[HPforGrownups] POA - Book vrs movie

[Barbara D. Poland-Waters]

No: HPFGUIDX 100251

>>>From: Damit Lazarus [mailto:lkotur at yahoo.com]

... I would like to know what you, the fans of the books, think about
adapting the stories to screen.  The first two books were "reproduced" on
film to satisfy most "book" fans. . . As fans of the books, should the
movies capture the story of the books or would "poetic license" with the
story upset book fans?<<<

I have heard fans weigh in on both sides. Some people, like myself, feel
that the movies should be the book come to life, so to speak. Even with some
deletions and edits for time, I think a movie version of these books should
not go against canon, have other characters saying things they're not
supposed to say, or events happen differently, if it can possibly be helped.
But others seem to feel the books are one thing and the movies are another
separate entity. I believe all of the people who have weighed in on this and
others lists regarding their liking of the PoA movie are all (or most of
them are) book fans. So to answer your question, I think you'll find the
fans split on this issue.

JMO

Barbara
aka bd-bear