Part 2 on DVD this November

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

Steve: 
> I make a point of NOT reading the books before a movie comes out. If I do, I'm too emotionally invested in the story as it plays out in the books, and enjoy the movie that much less. I find it better if my memory of the books is as lean as possible before watching a movie, that way the two conflict much less in my brain, and I'm more satisifed with the movie. So for me, first see the movie, then read the book. Though of course, by the time the movie comes out I've read the book several times. But I try to NOT read it near the time of the movie as it just creates too much emotional conflict. 

Steve:
First, may I congratulate you on that very thoughtful and insightful post.

The only problem with the paragraph I have retained is the problem of 
elapsed time.

I came to the books via the films, seeing COS and PS in early 2003 in that 
order before starting to read the books. But, if you had said to me then 
"Oh, by the way, Book 7 will come out in 2007 but the film will not premiere 
until mid-2011 so you can't read any further until then", you would have 
got a rather dusty answer.
:-)