[HPFGU-Movie] OotP MOM scene

[Valerie Flowe]

I was rereading the dramatic Voldemort/Dumbledore/Order climactic 
chapter in OotP last night. I wanted to see how different it was from 
the movie. I was happy to see that some of the dialogue was directly 
lifted from the book.
Ex: when Sirius says "Good one!" to Harry. Of course he didn't add the 
"James" in the book, though, IMO, that was a somewhat weak afterthought 
attempt to show how Sirius is relating Harry too much to James. I wish 
they had left the fire-talk scene in there for clarification. Ah well.
Also when Dumbledore says "You shouldn't have come here Tom. The aurors 
will be here any minute now."
We know they left an awful lot out like the spinning room, the brains, 
those glass bell jars. (I was kind of looking forward to seeing that 
guy's head turn into a baby head. Ewww, creepy!)
I hadn't remembered that when Harry was chasing after Bellatrix he 
opening a door and fell into a void. I guess that is what that scene in 
the movie was loosely supposed to be. When all the kids fell through 
the void and stopped a foot above the ground.
I think the narrative worked better in that the flow from room-to-room 
in the ministry was more easy to follow. It was very simplified in the 
movie, in that it all took place in the prophecy room or the Veil Arch 
room.
The kids and the Order got beat up quite a bit more in the book. 
Hermione knocked out; Jenny too; Neville's broken nose, Tonks falling 
down the stairs, etc.
I do however think that the scene between Voldemort and Dumbledore was 
waaaayy more spectacular in the movie, as well as Harry's possession. 
Though I wish they had left the part in where Voldemort-in-Harry says 
"If Death means nothing, than kill the boy, Dumbledore." That was very 
disturbing in the book, and would've shown the supreme angst that 
Dumbledore faced in having to make a choice between wanting to rid the 
wizarding world of Voldemort, or protecting Harry. This as we know, 
plays heavily in DH.
Valerie