Inside the Department of Mysteries
Ahhh...we just got home from seeing the new Harry Potter movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. We spent the 30 minute ride home from the theater discussing everything that had been left out of the movie that was in the book. This was the first Harry Potter movie that my 11yo had seen having read the book first. He was shocked at how different the movie was from the book. Maybe now he'll go back and read the first four books and find out what he's been missing.
I do find it a disappointment that various things were left out, but I realize an 870 page book has to be condensed to fit into approximately 2 hours of film. All things considered, it is fairly true to the story. I won't go into details. I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it yet (and you should go see it!).
Now I have to concentrate on reading the sixth book this week before my pre-ordered copy of the seventh book arrives next weekend.
I do find it a disappointment that various things were left out, but I realize an 870 page book has to be condensed to fit into approximately 2 hours of film. All things considered, it is fairly true to the story. I won't go into details. I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it yet (and you should go see it!).
Now I have to concentrate on reading the sixth book this week before my pre-ordered copy of the seventh book arrives next weekend.
posted by Mama G @ 6:32 PM
1 Comments:
At 7:40 PM,
Lillian said…
Wasn't it a gloriously fun ride, though? I now have a new rule: no reading of books less than 6 months before watching the movie version. How this can be enforced, I have no idea, but it was very good for me not to have read the book in the past couple of years because I didn't moan as much over what was left out, and simply enjoyed the ride. Wheeeee!
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