[HPforGrownups] A.P.R.M.L.A.T.F.P.O.

[Denise R]

No: HPFGUIDX 13467

SPOILER, hence typing BELOW my own signature, lol!
~~Dee~~
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I've figured it out.  That first scene is NOT Harry in the Stair-closet.
He's spying on Snape and his knee!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Amanda Lewanski" <editor at texas.net>
To: <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 12:10 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] A.P.R.M.L.A.T.F.P.O.


> For all of you out there who have memorized the book, and are going
> crazy trying to place the now-infamous "Screaming Scene" from the
> trailer--I have a therapy program!
>
> Amanda's Pre-Release Movie Letdown Avoidance Therapy for Potter
> Obsessives
>
> 1. Become familiar with the following definitions:
>          a. "adapt" -- to make fit (as for a specific or new use) often
> by modification
>          b. "adaptation" -- something that is adapted: specif. a
> composition rewritten into a new form.
>
> Repeat these definitions aloud until you can say "modification" and
> "rewritten" without choking, coughing, gagging, passing out, or other
> generally negative reactions.
>
> 2. Go to the various HP sites, and follow links to various JKR,
> screenwriter, etc., interviews, and read again how they are encouraging
> her input, trying to remain true to her vision, etc.
>
> 3. Realize that JKR's vision is a broad one, not necessarily confined to
> the specific words in the book, no matter how we might have our favorite
> lines.
>
> 4. Watch the trailer again (or view the stills, for those of you like me
> who have computer imps who delight in confounding you), and soak up the
> atmosphere. Realize that in the face of most of our experience with
> movie adaptations, they seem to have accurately caught the "feel" of the
> world and the character of its inhabitants.
>
> 5. Remember that the special effects are being done by some of the
> finest effects people on the planet.
>
> 6. Remember that the cast is, unbelievably, talented enough to keep the
> focus on THEM and not on the special effects.
>
> Okay, are you calmed down now? Because without a doubt there will be
> major things that have been altered. I'm certain the screaming scene is
> either the troll or Fluffy, and we all know they're dressed wrong. So
> what? Some changes must be made for an adaptation to screen. Plot
> devices are compressed, some things are left out, etc. Because the goal
> is a film that can translate the STORY told in the book, not the book
> itself.
>
> I'm approaching the film as a version of a story I love, and I'm not too
> worried. I do understand that quality pieces (actors, effects, music,
> etc.) do not necessarily make a quality whole, but JKR's involvement,
> and now the trailer, seems to indicate that this is going to be really
> good.
>
> Hope I helped!
>
> --Dr. Amanda
>
>
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