Hello school librarians, <wink at et al.>,
the primary difficulty between print stories and visual stories is the time
limit...
we can always close a book and return later... not so over a movie <theater>...
compound the character interactions in HP with the superficial visuals effects
designed only to amaze without consideration of the character interactions
that the movies strive for, and you have a bona fide mess on your hands...
What makes the written stories so enthralling and interesting for both the
boys and the girls is the interaction amongst the students and their interplay
with the adults in the books... something intangible that can't be matched in
a strictly visual medium like film... well, not in a 90-120 minute version
anyhow...
I've done a lot of thinking about it since the disappointment of the first
HP...
and my promise not to waste my time or money on sitting through another one...
and have come to the conclusion that the two (print and film) don't mix
well over
the same stories... movies are definite in scope (three acts - with an end
in sight).
Books are more open-ended and unknown details can be filled by the readers'
imaginations...
In any case, expecting one to be the twin of the other is to set one's
hopes firmly
in the quicksand... they'll sink from view soon enough... 8-)
"and never the twain shall meet..."
Aloha y'all ... Earl J.
At 05:02 PM 6/6/2004, you wrote:
>Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 10:40:35 -0400
>From: Mindy Doler <mdoler@OCONEE.K12.GA.US>
>Subject: Re: Harry Potter and us
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