I LIKED IT (bracing for rotton fruit thrown)

[Brian]

  However, just 
> as we have to have suspension of disbelief to enjoy any movie or 
> theatre, we have to be willing to "let go" of the expectations of 
> canon a bit to enjoy the movies.

  My feelings exactly.  How many of us had played the visual we had 
set up for the movie in our minds many times before seeing the film?  
Some of the reponses I've seen here bring back memories of almost a 
year ago when OOP was released.  Once again, we had played an idea in 
our minds of what to expect and when it did not live up to that idea, 
we did not always respond too well (yet after six readings of OOP, I 
see that it is filled with many jewels). 

  My main hope for the Azkaban movie is that it has the same effect 
on others that the first two films had on me, getting me curious 
about the books and therefore, reading (and re-reading) them and 
learning the real story of Hogwarts.

  Brian:-)