POA comment SPOILERS sort of

[ladilyndi]

Oh dear, after reading your comments I'm wondering if I saw the same 
movie.  I thought it was brilliant.  I went in knowing it was not 
going to be a literal movie but more of an interpretation of the book 
so perhaps my standards weren't as high.  LOL  

I think all the things that needed to be in the movie were there, the 
things that will carry the basic story along.  Does the movie 
audience really have to know who Cho Chang or Cedric Diggory are at 
this point?  Not really.  They are both easily introduced in the next 
movie without the need of foreshadowing or meeting them now.  Did I 
miss things that were favorites in the book?  Of course.  Alas, not 
everything in the book could be in the movie.  I'm certainly glad 
they didn't cut Hermione smacking Draco though.  LOL

My problem is the same as I had with Mr. Weasley - a couple of the 
actors just didn't look like I had pictured them so it took some to 
get past that and those characters weren't as powerful for me as they 
were perhaps meant to be.

I did have fun trying to figure out what interpretations JK referred 
to in the USA Today article which she said foreshadowed things coming 
up in Books 6 and 7.

By the way, hi to everyone I haven't talked to in 11 months.  We're 
finally fully settled in England and hopefully I can be back on the 
Board more often.

Lynn


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003" 
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, udder_pen_dragon 
> <udderpd at y...> wrote:
> >  
> > My main complaints are aimed at Alfonso Cuaron. Did he realise 
that 
> he was contributing one part of a series of films, of well known 
> stories? Has he seen the first two films? Has he read the books? It 
> does not appear to be so.
> > 
> 
> Carolyn:
> I saw the film this afternoon as well, and totally agree; in fact, 
am 
> sitting here in a slough of despond.