[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Sorcerer stone v Philosopher Stone WAS: Hermione

[Aryn Culbertson]

Unfortunately, have to jump in here. Being a Brit living in the States, I
have to beg to differ w/you MD. It is necessary to Americanise the Books,
unfortunately. And it is a crime really. I have a copy (multiple actually)
of the American versions (both Hard & Soft copies), the UK (both Adult &
Child, both Hard & Soft copies). And thankfully I also have dvds of the UK
versions of the films. BUT, since the films are actually made by an American
company (Warner Bros), they are made to an American Audience (since that is
the main audience paying for the films). It is a shame also. Thankfully JK
has kept Warner Bros to only main English Actors, but that is really the
only true ideal throughout each film. Hopefully Mr. Yates (director) will be
able to fit as much as possible of the 7th Book into the last films, and
keep true to the book, but alas it also will more than likely be Americanise
beyond what the book itself truly has been written. Ok, back to lurking. And
also, just have to comment MD, the 3rd film was the worst of all the films
on many levels, other than the acting of many of the actors.

Cheeres...

On 31/07/2009, Child Of Midian <md at exit-reality.com> wrote:
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> From: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com <HPFGU-Movie%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com <HPFGU-Movie%40yahoogroups.com>] On
> Behalf Of sistermagpie
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> Magpie:
> Yes--but I'm disagreeing with the idea that assuming a 9-year-old would
> automatically look at a book with "Philosopher's Stone" on the cover and
> say, "I'll check out this book to see if it's about a boy who can do magic"
> is the same as assuming they're stupid.
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> The idea that the "philosopher's stone" is obvious to Brits but unknown to
> people in the U.S. is insulting the population of the U.S. My daughters has
> never read The Sorcerer's Stone, she's read the Philosopher's Stone,
> however. We only own the UK version of the film as well.
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> The worst thing is that "sorcerer" is not relevant to the Potter universe.
> If they'd have called it "The Wizard's Stone" it would have at least fit!!!
> By GOF they figured out that other than the odd phrase ("keep our peckers
> up!) they didn't need to Americanize the novels.
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> md
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