Why books should not be movies

[huntergreen_3]

Christin wrote:
>>See, I was very surprised to find out, just after PoA was released, 
that most people on this list seemed to hate the movie, despite the 
fact that the reviews were (mostly) very good. Also, everyone (and I 
mean EVERYONE) that I have spoken to in real life are really fond of 
the film. These people range from die-hard fans to those who haven't 
even seen the first two films, and from 15 to 35-year-olds.<<

I think the majority of the people on this list DID enjoy the movie, 
even if many of them had serious problems with it. I think its the 
perils of a discussion group, that "I liked it!" doesn't make for an 
interesting topic. I've noticed several posts that sound very 
negative but at the end (or the top), the poster says that 'despite 
that' they liked the movie. Personally I LOVED it, there are a few 
things from the book that I think would have worked in the movie, and 
a few other things that just bothered me (like Ron agreeing with 
Snape, for one), but none of those affected the movie in a 
considerable way (IMO). I saw the movie with another fan of the books 
and a fan of the movies who hadn't read the books and both of them 
liked it as much as I did. (and the few other people I've talked to, 
including one person who is not into Harry Potter AT ALL and was 
dragged to the movie by her friends, liked it as well). 
In actuality, according to the poll, most of the people on this list 
did enjoy the movie, even if they have minor or serious reservations 
about it (I know that only a small percentage of the 2,000+ members 
on the list participated in the poll, but there's no reason to think 
that this small sampling isn't accurate).


-Rebecca