Harry Potter

Went to see the latest Harry Potter movie a couple of weeks back. I don't get out that much, and what sold me on it was the prospect of seeing it at our local IMAX theater in 3D. The big screen was no disappointment, but describing the film as 3D was nothing less than fraud: the 3D portion is only at the very end, and for the most part not very effective -- a postproduction conversion.

As for the recent flap over Rowling and Dumbledore, it nicely highlights the slippery matter of authorial intention. Once a book is written, are we bound to interpret it as its author commands? Many would say not: think how many artworks are now meaningful in ways their creators never envisioned, perhaps were incapable of forseeing.

This column from the Dallas Morning News puts it well, in commonsensical terms..

Posted by David on October 29, 2007 11:06 AM