POA - Book vrs movie

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The Sergeant Majorette says

That's it, then. It depends on the direction from which you approach 
the films. As an adult, I understand why the films have to be 
different from the books, but children are looking for their old 
friends. As soon as I heard who was directing PoA, I warned people to 
approach this one as if it were fanfic. "The Little Princess" was the 
first book I ever got from the library on my "real" library card, so 
I saw Cuaron's version through the eyes of my inner six-year old, and 
I *hated* it, hated it, hated it, even as my outer adult appreciated 
the director's skill.

But it was typically clever of JKR to set us all to looking for clues 
to future books. Little as I liked the movie, I will see it again and 
buy the DVD just for that.