Addressing Frequently Read and Heard Movie Criticisms....

[saintbacchus]

Forget Goblet of Fire. The correct answer is: "Anyone who wants to 
know about the Marauders can damn well read the books." None of the 
Marauders background is vital to the plot. In fact, I have never 
seen a good literary adaptation that contained all of the 
information that was in the book - that's why English teachers 
always tell their students that they can't get away with just 
watching the movie.

So what you do is, if you're interested in the movie, read the book 
too. If you don't care, then you don't read the book and you haven't 
missed anything important. What's the problem with that?

Incidentally, I find it comical that people are second-guessing 
JKR's feelings on PoA. Just because you didn't like the movie or 
didn't think it had enough "important" information doesn't mean 
she's wrong. She's the author! Surely she knows better than we do 
what will be necessary in the future.

--Anna