From: DON'Tvictordix@imapmail.orgSPAMME   
      
   On Sun, 1 May 2011 14:55:52 +0800, Deevo wrote:   
      
   > And overall I was pleasantly surprised bu the film adaptation.   
      
   Glad to hear. ;)   
      
   > I skipped this one at the cinema mainly because I felt that in breaking the   
   > seventh book into two parts, WB would be making this a cash generating   
   > action fest rather than telling the story of the book.   
      
   Considering your historical stance on these matters, did you not see   
   the previous movies?   
      
   > There was some pretty intense action in the film but not so over the   
   > top as to diminish the story telling even though there were a   
   > coouple of small scenes that were deleted that I felt would have   
   > fleshed out the story a bit further.   
      
   Do tell. :)   
      
   > If part 2 keeps the story going effectively this could potentially be the   
   > filmic adaption that actually improves on the book.  I've made no bones in   
   > the past that I felt this is the weakest of the latter books.  Personally I   
   > get the impressionm that much of it was written by Rowling around the same   
   > time as the Philosopher's Stone and she just fleshed out and refined the   
   > work rather than writing the story from scratch.  I felt that the style of   
   > the book seemed to take a backward step after book 6 (my personal favourite   
   > of the books) and this is what gave me that impression.   
      
   Ms. Rowling has been forthcoming in stating that she had the ending in   
   her head as she penned SS.   
      
   > On the whole there were still elements of the film that required a reading   
   > of the book to understand so, like some of the previous films, it would have   
   > presented some difficulties in comprehenstion but on the whole it was pretty   
   > good.  Not Academy award winning stuff mind you but a fair filmic adaption.   
      
   To be honest, the reading of the book would create problems in   
   interpreting the movie. WB/Rowling contrived this scenario --> books   
   to movie, movie to books expatriation. ;0)   
      
   > As films go I'd give it a solid three and a half out of five stars.   
   >   
   > P.S. The seven Harrys scene is a pretty decent chuckle on its own.   
      
   Not my cup of tea but I am happy that you enjoyed yourself. ;)   
      
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