Are the Harry Potter films not detailed enough or just right?

[Guest Anime Otaku]

The Harry Potter's were very true to the books (they messed up the look of Tonks though) but they did lose some stuff just because they didn't want to make a 5 hour movie.

[Guest ScottyB]

The Harry Potter's were very true to the books (they messed up the look of Tonks though) but they did lose some stuff just because they didn't want to make a 5 hour movie.

 

There's just little things that piss me off about the films.

 

Also, wait until the sixth film, whilst it does look like it's going to be a good film, they've added things to it,

such as an attack by Belatrix Lestrange and another Death Eater on The Burrow, and they've taken away two aspects of the book I thought were pretty central to the plot. Firstly, they've taken all but two of the memories out and they've excluded Dumbledore's Funeral, which is vastly important when it comes to the start of the seventh book.

 

Edited June 6, 2009 by John Hancock

[Paul 584]

Seriously, Taj is right. Im a fan of the Potter books, but theres only so much that can be filmed. I think they have done the best they can to balance the story without boring the hell out of the audience.

[Guest ScottyB]

It's not that I disagree, it's just I'm an elitist fan of the books, and naturally I want the films to be the best films ever.

 

Sod it, I'll just blame the people for not wanting to sit through longer films :P

[Paul 584]

Elitist fan of the books? Just so Im clear, you mean just 'big fan of the books' yeah? Just elitist cn be very loaded as a word. :)

 

 

But yeah, I could sit thorugh a longer film if done right.

[Guest ScottyB]

Yeah, big fan is more suitable.

[Guest Saz]

A film with a toilet break anyway...

[Guest Jimmy Redman]

I dont think anyone can really expect the films to cover every single line of the book. Its just such a different medium, the HP books are so detailed and you simply cannot cover it all in a movie. I think all of the films so far have remained astoundingly true to the books, as much as they possibly can. There's been no giant 180s or plot holes or changes or anything like that, just the necessary trimming. So I think they're fine.

[Guest Y2James]

I walked out of Harry Potter alf way through when it was in cinema, so making it longer would be a big mistake. Never read the book.

[Guest Nemesis Enforcer]

I love the films (well I did until Order of The Phoenix which I found a bit boring) and have never read the books, but my mum and brother have and they prefer the books much more then the movies and both agree that the more movies they make the less of the books theme is in them.

 

I will have to read the potter books some day and see for myself I guess

[Paul 584]

To be fair though, the books became just so full of crap, pointless stuff as they went on it was stupid. Rowlin really needed her editors to reign her in a bit. I remember reading reports that they just stopped critisizing in case she stopped writing.

[Guest Nemesis Enforcer]

Like I said I have never read the books myself so have no idea what their content went like, I am just going by what I have been told by people about how the films compare to them, Laura, the woman nextdoor to me, said the same thing too but her main gripe with film of Order was Ron stopped saying "bloody hell..." :lol

[Guest Shane O Mac]

I'm a big fan of both the books and the films. The first 4 films I thought were fine, would of liked more of the Quidditch World Cup, but other than that...I thought that things they left out didn't make too much of an impact. I was slightly disappointed with OOTP, but then as others have said, the films would just be too long.

[Nimf 324]

I love all the books and have so far loved all the films. But i've always been able to seperate them. I think though the books are aimed at younger people, they were meant to be the kind of books parents read to them so the parents could miss out the 'boring' parts. The films have just done that - made them into parent edited versions of the books, to keep younger ones watching for longer. If the films were any longer, there would be a lot of people not going to the cinema to see it (can you see an 8 year old sitting for any longer than the length of the films now?) and waiting until they are on DVD so they can have a break part way.

[Guest Fiona]

I've loved all the books and the movies that have been made so far. Yes there is a lot missing out of the films but enough is there. I've found the films make people want to read the books to get the whole story. Quite a lot of my friends read the books after seeing the movies.