From: DROPdraco.malfoy@countermail.comCAPITALLETTERS   
      
   On Sun, 1 May 2011 12:28:14 -0400, VD wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 1 May 2011 12:23:48 -0400, Draco Malfoy wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 1 May 2011 08:52:22 -0400, VD wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> 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)   
   >>   
   >> If HP had come to life as a screenplay only, there would have been a   
   >> different set of movies. I think that the books are called the canon   
   >> for a reason.   
   >   
   > I have no idea what the real statistics are. How many have read SS/PS   
   > and seen most or all of the movies. read a few of the books, all the   
   > books, etc expand the potential combinations.   
   >   
   > What I do know is that the amount of conversation, discussion, review,   
   > written and oral contemplation of the books support the understanding   
   > and interpretation of the movies.   
   >   
   > This allows the movies to be as intellectually complex as they are.   
      
   That's wtf I said.   
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