Do film adaptations ruin your favourite books? For me, yes
I wanted to write a response to this Guardian article I saw. However, I just kept writing and that I actually wanted to write this for my blog. As we now approach the summer 'blockbuster' film season, the final instalment of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows beckons, feverishly anticipated by millions of fans. Of course, fans of these and other books already know what becomes of their heroes; so why must we anxiously see it on the big screen? For me, it boils down to a conflict between wanting to see if a director's vision for a book plays out with mine on-screen, and then resignation at how much of the story is cut out from the final edit. For example, my first disappointment in the Harry Potter series came in Alfonso Cauron's The Prisoner of Azkaban when he switched the mysterious gift of a Firebolt broom to the closing scenes. It removed much of the suspenseful build-up to revealing Harry's 'would-be' murderer, and replaced it with a rushed, smug...