Movie Changing Book Perceptions

[Amber ?]

As I didn't know precisely where this should go, I decided on OT-Chat. Ah, 
it's so nice to have a forum where I know anything is game!

I remember that before the HP movie came out, some people were worried about 
it changing their mental image of the books. Or that everyone wouldn't be 
able to think of Harry without imagining Daniel. I thought about it today 
and came to the realization that the movie has changed very little about 
what is in my mental mind when I read the books.

For example, the Great Hall. Regardless that we have a clear picture of a 
possible Great Hall, thanks to the movie, I have stuck to the Great Hall 
that I have always thought about. In my mind, it's a heck of a lot wider 
than the movie one, has the entrances on the sides of the tables, not the 
end and the Professor's table is up on a stage-like pedastal (don't ask, my 
mind is weird). You would think I would've changed, even slightly, but I 
have no problems dismissing the movie Great Hall and sticking to my own 
version.

As for characters, the only two that have influenced my mental perception 
are Hooch and Hagrid. I now picture Zoe Wannamaker and Robbie Coltrane, more 
or less when I think about those characters. Everyone else...well, while 
they were very well cast, they don't fit quite right. While Daniel Radcliffe 
is a delightful Harry, he isn't *my* Harry.

Quidditch is perhaps the one movie scene that has drastically changed my 
mental perception. I always had a difficult time imagining Quidditch; it was 
slow-motion in my mind and sketchy. But the movie...just, wow. I now have a 
much easier time imagining the characters zooming around on their brooms. 
And I think that is an improvement, rather a detriment. Bravo for the movie 
on that score.

So what about everybody else? Has the movie changed your mental images? Do 
you now think of Daniel, Rupert and Emma when you think of the Trio? Or were 
your original ideas left more or less alone?

~Amber

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