[HPFGU-OTChatter] POA, gripe towards the so-called fans!

[Amanda Geist]

Waynegregory:

> I am just saying that I am annoyed many people have not given this
> film a chance.

Yeah, I got that part.

> Just to dismiss this film because "I found the pace too fast." would
> be a great injustice to the crews efforts.

(1) Criticism is not dismissal. Rather a lot of this film is quite good. But
like the world of Harry Potter, reactions come in shades of gray, and I
don't believe my only choices are "love it" or "hate it."

(2) Quite a few things that took a great deal of effort still fall short. I
can recognize and applaud the attempt without granting that it succeeded.

> As for ignoring me I hope they don't! I hope they argue why the film
> was bad because most of the reasons I have heard at the moment are
> absured, eg Dumbledore having a manicure!

Go back, then, and reread some. I have seen (and happen to agree with) the
comment that the wizarding world was too "dirty"; Cuaron seems to have edged
toward a wizarding world which has much of the caricature in it, where Tom
the innkeeper has become a cackling cartoon, where the reputable inn The
Leaky Cauldron has become a shamble, where the splendid castle of Hogwarts
has the flavor of ruin, where the dignified headmaster has become a rumpled
old man. I understood the comment about the nails to be an example, in line
with this perception.

There have been many comments, both nitpicking and otherwise. My own
five-year-old wanted to know why the Willow didn't hit them when they came
out. I doubt that makes him less of a fan or too critical; it simply means
that for that one boy's perception, something wasn't right.

> Once again I apologise to Amanda Geist if she was offended by my >
comments. But in the end J.K.Rowling has said herself "it's my
> favourite Harry Potter film so far". Surely if she has given it the
> thumbs up, then she doesnt mind that parts are missing!

And she is entitled to her opinion too. But I am under no obligation to
share it.

> I apologise for questioning anyone's loyalty as a fan. I am one
> myself and i just get angry when people see it as a failure because
> it deviates from the txt.

See above. There are more choices than "failure" and "spectacular success."
My problems were not that it deviates from the book; I expected this. My
difficulty is within the film itself. I can't say I'm happy about so much
backstory being omitted, but there are plenty of things I wasn't happy with
without even opening the book.

Get angry all you like; but wait fifteen minutes and reread your posts
before you get angry online. Especially reasonlessly, for people using this
venue as it was intended, to express valid opinions. It'd probably help with
the spelling, too.

~Amanda