Addressing Frequently Read and Heard Movie Criticisms....

[Brian]

  Excellent!

  I just got back from my 2nd veiwing of POA and thoroughly enjoyed 
it as an extra to the book. It was the movies that introduced me to 
the books and I knew not to expect the whole book in the film.  I 
will not be surprised if we get yet a whole new batch of readers as a 
result of the POA movie.

  Brian:-)   

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "saintbacchus" 
<saintbacchus at y...> wrote:
> Forget Goblet of Fire. The correct answer is: "Anyone who wants to 
> know about the Marauders can damn well read the books." None of the 
> Marauders background is vital to the plot. In fact, I have never 
> seen a good literary adaptation that contained all of the 
> information that was in the book - that's why English teachers 
> always tell their students that they can't get away with just 
> watching the movie.
> 
> So what you do is, if you're interested in the movie, read the book 
> too. If you don't care, then you don't read the book and you 
haven't 
> missed anything important. What's the problem with that?
> 
> Incidentally, I find it comical that people are second-guessing 
> JKR's feelings on PoA. Just because you didn't like the movie or 
> didn't think it had enough "important" information doesn't mean 
> she's wrong. She's the author! Surely she knows better than we do 
> what will be necessary in the future.
> 
> --Anna