Ok so we decided to take the kids (and friends) to see the new harry Potter movie last night at the drive in. I'm the only one in the group that has actually read the books and I'm just sitting there watching as they cut out time and again all sorts of parts in the movie!! Being that I've read the book I know what's missing and all the kids are asking what's happening, why are they and so on. It got to the point that we had to tell them questions are for after the film only!!
I mean how can you start this film with Harry taunting Dudley in the middle of the day. Then do a few quick cuts to Harry being rescued by members of the OotP without them explaining why so many of them showed up!! And what was with the lack of a howler to Petunia? Dumbledore has to remind her of the promise, it's critical to the storyline and sets up the next book where it's explained as to WHY he has to go back every year. The centaurs played so small a role as to be laughable in the movie, they are important to the storyline!! The film kept using newspaper clips as flashes of what was happening to show the pasage of time. Now I know I had to take the kids to the bathroom once, but don't tell me I missed Umbridge getting Dumbledore "fired", Harry and the twins being banned from Quiddich for life, and the hospital visit to see Arthur. This is all important. Harry didn't tell the others about seeing the accident as the snake, Snape didn't start his pivate lessons until after the holiday, and Harry didn't "read" Snape's mind, his saw the memory in a pensieve. And why didn't they have the statues moving in the last fight scene?? It was great to read about it and I was really looking forward to seeing it happen.
I really really hope that they do justice to the last 2 books when they are finally released onto film. And I can't wait for the new book so that I can see how it's going to all end.
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