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Urbane Guerrilla · 07-17-2007, 04:22 AM

They ditched a lot of subplots, tossed in a small bit or two. Umbridge's character came out considerably subtler than the way Rowling wrote her, but that's just fine for older viewers -- Rowling writes her villains with huge flashing neon letters spelling out "V I L L A I N" over their heads.

The movies have all been in their varied ways true to the feeling of the books -- the previous HP movie did a good job of giving the Wizarding world an eldritch feel -- but I like that the books somehow manage a depth the movies never matched. I'd recommend the movies to anyone who's spent the last fifteen years chained facing the walls of the Platonic Muggle cave -- then I'd tell them to read the books for a deeper experience of this world of Harry's.

07-17-2007, 04:22 AM	#59
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	They ditched a lot of subplots, tossed in a small bit or two. Umbridge's character came out considerably subtler than the way Rowling wrote her, but that's just fine for older viewers -- Rowling writes her villains with huge flashing neon letters spelling out "V I L L A I N" over their heads. The movies have all been in their varied ways true to the feeling of the books -- the previous HP movie did a good job of giving the Wizarding world an eldritch feel -- but I like that the books somehow manage a depth the movies never matched. I'd recommend the movies to anyone who's spent the last fifteen years chained facing the walls of the Platonic Muggle cave -- then I'd tell them to read the books for a deeper experience of this world of Harry's. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.