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Dave
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Join Date: May 2004
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2007-07-21, 02:54

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Originally Posted by rasmits View Post
I didn't like it. It's a freaking big ass book so I knew the movie would be compact, but I felt like a million critical plot points were just flying right over my head and I was introduced several dozen things that were never adequately explained. What? Snape was teased in school by Harry's dad? Wait, what was that about the O.W.L.S.? What the hell is this 'room of prophecies'? Haggrid has a giant brother? blah blah blah

Harry is a jackass the entire film, Hermione and Ron are basically irrelevant, and the cast is so large at this point it's hard to remember who I should even care about.

I will say this - Umbridge was a good character. I loooved her office with all the cats, It was perfect.
Well, I've read the books, but it's been a while. 've kinda forgotten when we get introduced to everything, so I might've assumed that some of that stuff was explained in the prior movie. For someone who already knows what happens and just wants to watch a movie instead of read a book, I thought it was great. I'll have to go back and re-read book five before declaring it to be a good adaption.
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