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I remembered I actually own some HP movies! (Boredom + Target = things I don't really need.)
I can, with reluctance, understand why they made Cho the one to turn in the D.A.: it was an easy way to have the Harry/Cho relationship disappear, and you simply don't have the time to put everything into a movie. But still it was sucky for Cho to be the scapegoat on that one.
Why in the world did they burn down the Burrow in the movies? That's...what? Why? It was this entire extra scene that wasn't in the books. Was there some kind of production note that said "NEEDS MORE FLAMES"? O_o
Amazingly enough, the movie managed to point out even more than the book just how much the "Half Blood Prince" reveal didn't matter in the slightest. XD
Snape: THAT'S RIGHT! I AM THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE!!
Harry: NOO-- Hold on. Do...do I need to care about that? I mean, you just killed Dumbledore. I'm just saying. Perspective and all, since the textbook was more handy than evil.
Snape: YES YOU NEED TO CARE. BECAUSE MY BOOK HAD SNAPE COOTIES.
Harry: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
- I started to write a list of which characters were better in the book and which were better in the movie and which were just plain different. But I got a bit bored, so let's just say that the default for a character is that their book version is better than their movie version. More often than not, this is the case. There are some exceptions.
- Draco is more rounded in the movies. In the books he basically turns up whenever the scene calls for a douchebag and then leaves. On the screen we see a bit more.
- Neville is an odd case. The movies seem to have made him more awesome than what he is the books. (e.g., being an amazing dancer or being the one to give Harry the gillyweed) Don't get me wrong, I like Neville and this isn't some kind of "THIS CHARACTER MUST STAY IN HIS PLACE" thing. Just pointing out differences.
- Dumbledore is also a strange case. I like both versions, but the Dumbledore you see on screen really isn't the Dumbledore you see in the books. Until I read the books, I had the impression that Harry and Dumbledore hung out together practically all the time, while in the books Harry really doesn't see him very often.
- I like Snape better in the movies probably because Alan Rickman gives Snape a slight badass vibe, where in the book I found Snape to be fairly pathetic. Not necessarily in a "he's such a wuss" way, but more in a "I'm going to torment children because I was picked on in school" way. Loads of people get tormented as kids, but they manage to LET IT GO.
- Draco is more rounded in the movies. In the books he basically turns up whenever the scene calls for a douchebag and then leaves. On the screen we see a bit more.
Snape: THAT'S RIGHT! I AM THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE!!
Harry: NOO-- Hold on. Do...do I need to care about that? I mean, you just killed Dumbledore. I'm just saying. Perspective and all, since the textbook was more handy than evil.
Snape: YES YOU NEED TO CARE. BECAUSE MY BOOK HAD SNAPE COOTIES.
Harry: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!