I'll probably read the lot when the series is complete
Ah, I've been re-reading the whole lot every time a new book comes out, so I don't have the forgetting problem. :-) Glad to hear that the films make sense without the background of the book, though.
I know they did mention the OOTP, but I just didn't feel like they looked like they were doing much in the film, really. In the book, they're still keeping all the knowledge from Harry, but a) you're not restricted to only knowing what Harry knows, and b) you get a lot more frustrating(-to-him) hints about what might be happening, so his anger at being excluded is more convincing. Mind you, he didn't seem to be particularly angry in the film, just a bit moody...
I assumed that Harry blanked Cho because of her betrayal
Okay, this one is clearly my fault for not paying attention, because I somehow managed to totally miss her "betrayal". In my defence I reckon it's because she's such a nonentity in the film that I didn't actually notice she was onscreen at the time. But it's all done very differently in the book, so perhaps the problem was partly that I was waiting for what-happened-in-the-book to happen.
I dunno, though, on the whole I just felt that the whole film was a bit lacking in point.
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Date: 2007-07-16 11:29 am (UTC)Ah, I've been re-reading the whole lot every time a new book comes out, so I don't have the forgetting problem. :-) Glad to hear that the films make sense without the background of the book, though.
I know they did mention the OOTP, but I just didn't feel like they looked like they were doing much in the film, really. In the book, they're still keeping all the knowledge from Harry, but a) you're not restricted to only knowing what Harry knows, and b) you get a lot more frustrating(-to-him) hints about what might be happening, so his anger at being excluded is more convincing. Mind you, he didn't seem to be particularly angry in the film, just a bit moody...
I assumed that Harry blanked Cho because of her betrayal
Okay, this one is clearly my fault for not paying attention, because I somehow managed to totally miss her "betrayal". In my defence I reckon it's because she's such a nonentity in the film that I didn't actually notice she was onscreen at the time. But it's all done very differently in the book, so perhaps the problem was partly that I was waiting for what-happened-in-the-book to happen.
I dunno, though, on the whole I just felt that the whole film was a bit lacking in point.