Recently, I had a conversation with a friend about the Harry Potter the Half Blood Prince, the one that just came out. Maybe I'm just a huge obbsessive Harry Potter fan but I fell in love with it, literally. The actors really "get into their character". They were such amazing actors but so different from their characters that when I read their biographies and what they had to say about their whole acting career, what they thought of the movie, and what it was like to film the movie, I was hardly able to believe that they were really the actors who played Harry, Ron, and Hermonie. They sure know how to act! It wasn't just the acting that made it an excellent must-see movie but the spectacular special effects. I mean, you don't see Wizards on Waverly Place performing magic like that. I've watched all the previous Harry Potter movies and read all the books and I really feel like I'm an actual Hogwarts student. In fact, I may just be Harry Potter's new best friend. I think that's what's really important for a movie or book; to make the viewer or reader really feel like they're part of all the action and the Harry Potter series did a great job at that.
Now, which was better? The book or the movie.
Actually, I don't ever think I ever heard that the movie was better than the book. I think there are pros and cons for both the book and the movie.
When I asked my friends why they think the book was better than the movie, it was always the same reason: the book was more detail, the movie cut a lot out. Yes, the book is a lot more detailed than the movie but it's not the movie producer's fault changing the script a bit since it's hard to fit every detail in two and a half hours. With the exception of the first three books, Harry Potter books are big, extremely detailed, and probably longer than my autobiography. But this results in the reader feeling more connected to the characters. Besides the book being more detailed, that's the only reason I can think of why the book is better.
Why I think the movie is better is that reading the book, I couldn't really picture each and every scene. The movie took away all the confusion there was. Especially in the sixth movie, they focused on romance more than usual but reading the book, I couldn't point that out. Their focus on romance is the sign of the characters maturing and growing up. This is actually one of the main reason why some thought the movie wasn't that great;there was no action. Because the previous movies involved a lot of mystety and action, that's what viewers expected from the Half Blood Prince which attracted more viewers who favor action movies. But since the movie focused more on romanace, many people thought the movie was boring.
Both the book and the movie were great in my opinion. They did a great job showing the change in the characters. You know the character matured and grew stronger physically and mentally not only because they learned cooler spells, saved more lives, and went through scarier and more dangerous experience but also because of how they react, how they handle certain situations and their decisions. J.K. Rowling did her best to write out her thoughts and the movie producers and actors did their best showing it and that's all we can ask for.
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Mikhail Rudoy
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... The books are OK, but the movies are horrible because they warp the story and end up having to change more to compensate in the next ones. |
