Oh dear, fun's over....

[carpetmojo]

Originally Posted by Hellmark

......The reason I like the HP stuff, is because of the depth of the material. How often is something meant for children is given such attention to detail? While not all of the things included will be understood by younger readers, she never talks down to them (which is oh so common in childrens books, that oversimplify things), but rather has it as another layer that will become apparent as they mature. On all of the stuff that even the youngest reader will understand, the descriptions are so rich that you are able to easily imagine you're there in these fantastic places, just as if you're familiar with them already..........

Excellently put - what I've tried to say before, but not as eloquently, well done.

[IMHO anyway....]

[That does mean what I think it does, doesn't it ... God, I'm so cool...]

[Hellmark]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

I don't think the movies are horrible at all. They just don't give me that same "warm" feeling as the books. The books drew me in and held me, the movies did not. I will, however, now picture the characters from the movies (the main ones anyway), when I reread the books. Like I said, I think the casting was excellent (although Emma Watson was a bit on the forced/wooden side in the beginning).
There is also a side of me that does not want to see parts of the story played out on screen. I took Fred and George's storyline very hard while reading the books and I don't want to "relive" it on video.

For me, Half Blood Prince I thought came closest of any to capturing how it was for me when I read the books. Deathly Hollows Part 1 comes in close, but there are a few things that make me feel a bit not quite the same. The guy who took over the movies with Order of the Phoenix, I think is doing pretty much as good of a job as can be expected, and overall I prefer his movies to the earlier ones. That said, the books are still better.

[pagansoul]

I have all the movies in DVD then Blu-ray. I have a copy of all the books in e-book form but have only read the first chapter of the first book. One day I will read them but they do not call me like the Lord of the Rings books which I read all three back to back in a week and also have all the movies first in DVD then in Blu-ray.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

Don't need to go much further than PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN...
A clear money-grab from the beginning, the first movie at least had charm and wit and a fun story to go along with the stunts and scenery chewing. The sequels progressively amp'ed the stunts and effects at the expense of character and story until the latest decided to dispense altogether with the central narrative of the first trilogy.

Lots of movie franchises work that way, cranking out episode after episode all built on the premise that if people paid to see it once, they'll pay to see it twelve times with minimal window dressing.

Unfortunately, the premise is true.

The audience doesn't know the sequel may be poor quality until after they've seen the movie. Sure the early viewers may tell their families and friends that it wasn't very good but this may be too late. The gross receipts of the first couple of weeks may be enough to make the movie a success.