by Paul » Sunday 2 May 2004 10:44:18pm
Chris Coumbus did such a wonderful job with books 1 and 2, so I was initially really scared that Alfonso Cuaron would try to change things and personalise it far too much with his own style, whatever his style may be, and drift away from the feeling of the first two movies and the books. However, I saw the trailer (I think it was the first one) when I went to see Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, and it really impressed me. I still hope, as Alice, Nobby and others have indicated, that there's not too much stuff added which isn't in the books, but so far, from the trailer, I've got positive thoughts that it'll be really good.
I'm partiularly intrigued to see how Hogsmeade is portyayed. The trailer seemed to show Ron, Hermione and Harry on a rolling hill at one point, which I'm thinking may have been the hill to the Shrieking Shack. I remember thinking it looked surprisingly bright. From the books I have an idea of Hogsmeade being an old, slightly grey looking village, but clean and welcoming...with the feeling of the wilderness beyond.