I finished PoA, and I am still so miffed that the movie cut out the explanation of the Marauder's Map. I mean, what the hell. Does the movie even explain why Harry's Patronus is a stag?
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2011 4:13:12 pm PDT #15095 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Cass - Jun 04, 2011 4:23:40 pm PDT #15096 of 28282
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
My recollections of the movies, having shown them to a friend who never read the books, is that they explain very little. They assume you've read the books.
erin_obscure - Jun 04, 2011 4:35:11 pm PDT #15097 of 28282
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I'm pretty sure in at least 2 of the moviee Harry talks about his Dad's patronus also being a stag.
Hil R. - Jun 04, 2011 4:36:22 pm PDT #15098 of 28282
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, I don't think that most of the movies, except the first one, make much sense without the books. And once you get past the third or so, there's so much backstory that it would take about three movies per book to get in all the explanations. I thought OotP especially seemed like a bunch of scenes strung together, like they knew they had to get in certain things that would be important later, but there were so many of those that there wasn't really time to really get a plot.
Dana - Jun 04, 2011 4:36:45 pm PDT #15099 of 28282
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's not that his father's patronus was a stag, it's because he was an Animagus that turned into a stag.
So...yeah. Not a sentence I thought I'd type.
erin_obscure - Jun 04, 2011 4:42:01 pm PDT #15100 of 28282
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Wow, I'd totally forgotten that tidbit.
Dana - Jun 04, 2011 4:51:52 pm PDT #15101 of 28282
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I spent a lot of time reading Marauders-era fic.
Aims - Jun 04, 2011 4:53:45 pm PDT #15102 of 28282
Shit's all sorts of different now.
If I had millions of dollars, I'd pay for those girls to finish The Shoebox Project.
Polgara - Jun 04, 2011 4:54:03 pm PDT #15103 of 28282
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Which in turn is why Snape's patronus is so important.
Aims - Jun 04, 2011 4:55:34 pm PDT #15104 of 28282
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Reason # 45923 why I wish they had waited until canon was completed before making the movies.