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Tancred · 12-11-2001, 11:49 PM

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Originally posted by Sir Taliesin:
Actually for all you Harry Potter bashers out there, I both read the book and saw the movie and thought both were very good. Not up to par with say Tolkien, Robin Hobbs, J.V. Jones or David Eddings, but great for kids. The movie was also quite faithful to the book as well. They are great books to hook kids on reading, which I think is incredibly important. When I was growing up I read stuff like The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper and The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander. They took me into to Tolkein and from there to other fantasy and Sci-fi. So I think the Harry Potter books are great.

Oh, the BOOKS are fine. The film was... well, damnable. Daniel Radcliffe's acting is stilted and grating, there were some glaringly pertinent pieces of information left out of the film and the one, massive, gigantic gripe I have of the Potter film is that it adds absolutely nothing - NOTHING - to my enjoyment of the books. It is, simply, one person's vision of the book. I don't need that, I've got my own, thank you very much. It's just a damn shame Miss. Rowling was breathing down the director's neck, or he might have been allowed to do something creative.
With any luck, the Lord of the Rings won't be the same case.

12-11-2001, 11:49 PM	#10
Tancred White Dragon Join Date: April 1, 2001 Location: UK Age: 45 Posts: 1,893	quote: Originally posted by Sir Taliesin: Actually for all you Harry Potter bashers out there, I both read the book and saw the movie and thought both were very good. Not up to par with say Tolkien, Robin Hobbs, J.V. Jones or David Eddings, but great for kids. The movie was also quite faithful to the book as well. They are great books to hook kids on reading, which I think is incredibly important. When I was growing up I read stuff like The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper and The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander. They took me into to Tolkein and from there to other fantasy and Sci-fi. So I think the Harry Potter books are great. Oh, the BOOKS are fine. The film was... well, damnable. Daniel Radcliffe's acting is stilted and grating, there were some glaringly pertinent pieces of information left out of the film and the one, massive, gigantic gripe I have of the Potter film is that it adds absolutely nothing - NOTHING - to my enjoyment of the books. It is, simply, one person's vision of the book. I don't need that, I've got my own, thank you very much. It's just a damn shame Miss. Rowling was breathing down the director's neck, or he might have been allowed to do something creative. With any luck, the Lord of the Rings won't be the same case. __________________ \"HELP! I\'ve superglued myself to a flaming bowling ball!\"