POA - Movie Review - Does Contain Spoilers

[a_reader2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "junediamanti" 
<june.diamanti at b...> wrote:

(snip June's other points)
> > (Krissy wrote in reply to Carolyn):
> >  Why in the world would it worry you that the author of the series
> > that we all adore so much is happy with the movie? She is the one 
> with the insight into the characters. She knows their motivations, 
what they feel, and what makes them tick. She knows how the series is 
> going to end, and she has a good idea of how to accomplish it in 
her next two books. 
> > 
> > If she is happy with the movie, I think it's silly and selfish of
> > people to nit-pick the hardwork that many people have put into 
> trying to  visually create the world of Harry Potter. Just because 
it isn't what -you- envisioned doesn't mean that it's wrong. 
> 
(June's reply)
> That's fine, except I don't fully buy that she is totally 
satisfied.  
> And I still believe the fans have some strong entitlement here. The 
> book would not have been filmed to this budget, or level of 
> production value if it had not been a best seller.  So to some 
> extent, it is the fans that bought the movie. It would not have 
been made unless it was a major seller. 
> 

Carolyn:
June, thankyou for your robust comments, which I agree with in their 
entirety. I just wanted to straighten out the attribution in the last 
part of your post (see above). The final remarks you were responding 
to were Krissy's, definitely not mine!

It adds to my gloom if Jo went along with this movie just because it 
will make her more money as Tim suggested earlier; I really hope not. 
I can understand your point that she might find it difficult to be 
seen to argue with WB in public. OTOH, she has been constantly public 
in her approval of Kloves, and her enjoyment in working with him, 
which she didn't have to be unless she meant it. Possibly the 
relationship has got too cosy.

On the earlier two movies, I thought that the books were much more 
simplistic in style compared to the later ones, so it was vaguely 
understandable that the resulting movies looked like they did 
(although someone imaginative could have done so much better). 

But for POA, a pivotal book in many senses, to again be treated in 
such a simplistic way, with all the key exposition, character 
development etc cut out, in favour of Hermione being swung around by 
a tree.. sorry, I exaggerate..but..

IMO, the resulting film would disappear without trace if it had to 
stand on its own merit, and wasn't associated with this famous series.

Carolyn