Harry Potter 7 Anticipation

Harry Potter 7 anticipation.

Before I go see Harry Potter, I must prepare myself mentally for several things. First and foremost: I know that the films don’t resemble the books exactly and it would be impossible for them to mimic my imagination or J.K. Rowlings exactly. It would be silly to expect that the things I want to see will look exactly as I imagined. Even it were close, it wouldn’t be exact.

2^nd) I must not expect it to be everything I hope for and more, or else my expectations will be ruined. Like when I thought the Two Towers was going to be the most awesome movie ever, I was very disappointed to find that it was a very different film than I expected it to be at my young 9^th grade age. I have sense come to terms with the film and it brought me to tears on the last occasion I saw it.

3^rd) I’ve seen very tiny parts of the film already. Sometimes I can’t help but look at short clips online. Plus the trailers give you some idea of what is to come. There were some interviews detailing a certain scene towards the end. I won’t go into detail, but it wasn’t visually ruined for me, but I’m aware of the content. Either way it’s in the book, so it’s not super ruined.

What is it to ruin a story anyway? Aren’t almost all stories the same? When watching Harry Potter, the previous films, we’re not worried about the story being ruined for us, we just want to see how this extraordinary piece of literature is translated visually and filmically. How do these British filmmakers envision Rowling’s work? How does this collaborative process bring a story that a single person wrote to a moving images medium? These are questions we ask when approaching a film based on a film—especially one so close to our hearts.