I've always loved the visual of seeing the movie!

[Tim]

I was like you.  I saw the first film first and then picked up the 
books.  I am in no way disappointed with the first two films.  I 
thought they were well done.  The only critism I have is in the 
second film the whole "mudblood" thing was downplayed so you didn't 
realise the significance of Justin and Colin being petrified.  Other 
than that it followed the storyline nicely.

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "whizbee2000" <swmil at m...> wrote:
> Okay, something is bugging me. I know lots of people are bothered 
by 
> the 1st and 2nd movies being "Chris Columbus-ized"...but I 
personally 
> have thought both of them were great! I've lost count of how many 
> times I've watched them.
> 
> I actually watched the movies BEFORE I ever read the books. I love 
to 
> read, but I resisted reading Harry Potter because it was "too" 
> popular and I thought everyone was just a little wierd about it. 
> 
> When my boys and I went to see the movie, I ended up being the one 
> who liked it best of all! I then rushed out to buy the first book. 
I 
> began to read the books to my boys, but quickly bought the other 
> books and read ahead of them. So, I truly don't feel the first two 
> movies were that bad. They got me to read the books that I had 
> resisted reading, and I was thoroughly enchanted by them! I'm 
hoping 
> that the third will be just as magical.