My family watched last night the Harry Potter special. I was strucky by the control that Rawlings exercised over the filming and picking the director, who said he wanted to be absolutely faithful to the original text. My kids, who watched with me, pointed out several times that the clips of the set and characters were "just like they imagined it".
Yes, my son said the same thing Nino. He's read the books the way I used to read ERBurroughs and Howard...so if nothing else, I thank Rawlings for helping bring a new generation to fantasy and books. Still trying to get him to read more Howard tho....probably need to wait till he's 12...although God knows he's not afraid of violence..after watching him play football with a broke collarbone...sigh....
Steven H.
