Observation, not really spoiler

[madam_author]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, clshannon at a... wrote:
> Something I find curious ;-)
> When I first joined the many lists discussing HP, it was right 
around when 
> COS opened in theaters and I remember wading through much 
disgruntled 
> conversation about how the movie didn't follow the book enough, or 
what was left out, or 
> what was done wrong. 

Well, personally, I liked Both SS and CoS when they came out. I had 
a few nitpicky things but on the whole I thought they were well 
done. There were small details that were left out that I would have 
preferred to keep in, but overall the important things were there. 
PoA however, was a comlete disappointment.  It wasn't small details 
that were missing it was chunks that were missing from the plot 
which left many important things unanswered. Gone were the 
discoveries we made about James' and Severus' animosity, gone was 
the true import of the prophecy (in fact-gone was the real prophecy 
itself), gone were important developments in Harry's character with 
regards to his parents and hearing their dying moments.
 
> But I think POA is the first one to be a 'real film' and not just 
a series of 
> episodic scenes connecting point A to point B from the books. POA 
is a filmic 
> representation of the spirit of the book, while also maintaining 
the 
> storyline that is necessary in order to bring it to life.


I don't think they stuck to the spirit of the book *at all*. Instead 
they took the plot, cut it apart and the put it back together with 
huge pieces missing. 
What was even more disappointing to me is the fact that I could see 
the potential in the movie, it *could* have been better! The 
director has a beautiful style, but it went to waste because so much 
else was lost.

Madam_Author

PS-did it bother anyone that no one dressed in robes? It didn't 
bother me too much, but I think it took away from the "magic" 
atmosphere the first two movies had.