Characters acting OOC/Was:Rupert Grint

[sartoris22]

> 
> zanooda:
>> I can understand the movie-makers' desire to make us feel for 
Harry,
> but it shouldn't be at the expense of other characters. I can
> disregard the fact that they made Cho a traitor - she is not very
> important to the story. But Ron, Hermione and the Weasleys are too
> important to me, and I just can't accept such a major change in 
their
> characters.
>
Sartoris22:

I totally agree. I too hate it when they demean other characters for 
the sake of their version of the story. In most ways, Fred and George 
treat Harry much better than they do Ron, and always rush to Harry's 
support. Even before Harry gives them his Triwizard winnings, the 
Wesleys give Harry the Mauraders Map. And in the movies, they take 
away some of Hermione's emotionality for the sake of her cleverness. 
Although the scene in which she embraces Ron at Buckbeak's beheading 
is nice, in the book she cries in Ron's arms when he says that he'll 
help her with Buckbeak's appeal. It's a fairly long scene during 
which Hermione cries almost uncontrollably while Ron awkwardly pats 
her on the head. I think that scene is more revealing of the 
characters than the one in the movie. When Ron and Harry make up 
after the first task of the Triwizard Tournament, Hermione hugs them 
both then runs away in tears. She is much more emotional in the 
books, and I hope that HPB conveys more of that. However, we already 
know from the Entertainment Weekly story that Hermione doesn't attack 
Ron with birds after his and Lavender's initial snogfest, although 
she does cry in the scene.