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[susanbones2003]

Tim wrote:
 A lot of LOTR book fans were disappointed with the films because
of
> the departures the screenwriters made from the original story.
> However, a lot of people who may have read the books once (and may
> have had a hard time getting through them) found the films
engaging
> and went back and gave the books another look... because they now
had
> images in the heads to go along with the story.  People fell in
love
> with the trilogy because of the films.
>
> The same holds true to HP fans.  I did not pick up the books until
> after I had seen the first film.  So, for me, it's easier to
accept
> the changes made from book to film as I was a fan of the films
> first... but I can easily understand how someone who was a fan of
the
> books before the first film came out would be upset at what was
> changed.
>
> Tim A
>
Jen here, yet again...(someone else get in here and add something!)
You make a wonderful point. I saw LOTR on TBS in April and went
gaga! Saw all the movies in about 8 days of trying to squeeze 30
minutes in here and there between my RL and was mesmerized! Then I
promptly picked up the recorded books and spent another amazing 3
weeks listening to the stories in their fullest form. I was thrilled
at all the things that were included from the books. I was thrilled 
that when they wanted to put Arwen in, they went to the appendices 
to find appropriate things. Some changes were probably very jarring 
for a book fan of long years. Having no history, I could accept that 
the two, the book and the films are different but I still found that 
at their core, the two have a very close correlation. As an HP fan, 
I found the transition to films many times jarring. I studied the 
books, re-read and re-read them. Loved every single precious word 
and then some new director comes along and his vision of Harry is so 
different from mine, I felt like I'd landed on another planet.

Did you know that the LOTR people used to sort of float rumors about
things they were thinking of doing to guage fan reaction? Wouldn't
that be neat if someone did that for HP? Peter Jackson had a
different situation with his film, he seemed to have more scope, 
mpre decision-making power. Everyone knew that each film would be 3 
hours and the HP guys seem to balk at that. Let's all hope that at 
some point someone puts out some extended editions!
Jen D.