I recently thought about the reading of books that ultimately became films while watching the early James Bond movies. That was another series of books that people actually read. In the case of James Bond, however, it may have been more because of the movies.
Recently I saw the 8th and final Harry Potter movie on Blue Ray DVD. In an introduction to the movie celebrated author of the seven Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling, talked about the 13 year adventure from the time the first Harry Potter book was published until the time the 8th movie was finished. In case you did not know, the 7th book was long and made into two movies. They probably should have made books five and six into two movies each, but I digress.
The really remarkable thing about the series was not that it made eight movies, turned Daniel Radcliffe into one of the richest people in England and Rowling into a Billionaire. It is not that Radcliffe and his costars, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, are now the most famous wizards of all time, or even that a wonderful theme park was opened in Florida to…
View original post 803 more words
rjptalk 
Good the first time, just as good the second 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks.
LikeLike