As I already examined the Harry Potter novels I will now take a journey down movie lane. As a sat watching the final installment this past week I wondered to myself what I would think of the movies if I had never read the books. I was not able to answer that question because I felt like the viewer would be really confused.
The first 2 movies I felt stayed really true to the books, however they were the shortest novels so that was not difficult to do. The third movie unfortunately left out a huge portion of Harry's world: quiddich. As we progress through the rest of the movies we also see a definite lack of the passion (for the game) that JK insinuates throughout the novels. Harry is a quiddich player and becomes the captain of the team and wins the cup, but none of this is featured in the ways it is in the novels, which is weird because there is a lot of action to be seen in those scenes.
In the 4th movie other than the world cup, quiddich obviously goes on a small hiatus because of the triwizard tournament, but even still the excitement of the world cup is not captured in the slightest in the movie the way it is in the novel. The direction is also a little odd in this movie. Everything seems a little different. Maybe it's just simply because the novels are becoming much longer and they are forced to leave so much out.
Now the 5th and 6th movies. Oh man, were those brute. Now I must admit the 5th novel did have quite a bit of filler which could have been omitted but they left out the important stuff. The meat and potatoes, the parts that have crucial information and character development for the next part of the series. For example, Harry's huge talk with Dumbledore was cut waaay too short at the end of the 5th movie. The 6th movie barely has a plot. As my 2nd favourite book in the series I can barely stand to talk about the movie because they butchered it so badly.
The final 2 installments. Harry Potter 7 parts 1 and 2. Part 1: no complaints similarly to books 1 and 2, they pretty much hit the nail on the head as far as what happens and the plot progressed nicely. Part 2: I want to cry myself to sleep for a month. Honestly, a very poor ending to the series. They changed so much unnecessarily AND I felt they did not capture the true essence and meaning of Harry Potter at a time that it was most crucial for its followers: the end.
I've been thinking and I think I'm going to read a book then watch the movie then write so i can provide a more in depth analysis of whats going on in the world of harry potter since its much to big to sum up in a single post.
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