[HPFGU-Movie] books and accents

[Valerie Flowe]

On May 8, 2006, at 11:45 PM, can can wrote:

>  >I have been doing Harry Potter "light," that is I have seen all four
>  >movies. Now I am interested in the books. Can I begin with book 5, or
>  >will the difference be so great that I really need to begin with 
> book 1?
>  >Allen
>
>    Jen, I noticed that too and absolutly loved it!  I didn't know who 
> had directed Goblet at the time, but when I first watched it, I found 
> myself saying outloud, "They're awfully British in this one, aren't 
> they?"  Then when I found out about Newell, I figured it was because 
> of him.  Like Dan said "He's very English." 

Oh, I can't imagine reading the books out of sequence...although I just 
recently read COS and listened to the CD for the first time. I had, of 
course, seen the movie, but there was detail left out, as always.
I would think it would be waaayyy confusing to read them out of 
sequence, personally. It's all leading up to the grand finale in book 
7. Each book builds on the previous one. JKR packs so much detail in 
each book that it's hard enough to remember what happened in each 
book...Just my opinion...

And yes, loved the slang, especially since they are teens now. "right 
foul git" was my fav. WHAT was it that Harry said when Ron was talking 
about Hermione not having a date "Because she'd tear(?) or take(?) the 
mickey out of us if she did" What does that mean??
What were some of the other great slang phrases? "Piss off" was quite 
daring.
Loved the "Go back to your knitting!"
Valerie