Series books were not as big a deal when I was in my teens, so I don't have a similar point of reference. With the possible exception of Harlan Ellison. He'd been writing professionally for over a decade before I was introduced to his short stories, but there was still another two good decades of books that I hungrily devoured, and he became the older, wiser brother. Once I started shedding the angry, alienated geek-boy image, Ellison faded in my pantheon of authors to be replaced by the likes of J. G. Ballard and Thomas Pynchon.
There's a difference between a narrative not commenting on something and a movie clearly showing something _not_ happening. I noticed that the paintings weren't moving in the castle, just like Harry's newspaper wasn't moving in the cafe. (The only painting that did move was Dumbledore's painting, which you had to really look at to notice he was asleep
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I have changed and so has the material--but that's not why I dislike the turn the movies have taken.
Recently reread some of the later books. I know they aren't, because there isn't a need to mention them anymore, except when plot relevant or anecdotally. This is fine. Movies are different than books in that they're showing us everything. Our minds fill in the halls of Hogwarts as they talk about Harry walking down them. In a movie, it is necessary to show these things. It's the details that make a scene, even a scene in a fantasy, believable.
What's really great about the epilogue is that it reminds readers thaqt things keep going on, regardless of where the book ends.
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Series books were not as big a deal when I was in my teens, so I don't have a similar point of reference. With the possible exception of Harlan Ellison. He'd been writing professionally for over a decade before I was introduced to his short stories, but there was still another two good decades of books that I hungrily devoured, and he became the older, wiser brother. Once I started shedding the angry, alienated geek-boy image, Ellison faded in my pantheon of authors to be replaced by the likes of J. G. Ballard and Thomas Pynchon.
But yeah, great analysis.
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Recently reread some of the later books. I know they aren't, because there isn't a need to mention them anymore, except when plot relevant or anecdotally. This is fine. Movies are different than books in that they're showing us everything. Our minds fill in the halls of Hogwarts as they talk about Harry walking down them. In a movie, it is necessary to show these things. It's the details that make a scene, even a scene in a fantasy, believable.
What's really great about the epilogue is that it reminds readers thaqt things keep going on, regardless of where the book ends.
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