[HPforGrownups] Anti-movie sentiments ( just moved)

[blpurdom at yahoo.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
>  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.   [snip]


I can think of at least one time when I saw a film made from a book I 
basically liked and I thought the film was MUCH better than the book: 
The Right-Hand Man, based (pretty loosely) on the book of the same 
name by K.M. Peyton (who also wrote the Flambards and Pennington 
books, which I like much better--"Flambards" was also a television 
series, now available on video).  The book was supposed to be early 
19th century London and its suburbs, while the film was set at least 
several decades later (maybe more--it was unclear) in Australia.  
Also, a couple of major plot twists were changed, especially the 
ending.  I think the result was much better than the book, and I have 
read many of Peyton's works three or more times!

I don't think WB is likely to improve upon JKR's work, but nor do I 
think they are likely to eviscerate it.  I have a vivid imagination, 
and I'm sure I will continue to enjoy the books regardless of what 
conflicting images show up on the big screen...

--Barb