[HPFGU-Movie] Book Endings vs. Movie Endings

[Karen]

 So you didn't suddenly feel the need to cast off all your churchly ways
after seeing it :D  I think that the endings have all been true to the
books, but dispensing with any extras. They have made them a bit more "rah
rah" instead of show Harry's changing status. But that is to be expected for
films. The stories themselves all kept the book endings, I felt. OK, GoF was
greatly truncated in the "aftermath" department, but the actual story
remained the same. I.E. no cliff hanger was left off. To me that is a pretty
drastic change.

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>[mailto:HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Valerie Flowe
>Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:53 AM
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>Subject: Re: [HPFGU-Movie] Book Endings vs. Movie Endings
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>My daughter and I just saw the Golden Compass. I read the book 
>beforehand because I had heard all the 'anti-christian'  
>hoopla about it and wanted to get a feel for the subject 
>matter before bringing my daughter. She's 10.  I had heard 
>that this movie was intentionally watered down to appeal to 
>younger kids, ostensibly to 'suck them into' 
>reading the trilogy which has  increasingly dark atheist 
>propaganda. So say the critics.
>Granted the film is rated PG-13, which should tell parents 
>something there. IMO, the film was beautifully made and very 
>true to the book. 
>Had some very scary parts, just like the book. Ex: the polar 
>bears fighting, though the director opted to dispense with all 
>the bloodshed that was mentioned in the book. And the thing 
>that REALLY irked me is that they completely left off the 
>ending!!! They gave it a 'Pollyanna, riding off into the 
>sunset' ending, instead of the startling cliffhanger from the 
>book. What a shame. That got me thinking about how the HP 
>books endings and HP movie endings differ.
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>SS: book =  Can't remember; I lent someone my book!
>Movie ending = Getting on the Hogwarts Express, waving goodbye 
>to Hagrid.
>COS: book ending = Riding home on the Hogwarts Express. 
>Hermione mentioning how proud Harry's relatives are bound to 
>be at how he 'saved the day'. He laughs.
>Movie ending = that silly Hagrid is the greatest ending in the 
>great hall. (happy, happy!)
>POA: book ending =  Riding home on the Hogwarts Express. 
>Sirius sends Pigwidgeon for Ron and a letter granting Harry 
>permission to visit Hogsmead the following year. He scares 
>Uncle Vernon by telling him about his convicted murderer godfather.
>Movie ending = they messed with the timeline so that Sirius 
>gives Harry the broom at the end and Harry is freeze-framed on 
>the screen (happy,
>happy!)
>GOF: book ending = Riding home on the Hogwarts Express. 
>Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle get totally hexed by the trio and 
>friends. Harry's friends give him a nice goodbye as he walks 
>off with Vernon. He's thinking that whatever happens (with 
>Voldemort) he will deal with when the time comes.
>Movie ending = Hermione says, in a much lighter tone than the 
>book "Everything's going to change now, isn't it? And Harry 
>replies "yes".There are waves and hugs all around and the 
>Durmstrang ship sinks and the Beaux-Baton carriage flies off 
>into the sunset (happy, happy!)
>OotP: book ending = Riding home on the Hogwarts Express. The 
>Order walks with Harry up to the Dursleys and makes it known 
>that they'd better not mess with Harry.
>Movie ending: the kids are walking to their train, and Harry 
>makes a positive, rallying statement to his fellow mates 
>(happy, happy!)
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>I think it's a shame that they didn't keep the Dumbledore 
>denouement monologues and the riding home on the Hogwarts 
>Express, in the movies. 
>That was always such a nice wrap-up.
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>Valerie
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