Abbreviation, Omission, and Frustrating Additions

[Ronda]

Goodasitgets:
Tried to Comment on Book Site Before I  Knew About This Sister Site 
for Movie.  A member there had been talking about if a  particular 
character was likely to be important in the last book/movie, 
(Kreacher). A character may have been given just enough screen time 
in this movie to make it easier for them to have the large role they 
will have in movie 7.  My comments below were originally related to 
that, but also that I understand we can't have all the richness of 
detail in the movies as the books, but would have liked more critical 
details included such as information about Petunia being in contact 
with someone in the wizarding world. Also the beginning of the movie 
felt like just snapshots from the book jumping form one point to the 
next without some important threads intact.  If somoene saw the movie 
without reading the book I think they would walk away with a very 
different version of the story than readers do. I kept wondering in 
each scene if what I was expecting to come would play out or if the 
pervasive changes would show up instead. This movie did the least 
sucessful job of maintaining the integrity of the book than any of 
the others so far.  
Everything was so abbreviated in the movie it would be hard to tell 
if they might mean Kreacher or someone else just making an appearance 
in the movie to make it easier to present thim in movie 7. For 
example, we also barely see Lupin in the movie and he is sure to have 
a large role in the last book and movie along with Bill Weasley. 
Overall, I enjoyed the movie, but having accepted that all the movies 
have to be abbreviated versions of the book is one thing, however the 
items that were apparently written in by the screen writer that were 
NEVER IN THE BOOK AT ALL are what disappointed me; like Umbridge 
using blood quills to punish all the DA, and making Cho the snitch on 
the DA instead of Marietta. On omission of items, the most 
disappointing things are not having the discussion as written in A 
Peck of Owls that gives us such shaking insight and awareness of Aunt 
Petunia's awareness of  and connection to the wizarding world, and 
second the Lost Prophecy "discussion" between Dumbledore an Harry 
after Harry has lost Sirius, does not even remotely resemble what we 
have read, instead showing us a calm quiet Harry seated with 
Dumbledore also seated in a brief almost hushed voice disclosure, no 
throwing and breaking of items in the office and outpouring of 
Harry's pain and anger, at all. I also would have liked to at least 
mention Ron and Hermione being Prefects and Ron becoming Quidditch 
Keeper.  

~Goodasitgets