Two WTF moments in the movie (spoilers)

[Richard Shepard]

> va32h:
> > We saw it with people who had not read the book and they
> > had no clue what was going on.
>
> Carol responds:
> See, that's my concern. They need to understand the story,
not be given incomplete and inaccurate explanations that
will cause problems for the faithful adaptation of DH. (the
whole point of making it in two parts, aside from profits,
is to include everything crucial to the plot. And if they've
left out or altered key elements in HBP (as in OoP and PoA),
they're causing difficulties for themselves and the viewers.
>

Richard:
In my opinion, anyone that has watched the previous five
movies can enjoy and understand this movie just fine.
There are differences, both large and small, from the
book but it doesn't hamper itself with a lot of gaps or
inconsistencies.  If someone watches this movie without
having read the books OR watching the movies, they will
be confused and they should be :)

Carol:
> BTW, did the filmmakers make young Lucius, young Severus,
and young Regulus cronies of Tom Riddle's at Hogwarts in
the Slughorn memory? If so, any viewers who remember that
Tom Riddle was at Hogwarts fifty years before Harry
(mentioned in the CoS film as well as the book) must wonder
how Snape and Malfoy could be so well preserved. (Yes, Alan
Rickman is actually 65 or something, but Snape looks fortyish,
as does Malfoy (one of the few adult actors who's the right
age for his character.)
>

Richard:
The flashbacks were limited and very focused on Riddle.  We
were not introduced to any of his classmates directly.