From: DON'Tvictordix@imapmail.orgSPAMME   
      
   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.   
      
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