[HPFGU-Movie] Where is the humor?

[Madeleine]

Thanks for expanding even more on this, i am glad I am not the only one.  The books have a real balance of light and dark moments.  But the movies only focus on the dark.  You mention lots of very funny great scenes from the books that don't involve Harry, and I agree there is far more funny stuff from the books that they cut (I really miss the Fred and George I know from the books too).  However I think they have really changed the character of Harry in the movies, he just doesn't seem like the same person I know from the books.  And since he is such a central character, I feel like the movies are telling the story of a different boy.  For me this became especially evident in COS, which makes me really worry how they will portray him in POA.  
 gwynne <sequoiajw at yahoo.com> wrote: I agree. I think that what I like least about the movies is that they
seem to have lost most all the humor from the books, not just with
Harry. There are some wickedly funny moments in both SS/PS and COS
that just got dropped from the films. I don't know if Columbus & Co
were going for a grittier feel, but... why leave out the little
touches that make the books so wonderful and engaging: Lockhart's
pictures in curlers running out of the way, the way the Dursleys
really are portrayed as so buffoonish, Lucius and Arthur fistfighting,
Fred and George bewitching snowballs to smack into Quirrel's turban...
oh, I could go on and on about what is missing, since this is my pet
peeve about the films.

The films really are quite enjoyable, but I'm glad I can go back to
the books and remember how engaging they really are.




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