Harry Potter and God

[Carol]

MD wrote:
> <snip>
> The same director also added the clock tower, no one bitches about that.

Carol responds:

We all have the right to like or dislike any aspect of the films or books. It really doesn't matter to me whether JKR likes the talking heads or not. They're uncanonical and, to me, unfunny. Now if JKR were writing about or Cuaron were filming the WW in Jamaica, I wouldn't mind as much, except that the canonical shrunken heads are Dark objects and these are meant to be humorous.

The clock tower, OTOH, is a nice touch since time is an important motif in PoA. So, IMO, is the use of the Whomping Willow to show the change of seasons.

A director can add whatever he likes, within reason, to a film adaptation of a book. They're different media. But the viewers are under no obligation to like the additions any more than they necessarily like the director's (and writer's) choice of scenes to delete or the reassignment of lines from one character to another.

You like the shrunken heads. But no matter how many times you tell us that you like them and JKR likes them, those of us who dislike them aren't going to change our minds, any more than we're going to start thinking that Ginny is Harry's ideal wife just because JKR says so just because JKR holds that view.

Carol, agreeing with zanooda that the talking heads detract from the film and not at all impressed by JKR's statement that she likes them