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Originally posted by antryg:
<fontcolor=FFDEAD> Like so many movies based on books, they can't get everything in the book into the movie. The ability to add depth and detail is what makes books so wonderful. Harry Potter is like LOR in that what we've pictured in our minds isn't always what a movie sees. That's why movies can sometimes be so disappointing. Our minds are richer than the movie screen. I loved the books. I read them all before giving them to my granddaughter last Christmas. I thought the movie was good and expect the same from the new one.</font>
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The only gripe I had with HP1, and the difference saw in it as a bok adaption compared to LotR, was this - in LotR, they added and changed, made it a better-working film rather than doggedly stick to the book. In HP, they made a striaghtforward film of the book, and that meant they could only take away.
But it is my only gripe. HPotter series gets better plot-wise as the series develops. Chamber of Secrets should be excellent... it's a friend's birthday on Saturday, and he's gathering a few of our old crowd together to see this. Looking forward to it...