[HPFGU-Movie] Re: POA Movie - view from a non-reader

[Susanne]

Hi,

Wednesday, July 7, 2004, 8:20:39 AM, blackgold101 at yahoo.com wrote:

> She said by far, POA was 
> the best one.  She too had no trouble following, and found the
> locations of the Whomping Willow and Hagrid's Hut, without reading
> the books, to make more sense.  She can't wait for the next one and
> would actually like the POA DVD for herself when it comes out
> (November, by the way).

Just a general note about non-readers enjoying the movies:

I'm sure it's quite possible and not very surprising,
really.
In fact, I think it might be easier to enjoy it, if you
haven't read the books, since for one thing, you don't
*know* anything important is missing.
Consequently, you can't get upset about it ;)

The movie has simplified a lot of the story, and taken out a
ton of background, so I don't think it would be hard to
follow the storyline that POA presents, but nobody can tell
me that non-readers actually got the connection between
Harry's stag Patronus and James, or that Lupin's friends
became animagi to be with him during his werewolf nights.
(and many more details)

Also, the non-readers may enjoy the characters'
personalities as presented in the movie, but I'm 100% sure
they have a very different view of them than the book
readers.

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at vcem.com