Did I get cheated?--GoF Liner Notes - w/tiny spoiler

[Theresa]

Tiny spoiler in regards to deleted scenes

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Emily" <imamommy at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Theresa" <anmsmom333@> wrote:
> Believe it or not 
> > Costco had the least expensive for the special edition in my 
area. 
> > When I went to Costco - they had just opened for general members 
and 
> > there were like 50 people in the entire store and no one was in 
the 
> > movie area. I greedily searched for the box in the best condition 
> > (why, I have no idea as it is the outside box for the store and 
the 
> > actual DVD case is inside but silly me). When I picked it up I 
read 
> > the back noted it was the 2 disc special edition for $20.29 plus 
tax 
> > and then I flipped it over and read the back and saw "special 
> > features: additional scenes, conversations with the cast, 
preparing 
> > for the yule ball etc." and so I knew it was the one I wanted. 
> 
> Emily:
> I, too, purchased my copy at Costco, and was a bit unnerved to 
> discover that there were no liner notes inside the case.  Did 
anyone 
> else get liner notes w/ GoF?
> Emily
> Who notes that her copy of PoA has "Marauder's Map" style liner 
notes 
> and an advertisement for HP-inspired merchandise.
>
You know I wondered the same thing when I opened my DVD - where are 
my "papers"? It would have been nice to have had that but I suppose 
it is ok since they put what was on the 2nd disk on the back of the 
case. I just like having the liner notes. So did anyone get any?

Also, in regards to the deleted scenes...I watched them last night 
and I truly don't understand why they were deleted. What would it 
have added a whole 15 minutes tops? So the movie would have been just 
shy of 3 hours? That's max as some of the deleted scenes had a 
smidgen of the scene that was included. There were a couple they 
really should have added - as in the Snape/Karkaroff scene and maybe 
the Mad-eye talking to Crouch scene. Hey the LOTR films were 3 hours 
and that was not too long. I understand from listening to the trio 
that some scenes that got cut just didn't look well but all of the 
deleted scenes seemed all right to me. Just my 2 knuts but they 
should have left the scenes in.

Theresa