Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix make-up post
July 12, 2007 on 10:26 am | In bookvmovie | No Comments 
Since I read the book a long time ago– okay, so no more than a few years, but still!–I don’t clearly remember much of anything from it, but I do know that the film version did not follow it. My sister and I discussed the film version, with out friend, Whitney, afterward. It did not follow the written [typed?] text extremely close[ly], but it did get the general tone and feeling of the book right. No one died in it, and that is one thing I remember about the book. I thought someone was going to die before I read it, and, thankfully, no one did.
The film didn’t include the frustrating bits with Kreecher the house elf, or Sirius Black’s mother’s portrait (which, as you know, is animated, because it’s a wizarding world portrait), which is just as well, becaust those parts just made me suspicious of everyone in his/her turn, excepting, of course, or wonderful Harry.
All in all, Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix was a fantastic film/movie/literary adaptation. I found myself paying more attention to the settings/scenery/props, etc., and the designers/directors/everyone did an excellent job conveying character and foreshadowing.
Book Vs. Movie, Women
July 9, 2007 on 10:29 pm | In bookvmovie | No CommentsI have always found the book to be more satisfying than the movie. The book just allows, even encourages, one to picture the characters as he or she likes, thus leading to identification with the story. My favorite book versus movie to debate is probably my very first experience with the disappointment involved when the movie does not live up to expectations: The Secret Garden. Having received the book as a parting gift from my third grade teacher, it always held a special place in my heart; the copy I have, the one from 3rd grade, is battered and worn out, having been read many times. Although the movie was/is good (let’s face it: I bought it on sale at Wal-Mart last year, and I was 23 years old), it cannot come anywhere near the vicinity of the joy and excitement I shared with Mary Lennox each and every time I read it. I don’t quite understand why, as my character in childhood much resembled the outspoken “ballsiness” I exhibit today, but I always identified with Mary. The movie made her get on my nerves, and she was my favorite literary heroine for years. A film cannot properly contain all of the emotion one feels on the first, second, third, or even tenth reading of a favorite novel. A camera is just not that capable.
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On the role of women and movies, I feel very strongly that motion pictures help perpetuate the classical role of women, as helpless beings that things “happen to.” I feel like it is the fault of our, regrettably, still patriarchal, sexist society and film industry that women are still viewed as “too forward” if they take a proactive role in dating. I hate that if I walk up to a guy and ask him to dance in a bar/club, he, and whoever I am with, regard me as too eager, as if I’m looking to get some. On occasion I am, but usually, I just see someone who looks bored and I’d like that person to have as much fun as I am having. That really bothers me, and film propagates that madness.
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