tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post132083946857302704..comments2024-03-23T02:14:07.785-04:00Comments on The Dream Teacher: On Losing Katniss...Cindi Rigsbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05421258393568987852noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-29802667729077762832011-06-11T05:39:46.749-04:002011-06-11T05:39:46.749-04:00I watched only one of the Harry Potter movies and ...I watched only one of the Harry Potter movies and then shunned the rest, because my favorite the character (the giant) did not look or sound like I thought he should.ny acting schoolshttp://www.sheilagraynyc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-87151549999075308092011-05-31T07:04:58.384-04:002011-05-31T07:04:58.384-04:00@Ian,
After I wrote this post, I had an inkling t...@Ian,<br /><br />After I wrote this post, I had an inkling that there was a "tape on glasses" thing, but darn if I remember it - I think of Harry on the train, before he ever met Hermione, and I just don't see tape. And, of course, I don't have a copy of the movie so I can go back and look, but I take your word for it. And as for Katniss, "attractive" is the last word I would have used to describe her...and I felt that even in the gowns, she was awkward at best. But I know it's true that no book-made-into-movie is going to satisfy my imagination...it's just that these particular books were very important to me as we passed them around the school teacher-to-teacher, student-to-student. And I'm sad that the connections we made will be altered by the movie version.Cindi Rigsbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421258393568987852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-48027131488511252912011-05-30T22:06:15.325-04:002011-05-30T22:06:15.325-04:00I don't want to be "that guy", but h...I don't want to be "that guy", but having just reread the Potter books, and rewatched the first five movies, I can say that Harry does have tape on his glasses at the beginning of the first movie, but Hermione fixes it when they first meet.<br /><br />As for Radcliff's physicality, there is a definite change between the second and third movies, but there's a line in one if the books (might be Goblet) where Hermione tells him he's got girls following him because he shot up and filled out over their summer break.<br /><br />I read the Hunger Games trilogy all at once over a weekend, so I didn't form a strong mental image, but my impression from the text was that Katniss wasn't particularly attractive, which us why the designer's outfits made her look so good (in that it was different from what everyone expected).Ian H.http://marturia.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-65787633281572821372011-05-30T14:56:32.502-04:002011-05-30T14:56:32.502-04:00I so agree. I watched only one of the Harry Potter...I so agree. I watched only one of the Harry Potter movies and then shunned the rest, because my favorite the character (the giant) did not look or sound like I thought he should.<br /><br />You're correct. The imagination of kids is suffering...dying...in need of recussitation. Unfortunately, simple words on paper cannot compete with vivid images found on a movie screen or a video game.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656908554946621165.post-61914289995794055642011-05-30T14:50:56.346-04:002011-05-30T14:50:56.346-04:00What a wonderful post. I spent last summer immerse...What a wonderful post. I spent last summer immersed in the trilogy and I too imagined my own characters. <br /><br />I try to teach some novels with my 6th graders that don't have movie links. I too like to stress the importance of the "movie" playing in their heads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com