[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Why books should not be movies

[Barbara D. Poland-Waters]

>>>From: huntergreen_3 [mailto:patientx3 at aol.com]

Just curious, why are the first two perceived as being *so much* more
faithful to the books that PoA? I noticed not just you, but a lot of
people voicing that,  I haven't read the first two as many times as
I've read PoA, but I recall a lot of things being left out.

<snippage of lots of examples of SS-Move being different from SS-book>

And those are just off the top of my head. The previous movies DID
change quite a bit, was it just that they didn't add very much
either? I know that PoA changed more than the other two did, I just
didn't notice *that* much more being gone, some things were moved
around and others only vaguely hinted at, but they were still there.
Just curious, maybe I'm missing something.<<<


You're absolutely right about many things being different in the first two
movies. I guess it comes down to personal preference and personal vision. I
felt the first two movies fit my vision of Hogwarts and the WW much better
than POA. And yes, I don't think they added things that were irrelevant or
completely out of place in JKR's world, like the shrunken heads.

It may also be that I saw the first movie before reading the book, and I
honestly can't tell you if I did or not. I do know that I read POA over and
over again before seeing the movie, and I really had favorite scenes and
things that I read thinking, "I can't wait to see how they show that on a
movie," and then was disappointed when the changed the scene or didn't show
it at all. Again, personal preference.


I, bd-bear, had written:

>>And why can't anyone who is pro-POA address their comments in
regards to liking the movie instead of why I AM WRONG to not like it?
So far today I've been told by various list members than I am mean-
spirited towards the movie because I didn't like it, I don't "get
subtlety," and now I'm unreasonable.
I've also been told I don't make a "rational argument" for not liking
the movie, as if I have to back of my FEELINGS and PREFERENCES with
factual information. And I'm taking these points of view personally?<<


>>>From: huntergreen_3 [mailto:patientx3 at aol.com]

But not everyone is doing that. Maybe you should address those people
specifically instead of saying that all people who liked PoA are
against those that didn't like it, because that's not fair at all.<<<


I'm sorry, perhaps I should have been clearer when I wrote "anyone who is
pro-POA." I didn't mean to indicate that everyone has written to me with
criticism of my feelings about the movie. That certainly is not the case.
There have been people on the list who have said "to each his own" or
they're sorry I didn't like the movie but respected my feelings.

Barbara
bd-bear