[HPforGrownups] Anti-movie sentiments ( just moved)

[Melanie Brackney]

 Okay,
Here is my little rant about this.  Has anybody seen this movie?  No!  Almost every major movie that comes out has a lot of anti-movie sentiments lurking before it's premiere.  ONe example that I can think of was the biggest money maker of all time *Titanic.*  I can not tell you how many people were dooming that movie before it's premiere.  Look what became of it.  When you have something as expected as this you are going to get a ton of anti movie sentiment.  JKR is allowing herself to be associated with ths movie, and that is enough for me.  The truth is all the inconsistencies aside, they are realitively minor.  As long as the major plot hasn't been destroyed I don't see why we should worry about it.  In my oppinion one of the major feelings that I get out of the SS/PS is the virtues of friendship, bravery and trust.  I Think as long as I still leave the theatre with a feeling of satisfaction in relation to those virtues and that I can recognize this movie as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone *meaning the plot hasn't been destroyed* then Christopher Columbus did a decent job.
Melanie
 
  Ali Wildgoose <diagonalley_ at hotmail.com> wrote: I wrote:
> > I'm sorry...it's just that, being a film student myself, it bothers me
> > a bit to see the craft unfairly judged.  Not all adaptions are bad.

And then Amanda wrote:
>We know. *Caius knows.* He just doesn't want to see *this* adaptation,
>and is making up in verbal potency the imbalance betwixt the "wow
>doesn't that look wonderful I can't wait" type posts, and those who have
>serious doubts and don't want to see it.
>
>I can relate to his position; I don't read fanfic. Any fanfic. Even
>understanding that fanfic can be wonderful and written by some of the
>wonderful, talented, creative, verbose souls on this list. I don't want
>my interpretation of JKR's characters "tainted" (for lack of a better
>word) by anyone else's, so I avoid fanfic (at least until the Great Work
>is complete and I shut the cover of book 7).

<snip>

>So don't get bent over Caius' comments. He do have a point, he do, and I
>can appreciate it (that, and I can understand him feeling *just* a hair
>outnumbered).

*grins sheepishly*

Actually, I'm not really bent over Caius' comments specifically, or even the 
decision not to see the movie for fear of contaminating an inner vision.  
(Which I can understand, though I've personally decided to take the risk)  
I've just been seeing a lot of talk about the movie being BAD, which is very 
different from just not wanting to watch it for personal reasons. With my 
friends, on other lists and websites, and even with the people who come to 
the Scholastic store where I work, there's been a fair ammount of anti-movie 
sentiment.

Cauis' comment just happend to be the one I responded to....no offense was 
meant. ^_^

Ali

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