Late views on the Trailer

[Tracy Hunt]

<snip some of June's glowing (smell the sarcasm?) review of the new 
PoA trailer>

> Please Warner Brothers.  Pixar manage the fundamental difference 
> between what children and adults like quite competently - I refer 
> you to "Finding Nemo" and all their other releases.  These books 
are 
> loved by adults and children alike for different reasons, but is 
> there no room for the two together in your film making philosophy?


Tcy (me):

June, I had the same problems in the beginning...I so dearly loved 
the books that the only reason I saw the movies in the first place 
was for my kids (ages 12 & 6).  My gut reaction to the movies was to 
retch...but then I realized that if I viewed them as a completely 
separate entity from the books...they weren't so bad.  I still have 
my moments (Petunia being blond, Lucius uttering AK at Harry and now 
Lupin looking too much like Pettegrew for my taste)...but all in all, 
I try real hard to not compare them to the books.

I am hopeful that in a few years (5-10, perhaps) some well-funded 
group (HBO if in the US or maybe even the BBC?) will take up the task 
of creating a film version that is *true* to the books, rather than a 
let's-hit-the-high-spots-on-film-so-we-can-cash-in-on-Pottermania.  

Good luck making it through the publicity until the film's release in 
June, 2004!  Maybe we'll even have some good news about book 6 in the 
meantime?

Tcy