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[Karen]

From: "joxy" <joxy at inet.karoo.co.uk>

>
> Then there's a question:
>
> One of the main criticisms against TLOTR was that Jackson invented
> stuff, and that what he invented was way poorer than the original
> material. So, what do you think about the same sort of thing in HP -
> Snape banging the boys' heads together for example?
>

kchuplis:

I actually went through, book by book with the LOTR books and the extended
versions of the movies. There was little, if any, inventing that I recall.
There were definitely giving characters that never appear in the movies but
do in the books to other characters. And there was a lot of scene shifting.
I have to say, that I'm pretty happy with most of what has translated to the
movies for HP. Of course, the first two movies were quite close as the books
were short enough to really remain faithful to. I don't quite understand why
they left the Lucias and Draco in Knockturn Alley  that the filmed out of
CoS because it wouldn't have added much runtime and it gave a real reason
for us even going to Knockturn Alley. Instead, Harry just missed the exit,
as it were.

Now PoA they had to start doing a lot more squeezing, trimming and therefore
shifting. I think it's too bad they left the Firebolt to the end instead of
keeping it where it was, but then again, I don't think they wanted to have
to go to another quidditch match (the main reason it's left to the end IMO).
I am not sure why Hermione was not included in the dementors by the lake
scene, other than to emphasize Harry with Sirius - The Growing Relationship.
My main beef with PoA the movie was that they never made it clear that
Lupin, Sirius, Peter and James were Mssrs. Mooney, Padfoot, Wormtail and
Prongs. They only would have had to put a bit of dialogue in Lupin's mouth
at the end like "I don't feel guilty giving you back this map, Harry. I know
you realize that James was Prongs now, and that I, Sirius and Peter were
Mooney, Padfoot and Prongs. I think James would like you having this map."
or something similar. Instead, it's a bit puzzling for folks who haven't
read the books when GoF starts out with LV calling Peter "Wormtail" since he
was always referred to (or overwhelmingly, I certainly don't remember him
being called Wormtail much if at all) in PoA.