[HPFGU-Movie] Question for Pre-Nov 2001 HP Fans

[Sherry Gomes]

Actually, I did enjoy the first two movies, precisely because they followed
the story of the books so well.  even the few things that were changed were
acceptable, because they made sense from a translation of print to film
standpoint.  Except that I didn't like the end with Quirrel, because I got
the impression that the viewer was supposed to think Harry killed Quirrel,
and I didn't like that.  He was only 11 at the time.  But I guess that's my
big disappointment with the third movie.  I believe someone else has
mentioned how well Peter Jackson stayed true to Tolkien in the Lord of the
Rings, even thought quite a few things were changed for the sake of being
put into film.  But we still knew we were seeing Tolkien's masterpiece and
dream come to life.

sherry


-----Original Message-----
From: Taykimson at yahoo.com [mailto:Taykimson at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 10:37 PM
To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Question for Pre-Nov 2001 HP Fans


My introduction to HP was the SS movie.  I saw it on HBO I believe.  
I was hooked and stopped whatever I was doing if the movie was on.  
Finally I got fed up with trying to catch the movie on TV and I 
bought the DVD.  

The timing worked out well, because CoS was released a few weeks 
later - again I enjoyed the movie and watched it a second time in 
the theater...and finally (again ;-) ) I wised up and said hey - 
there are books out there that I can read for more information.

I was amazed at how closely the first movie followed the book...the 
second movie as well (but the first one was about as literal as one 
can get).  Of course I read books 3 and 4 and was pleased when a few 
weeks later the announcement for book 5 was made.

Anyway...the movies introduced me to the books.  Azakaban is the 
first movie in which I had read the book prior to seeing the 
movie...and I was quite dissapointed.  For those who had read PS/SS 
and CoS before seeing the movie, how did you feel initially - where 
you happy with the adaptation?




________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________

WARNING! This group contains spoilers!

Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/

Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material
from posts to which you're replying!

Any questions? Any problems? Contact your personal List Elf or the List
Administration Team at HPforGrownups-owner at yahoogroups.com

Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-Movie-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com
____________________________________________________________
 
Yahoo! Groups Links