I LIKED IT (bracing for rotton fruit thrown)

[serenadust]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Tasukibeth1 at c... wrote:
> I have been on this group for over a year now, and have been 
looking forward 
> to PoA as much as you all have. Quite frankly, I am glad I didn't 
read these 
> reviews before I went. I loved the movie, and was depressed to 
open my mail and 
> read this stuff, which has ranged from intelligently analytical to 
just plain 
> catty.
 
Well, if you've been on this group for over a year you surely didn't 
expect everyone to agree on the movie, did you <g>?  It would be 
awfully boring (IMO) if we did, and this is actually a discussion 
group so there wouldn't be much to discuss if everyone were limited 
to squeeing about how much they simply loved *everything*.  In 
fairness, I don't think I've seen anyone be just plain "catty" and 
even the most critical reviewers seemed to agree on things like how 
well Buckbeak was done, and the wonderful scene with the boys eating 
sweets in Gryffindor Tower.  There's really no need to feel 
depressed.

Tasukibeth1 wrote:
 
> (7) I had no problem with the creative interpretation on Lupin's 
werewolf. I 
> like that he DIDN'T look like a dog; he is NOT a dog, after all! 
He is 
> a....thingy...a monster, a creature. He is not a dog and therefore 
shouldn't look 
> like one.


That's perfectly true.  However, since the scene where Snape assigns 
an essay on werewolves with particular emphasis on How To Identify a 
werewolf, it was a bit silly to have a werewolf that couldn't 
possibly be confused with a wolf or a dog.  Requiring that the film 
maintain it's own internal logic doesn't seem unreasonably picky to 
me.



Tasukibeth: 

> (12) I had no problem with SuperHermione, Remember, she was 
*written* to be 
> that way, much to the schagrin of the HPFGU Book group. Hermione 
is perfect - 
> that's how she was written. Take it up with the author if you 
don't like it. 
> She always says the right thing, does the right thing, shows up at 
the right 
> time. She's Hermione, That's just what she does.


I have to disagree with your statement that Hermione was "written" 
to be perfect in POA.  I purposely avoided re-reading PoA during the 
lead up to the movie, because I didn't want to be bothered with a 
lot of nit-picky changes in the book details popping up while I 
watched it, and I wanted to enjoy the film on it's own merits.  The 
problem is that POA movie Hermione is so utterly different from PoA 
book Hermione, and that impression is unescapable no matter how long 
ago you read the book.  Hermione spends almost the entire book on 
the verge on a nervous breakdown due to her timeturner-aided, 
overwhelming schedule.  She alienates classmates, misses classes, 
can't fight her boggart during the final exam, and is estranged from 
Harry and Ron for several weeks during the term (Firebolt and 
cat/rat fight).  Her heightened stress level was key to the scene 
when she smacked/punched Malfoy.  She's quite imperfect in the book.

Movie PoA Hermione is beautiful, handles everything with aplomb, is 
smarter, stronger and more agile than Harry.  It's fine to enjoy 
this alternate version of her, but she bears almost no resemblence 
to canon Hermione and I don't think it's unfair that some fans have 
a problem with this.


Jo S.