[HPFGU-Movie] Directors ad-libbing book material

[mugg1eb0rn at aol.com]

>  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?

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I could understand why Peter Jackson felt he had to invent some material in 
LotR, because with the extensive cuts they had to make to keep the movies under 
12 hours, they sometimes had to do something to fill in the gaps that were 
caused by the cuts. 

In PoA, one very nice additional scene was the one of the Gryffindor 
roommates fooling around with the candies, with Harry the locomotive and Ron roaring 
like a lion--while the dementors were swirling right outside their window. 
After the scenes of Harry with Aunt Marge and the Dursleys, it beautifully 
pictured all that Harry loved about Hogwarts, about how the kids were simultaneously 
just kids as well as how they lived different lives in the magical world, and 
the menace they were facing from the dementors without realizing it as of 
yet--and it was all done in about a minute of screen time. I thought it was 
extremely effective, and I'll bet JKR appreciated it, too. She was quoted as saying 
she loved a lot of the additions Cuaron had made, and I bet that was one she 
especially liked.

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