What scenes do you think the movies did better than the books?

[elady25]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "mcmaxslb" <McGregorMax at e...> wrote:
> When PoA comes out that is one of the things we'll be talking about 
> is what scenes the movie did better that the book.  I thought that we 
> can practice with the first two books/movies. I have two from CoS. 
> 
>  One, When Harry visits Hermione in hospital after she is petrified 
> and he sees the piece of paper in her hand that tell them about the 
> Basilisk. In the movie Harry is holding her hand, trying to comfort 
> her (pumpkin-y) and he feels the paper.
> 
>  The other scene is when Harry kills the Basilisk but is poisoned by 
> the fang that broke off in his arm. Fawkes cures Harry with his tears 
> and then Harry destroys the diary thus destroying Riddle/Voldemort. 
> But in the movie first Harry destroys the diary as his last act 
> taking Riddle/Voldemort with him, then Fawkes heals him. much more 
> affective.
> 
>  What are yours?

imamommy:

Firstly, let me preface this by saying that think it's very hard to
compare the two, because film and print are such different media. 
That said, some of my favorite embellishments were:

1.The violet pudding getting dropped on what's-her-name's head,
instead of the kitchen.

2.The way they reworked the car ride to Hogwarts; the way it was
written was fine for a novel, but would have been pretty boring on film.

3.Lucius Malfoy actually beginning to use Avada Kedavra on Harry.

That said, I have a few where the movie really disappointed, too:

1.The end of CoS.  I have no idea why the whole school would applaud
Hagrid.  Bugs me every time

2.Devil's Snare.  In the book, Hermione loses her head and Ron has to
remind her she knows how to conjure fire.  Both these characters lose
something in the movie version.

3.Firenze.  Enough said about that.

imamommy