do you really find that shocking? have you seen some of the spelling on this site?
i suppose you're right on that one.
I hate Harry Potter to the depths of my soul, but my girlfriend is a freak for it. She read all the books more than once. She dragged me to the movie with the guilt trip that she wouldn't be able to see it unless I took her. I would have just watched Transformers for the second time but you know how they get all offended so easily. Worst $13.50 I ever spent. And all she did was complain about all the stuff that wasn't the same as in the book. Everybody knows by now that printed media franchises are never faithfully recreated on the big screen.
that's not entirely true. the first two harry potters were incredibly faithful to the books. the third one left some stuff out that's kinda important to the story later, but it was still pretty good. the deviation started with the goblet of fire. i think their biggest challenge was the started with that book.... they're all extremely long. putting 800 pages into movie form without it being several hours is just not possible.
but they did a good job with the first three.
i love books.
i haven't been reading much the past couple months, except for a whooooole lot of manga, but that's different. i'm kinda picky on my books, and my favorite authors only release... what? once a year? maybe twice?
so i've finished the book, for anyone who cares. it's freaking amazing. seriously. it's intense. and surprising, throughout the WHOLE thing. nothing that i expected to happen did at all. nothing that i thought about snape or dumbledore or what would happen to all them was true. i'm sooooo glad it turned out the way it did. so glad.
if they turn the whole series into movies... it would really be amazing, visually. but they've mucked up the story too much now. i don't think they'll be able to do it the way it needs to be done. admittedly though, i haven't seen order of the phoenix yet... i've heard complaints from fans though. that was enough for me not to run out and see it.