Originally posted by: Pete15rogmourey
I have issues with GOF the most cause everything related to Barty Crouch jr , Winky , Bagman , Fred and George's bet and how they eventually got their capital funds for their joke shop was cut in the movies
GOF is my favorite book from the series and it was sad to see all these plot points getting cut
OOTP i didn't mind cause i didn't want to see more of Umbridge
Of course, I agree that major plot points of GoF were cut especially with the characters you mentioned. Bagman's part is something I'm willing to let go because they might have time constraints and can't show every character properly (I mean they never even cast an actor for Charlie Weasley so what can we say ). But Harry funding the twins' shop could've been easily shown with a throw-away line... why cut that?!
And Barty's part was really important to the story... removing that takes a lot away from the movie.
I think, past the first 2 movies which were fairly true to the source, rest all of them had huge cuts. Whether it was the director change, books getting progressively longer, or the rush to finish shooting before the kid actors grew up too much... it caused lots of changes in the scripts. When I was re-watching the movies with my bro (first time for him), I had to keep pausing and explaining stuff from the books because he would ask logical and relevant questions about the plot that aren't answered in the movies at all .
About OotP, I just think Harry's inner turmoil... the isolation he was feeling, his frustration with the circumstances, etc didn't translated well on screen and the length made a difference there. What takes a hundred pages in the books is over within a few minutes in the movies, giving you no time to connect with Harry's feeling of isolation and lack of privacy even in his own mind or the sense of betrayal he gets from his friends. It was the first time he started questioning Dumbledore instead of blindly believing that he can make everything alright and that was an important transition from child Harry to a teenager Harry... one who was rightfully angsty because of being dragged into a war he wanted no part in... and one who lost everything to it. He has every reason to be antagonized and hateful. The movie Harry seems much more well-adjusted.
I wanted to see a furious Harry destroying Dumbledore's office after Sirius's death and shouting that he wanted an out. I wanted to see more of Fred and George's pranks and even the other teachers playing their part in it. I wanted them to properly delve into the Occlumency lessons with Snape. And I wouldn't have minded seeing Umbridge more because that's one of the best casting decisions of the movies. Imelda Staunton is freaking good at portraying the "sweet poison" that emulates this character and I think it says a lot when people hate Umbridge more than the OG villain of the story Voldemort .
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