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[John Richards]

IMO romance is the only thing done better in the films. But not "canon" romance.

[okmeamithinknow]

I think they shipped R/H just a little too soon in the movies though.

~Crys~

[CjIiNmDmYy]

@ Mary: Thanks! I got it now.

@ Katy: I'm sorry I have to disagree with you on that. Books are much better than the movies. In Order of the Pheonix movie, there were scenes that were cut out. In my opinion I think that only Harry Potter ans The Philosopher's Srone and Chamber of Secrets were good. After that the making of the other films went downhill.

@ Crys: Yeah, i agree with you on that, especially in POA, they added some R/H scenes that weren't even in the book.

[okmeamithinknow]

In Order of the Pheonix movie, there were scenes that were cut out. In my opinion I think that only Harry Potter ans The Philosopher's Srone and Chamber of Secrets were good. After that the making of the other films went downhill.

You really have to take the films as separate entities, or almost as alternate realities because if you're looking for them to be exactly the same as the book you'd be wrong. As for OoP, if you're talking about the

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scene where they're cleaning Number 12, Grimmauld Place and they throw away the locket,

that was before DH came out and they wouldn't have realized it was important until then.

~Crys~

[SweeneyxxTodd]

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But they threw the locket away in the book too. (I know Order of the Phoenix like the back of my hand. I've read it like 12 times, and it's my favorite of the HP books.) But remember how Kreacher stole it out of the garbage? That was how they got it in DH, because they got Kreacher to give it to them.

The reasons Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets are closer to the books is because those books were shorter, so it was easier for the directors and screenplay adapters to determine what could be left out. There wasn't as much stuff that seemed unimportant in the first three books that became wildly important later in the series, like in Goblet of Fire and later.

[okmeamithinknow]

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But they threw the locket away in the book too. (I know Order of the Phoenix like the back of my hand. I've read it like 12 times, and it's my favorite of the HP books.) But remember how Kreacher stole it out of the garbage? That was how they got it in DH, because they got Kreacher to give it to them.

The reasons Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets are closer to the books is because those books were shorter, so it was easier for the directors and screenplay adapters to determine what could be left out. There wasn't as much stuff that seemed unimportant in the first three books that became wildly important later in the series, like in Goblet of Fire and later.

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No No I mean that's what they left out. Kind of an important point to miss, but they didn't know that it would be important until AFTER DH came out, which makes sense why they left it out. They didn't show the characters cleaning out the headquarters.

~Crys~

[miss.darkstar]

I MUST JOIN!!!

And me, being the utterly stupid one, highlighted the first three black tabs. I didn't understand the first one but the two others about the deaths just broke my heart. =[

-is crying eyes out-

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wait, wait. I'll just pretend I never read those!

Yes. Yes. That's it. He's alive. He's alive too.

YAY! HAPPY LAND!

But! I am on the third book and I am soooo in love with these books! :]

HP > TWILIGHT

XD

[kohirihiri]

I'm going as Hermione for Halloween this year. It might be one of the most unoriginal costumes I've ever done. Best friends are going as Neville and Fluffy. Hopefully my boyfriend will come with as Harry. (I know boyfriend should = Ron, but he's not a red head, and just... no.) 18 and trick-or-treating. Excitement.

[thesinger]

I MUST join!!
I love HP!

And I know this was a while ago...but the books are SOOOO much better than the movie.
I love the movies too. But I'm with Crys, you have to view it as a seperate entity or you can get frusterated.

~Becky

[CjIiNmDmYy]

Okay, thesinger and miss.darkstar, You're both IN!!!!!! Enjoy!

@ Kohirihiri: You're going as Hemione this year? PLEASE posta pic of yourself in costume! PLEASE!