Stories & Movies (was RE: Harry Potter and God)

[wildirishrose01us]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Lee Storm \(God Is The Healing Force\)" <n2fgc at ...> wrote:
>
> I'm changing the subject line here; we're way off the original one. :-)
> 
> [Lee (Earlier)]:
> | > interesting, because I loved SS, COS, and OOTP.  I truly 
> | didn't like POA and despised GOF with a passion!  It will be 
> | interesting to see what they do with HBP.
> | 
> | Kemper now:
> | I agree with GOF, but it was also her worst book, I think.  I 
> | believe she was writing it at the time where she was coming 
> | to realize that Harry was bigger than her, so that has to 
> | mess with anyone's head a bit.  I think it's why she took so 
> | long with OP, adjusting and getting back in control of the story.

Marianne:

I liked OOTP.  I didn't particularly like the death eater scene in the beginning of the book.  It just seemed too long to listen to.  But I'm just starting to actually read the books.  I skimmed through the DH.  I don't consider reading that.  I've listened to the books on my IPod a couple of times.  Reading and listening to the books are so different.
> 
> [Lee]:
> Hmm--I liked GOF.  Harry was very human and both Art and I could relate to
> his being a member of the Procrastinator's Club. :-)
> 
> What I didn't like in the movie were things like the way they handled the
> First Task; it was a real waste of film, IMHO, and having Hermione remind
> him of what to do while he was in the task just wasn't, if you know what I
> mean.  There were other things, too, but I won't get into them.  I'll only
> say that the waltzing Neville was another complete waste of film which could
> have been devoted to the real story parts.
> 
> Again, just my opinion.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Lee :-)


Having just finished watching GOF tonight I must admit that the dragon scene was too long, and it didn't come close to the book.  I would have liked to seen it more in tune with the original story.  Course, it might have been just as long and drawn out too.

My DIL and I was disussing the movie tonight.  We didn't like the death eater's masks or Sirius in the fire.  We preferred the DE masks and Sirius in the fire in OOTP.  Having only watched OOTP once, well it was more listening to the movie, while I was working on my computer, I didn't see much of the DE masks but I did see Sirius.  DIL said this was her least favorite movie.

Marianne