Dudley's Hat & trailer enthusiasm

[bbennett at joymail.com]

BK wrote:
<I'm guessing since it's a movie....we'll lose a lot of nights and 
days and things will be compressed. I'm "preparing" myself mentally 
to not be disappointed with any changes or minor discrepancies in 
translating the book to film otherwise I could be miserable and I 
really want to enjoy the film for what it is...or will be. >

I think you're absolutely right on the scene merging thing, and
I'm sure we can expect more. In order to film everything exactly 
following the book, we'd end up with a 7 hour movie –
personally, this would not a problem for me <g>, but I'm sure
it'd would be  ridiculously expensive. I'm also
"bracing" myself not to be disappointed if things shift a
bit, BK.  But I have  to say that discrepancies aside, I was overcome 
with a "WOO HOO! They're doing this right!" burst of
enthusiasm as I watched the trailer. I  think the tone of the movie 
feels right, even if some of the details have obviously changed.

<Ah. I had forgotten. Thanks for reminding me. <crawls into hole 
determined to memorize the four Harry Potter books so that she 
doesn't make a complete idiot of herself again...> 

Amber, if failing to remember a not-pivotal detail from one of 4 
novels makes you a complete idiot, then maybe I should stop typing 
and be quiet; I'm lucky I remember last week.

;)
B