Harry Potter..., the aftermath more than half a year later Options

[missnh]

Anyways, I just restarted re-reading Harry Potter. After reading the last book, it was very, very difficult for me to pick up the first book again so close to reading Deathly Hallows but now I've decided it's time again! It's quite an embarassing / humiliating experience to read during class, since I laugh out loud and almost cry... But it's definitely worth it to go read over those random details that suddenly make sense.

*tears* What has your experience been with the whole "aftermath"?

[Gigi]

I watched the 5th movie with my brother (who is a self-proclaimed Harry Potter hater, and yes, I did have to drag him into the movie theatre lol), and he understood everything relatively well. Mind you, he did watch the 4 other movies, and I had to remind him of some of the minor facts (e.g. Who's the big hairy guy again?). More importantly, though, he actually enjoyed the movie, regardless of not really understanding some parts.

The problem I have with the book to movie translation is that the book does a lot of explanation. The books focus on Harry, who finds increasingly more clues to whatever challenges he's facing at the moment, and he explains his new findings to his friends. This works pretty well in a book, and it's not boring or repetitive. But if these same scenes were reworked into a movie, it would exactly that. They would have made the same mistake that The Da Vinci Code movie made. So, to me, it's acceptable to omit some parts - they are not all entirely workable, and I understand that.

However it annoys me to no end when they change stuff. REALLY. Just get rid of it or be true to the book. Like, when they made Neville give Harry the Gillyweed instead of Dobby. COME ON. That was dumb. And some other instances in which I can't remember right now.

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

The problem I have with the book to movie translation is that the book does a lot of explanation. The books focus on Harry, who finds increasingly more clues to whatever challenges he's facing at the moment, and he explains his new findings to his friends. This works pretty well in a book, and it's not boring or repetitive. But if these same scenes were reworked into a movie, it would exactly that. They would have made the same mistake that The Da Vinci Code movie made. So, to me, it's acceptable to omit some parts - they are not all entirely workable, and I understand that.

Yeah, I agree with you on this one. They can`t put every single detail in.That would just be insane. (Although it might be nice for the super-mega harry potter fanatics. )