisa
Whose old and tired brain just isn't as imaginative as it used to be.