HBP Sartoris22 comment - and my thoughts on what they did to it

[Brian]

Sartoris22 said:

"For me, HBP didn't really capture the relationship stuff or the action 
very well. And I'd certainly swap the Burrow attack for Dumbledore's 
funeral. I also missed Bill's maiming and Fleur's declaration of love. I 
thought that was such a powerful moment and wanted to see it captured on 
film. I thought OOTP was an okay film, and HPB would be improvement, but 
it didn't work out that way. I hope that DH will end the series on a 
strong note."


Having now seen HBP in IMAX, I agree.  I really hoped, having seen it on 
my computer, that it would look better on the big screen.
Well, it did look better, but I still found it disappointing.
I had intended to boycott seeing it more than once, and really thought 
I'd have trouble doing that, but I have to say that I actually didn't 
feel any great desire to see it again.  I still have it on computer and 
haven't bothered to watch it again.

JKR totally botched Harry and Ginny's relationship in the books, making 
it totally unbelievable.  The film did improve on that, but it still 
didn't really do justice to the relationships at all. 
Missing Dumbledore's funeral was guaranteed to make fans who care about 
the characters mad.
Missing Fleur's powerful declaration of love was unforgivable.
And continuing to give all Ron's "loyal" lines to Hermione destroys the 
trio.
Need I mention the kiss? Very sweet, but NOTHING compared to their first 
kiss in the book.  THAT was Ginny, this was someone WB wanted to paint 
as a sweet supportive girl without any of the fire.
To coin a phrase, the treatment had all the sensitivity of a teaspoon.

I assumed I'd buy the DVD regardless, but to be honest it was SO 
disappointing that I may not bother, even to complete my collection.
Given their total disregard for the important things in HBP, I seriously 
doubt that DH 1 & 2 will improve.  My only hope is that Yates found 
enough in there for two movies.  Maybe, just maybe, he won't botch them 
with the same superficial treatment we were given with HBP.
I am seriously considering downloading those movies FIRST, just to see 
if they are worth paying for a ticket to go and see them.

Brian