Exposition and the Future

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Andrea Grevera" <agdisney at ...> wrote:
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> 
>   > Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Exposition and the Future
>   > 
>   > Lastly, the most confusing unresolved Plot Point -
>   > In the books, Harry hid the Potions Books in the Room of 
>   > Requirement, and he knows exactly where it is....
>   > However, in the movies, Ginny hid the Potions Books, ... FROM HARRY TOO. ...
>   > Steve/bboyminn
>   > 
>   > Andie:
>   > 
>   > I agree with the Diadem problem. I always said that will be 
>   > a major problem to overcome.
>   > I don't understand how JK let them do the scene that way ...
>   > I wasn't thrilled with Part 1 - ...
>   > My 2 cents.
>   > 
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>   Just my opinion, but I think they were desperate to find some place to shoehorn in a romantic moment between Harry and Ginny, and this was the best they could do. 
> 
>   ....
>   Steve/bboyminn 
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> All they had to do was follow the story from the book -...
> I guess what's pretty obvious to us simple folk doesn't cut it
> in the movie world.
> 
>   Andie
> 

Steve:

The thing is, in the movie, the story could have gone exactly as it did, except Harry hides the book himself. They get their romantic moment, and Harry personally hides the book. That seems simple enough.

The problem isn't that the broader story went the way it did in the movie, or that they made the general changes they made, it is that they compromised this one very important detail. 

I guess we will know how they deal with it in a few months and they might surprise us, but I too wonder why JKR let them make this change? Perhaps, she didn't know about it until she actually saw the movie and it was too late then. 

I would assume if she knew, and if she allowed it, then the movie makers must have had the plot point resolved before hand. I would think she would have to see the resolution in advance, before she would consent to it. 

Still of everything in the movies that's been left out or changed, this seems like the biggest mistake of all. 

Steve/bboyminn