Dragon over London...

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "johnkclark" <eggplant107 at ...> wrote:
 
"Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> 
> >In truth, I really don't think the movie makers were thinking that much about the > time line.

Eggplant (attribution added): 
> There is no timeline in the movies and except for 2 brief mentions, one in book 2 and one in book 7, there almost isn't one in the books. I think it was a mistake to specify the exact years in the books, it should be timeless.

Geoff:
I wouldn't agree with you but that is a personal view. I like to have 
something to which I can anchor my perception of the action (Even 
in stories like LOTR, I find it useful). To me the mention in COS is 
extremely important as it locks the story into real time and, as a 
retired teacher, I can then link Hogwarts to the then current UK 
education system.

Actually, there is a timeline link in the film - the grave of LIly and 
James at Godric's Hollow in Deathly, Hallows Part 1.