HBP: the Good, the Not So Good, and the Ridiculous (Spoilers)

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> va32h

> The Good:
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> The Ginny/Harry romance: this was both good and not so good. I think JK Rowling is dreadful at writing romance, so the Harry/Ginny relationship in the books was just a big old mess.  I much prefer the subtle way it's handled in the film to Harry's raging chest monster.  

Joann:
After hating H/G in the book, I didn't mind them in the movie so much. It still doesn't make sense to me, and there is not much chemistry between DR and BW but it's still loads better than the book. The film makers must have thought H/G lacked a little in the book too, or they wouldn't have added so much/changed almost every scene of theirs. 

 

> The Ridiculous:
> 
> We all know Tom Riddle is a raging psycho, but he's also supposed to be a charming sycophant.  Child Tom Riddle is so blatantly a sociopath that he might as well have it stamped on his forehead. He doesn't make eye contact; he speaks in monotone...it's too much of an anvil.  And it makes Dumbledore look positively stupid that he allowed this blatantly disturbed boy into Hogwarts.

Joann: 
Well, remember how the sorting hat had barely touched Draco's head before being declared a Syltherin?  And everyone certainly knew who his father was. It doesn't seem there is any condition to getting into Hogwarts apart from being able to preform magic.