June 13, 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
We just returned from dinner and a movie. Dinner? Pad Thai and Massaman Chicken at a local Thai restaurant. The movie? Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban of course. I've been dying to see this movie, but I compared everything to the book. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was clever and the dark mood certainly follows the changing tones of the novel, but there is just no comparison to a good book. I see any book as the ultimate authority over the movie and as I watched today, I couldn't help but compare every scene and word to what I read. I think the director did a fabulous job visually because every image I imagined in the book looked as I thought it would on screen. But if I had to decide between going to the theater for Harry Potter or curling up with one of the books James ordered for me for Christmas from the UK, well, I think you know what I'd choose. :-)
Posted by Hannah at June 13, 2004 08:45 PMoh we went to watch it yesterday and enjoyed it. i haven't read any of the books but i think a lot more can be packed into a book (look at LOTR) and sometimes a good book really is better.
Posted by: stef at June 13, 2004 09:18 PMI agree - gimme a book any ole day
Posted by: bethanie at June 14, 2004 02:09 PMI still can't wait to see the movie, a book that size could take me a year as much as I read ;)
Posted by: Linda at June 15, 2004 03:01 AMI didn't read the third book so I had no comparison but my cousin did & she didn't like the movie compared to the book. It's funny because I have always thought that books being turned into movies don't turn out as good. This is probably another case except I don't know personally.
Posted by: Deb at June 16, 2004 09:58 PM