I do NOT hate WB

[anne_t_squires]

I mostly lurk; but I feel the need to speak up about this latest issue.  

I admit that I am a little bit disappointed that HBP will be delayed.
 Yet I am not up in arms about it.  I can live with it.  

I really cannot understand all of the vitriol that is coming out
against WB.  Warner Bros. is a business.  The sole purpose of a
business is to make money.  Or so I always thought.  If they feel that
they can make more money in July then I actually hope they are right.
 If it makes financial sense
for them to move the release date to next July, then they ought to do
so. If I were in their position I would do the same. I always want the
HP films to do well and am always glad when they do.  It costs money
to make the films so why shouldn't the company that produces them reap
as much money as it possibly can?  I was always under the impression
that it was the job of a business to cater to its investors. Not fans.
 WB does not have
a moral obligation to release the movie as soon as it is finished (as
some of the protesters on the net make it sound like). Nor are they
obliged to release the film in November.
 
Perhaps I am very naive; but I actually believe WB when they say that
this is partly because of the writers' strike.  

They have changed their minds about the release of a movie.  This is
not the end of the world.  In the scheme of things when a movie comes
out is not very important.  It doesn't compare to anything important
at all, imho.  This is not a big deal; really it isn't.

I will admit the the film versions of the books are not exactly what I
would have made if I were in charge.  The fact that WB has changed
some some things does not make them bad though.  I strongly believe
that films and novels are such completely different mediums that it is
nearly impossible to film novels without changing some major things.
Also, JKR didn't tell them the ending; so they were shooting blind in
the first five films.  Mostly I have been happy with the movies.  Yes,
a few things have sort of bothered me.  But, then again, I have yet to
see the film of a novel that I thought was as good as the book.  Some
of the things they have done have even exceeded my expectations.  It
is because of the first film that I even decided to read the series in
the first place.  (I decided to watch SS one night in 2004 when it was
broadcast on television.  I confess that I watched b/c Alan Rickman
was in it.)   I will be forever and eternally grateful to WB for
introducing me to the wonderful world of HP.

Anne (who plans to see the film more than once the opening weekend in
July)