POA - Book vrs movie

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 100252

x "Damit Lazarus" <lkotur at y...> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > Having just seen the movie POA, I must say I was quite 
disappointed. 
> > The move was just an outline (threadbare at best) of the book.  I 
> > know it hit the major storyline items (mostly) but there was so 
many 
> > details missing.  
> snip..
> > As fans of the books, should the movies capture the 
> > story of the books or would "poetic license" with the story upset 
> > book fans?

Kneasy answered:

> 
> OK, I'm a purist and I'm not ashamed of it. The current threads that
> delve into the minutiae of the PoA film are irrelevant so far as I'm
> concerned; I haven't read any of them. Why bother? The film isn't
> canon, it's a version of fan-fic IMO. The true quill it ain't.


Potioncat:
Boy, it's going to be hard to keep this OT!
Kneasy, it's funny you called the film fan-fic because on my way home 
from the movie (enjoyed it and disappointed in it) I thought, that 
was just well done fan-fic.

But I don't blame the director, I blame you.  (Not you personally, 
Kneasy) but HPfGU.  In the old days, I read a HP book and 
thought "Very good book. Can't wait for the movie." Then, I would 
enjoy the movie as a separate event

Now that I'm a nit-picking, book-carrying canon thumper, it's really 
hard to just sit back and enjoy the movie. And there was lots to 
enjoy in this movie. 

However, anything I'd add would be better to post on the other site.  
I'm just not sure I have time to maintain two sets of posts!!!!

Potioncat (who also hosted a Harry Potter birthday party for my 10 
year old this weekend!...all games true to canon of course!)