Fun at the Movies

[Carol]

SSSusan wrote:
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> What I *didn't* like as well as the book, though, was the 1st task in GoF.  I didn't care for the liberties the director took with Harry & his dragon. <another big snip--sorry!>

Carol responds:

I agree completely. They overdid the dragon scene (completely ignoring the fact that it was a female guarding its eggs, not to mention all that superfluous damage to the Hogwarts building and grounds that seems to magically repair itself) when it was already sufficiently exciting in the book. 

The second task, I thought, was well done (though I missed having Percy wade out to Ron, showing just how worried he'd been about his little brother), but the third task was really strange, with the maze itself having some sort of Dark magical desire to strangle people and a sinister influence on their minds. Where were the Sphinx and the Acromantulas and the Blast-Ended Skrewts? I guess the special effects had wasted their budget and their talents on the Hungarian horntail.

Carol, still trying to think of a scene that she likes better in the movies than the books