Losses from the films

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

Carol: 
> All of that is lost in the films, and to me it seems like a
> significant loss.

Geoff:
That I feel is an important element of the argument. Even if you do 
not see the link to the books but view it "only  as a person who has 
not read a word of the books" when "its just another movie, with 
actors who are terrific, good direction, and outstanding special 
effects", there must be sections which don't apparently tie in.

In my case, I was irritated by POA because it is never explained in 
the film where the Marauder's Map came from and why Remus 
Lupin knew so much about it when what is so crucial is that Harry's 
father was one of the four and his nickname Prongs gave a clue to the
Patronus that Harry saw.