Noctis Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 It would have to be the funeral for me. I loved the wandlit vigil, but I think the funeral would have been so much better. Actually, my biggest qualm was that despite Hooper improving, his track for Dumbledore's death was shockingly boring. Can you imagine if Desplat had scored it? God.Also, I know this may sound weird, but I've been thinking, don't you think the wandlit vigil would have worked even better in DH2 when they tribute all the people who died in the first wave of the battle? Also, I'm pissed that Hermione's torture had to be watered down THREE times because they were afraid it would get too dark. Seriously...that's so annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iri10 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I still contend that the biggest wasted opportunity was not showing more of what was going on away from Harry in DH2. Yeah, I know the book is 3rd person limited, focused on Harry, just like all the other books. That was the narration style that Rowling wrote all the previous books in, and so that was the style that she had to write the last one in (a couple of scenes excepted, of course).But there was no reason why the movie had to stick with that style. I would have loved to see a scene or two of the Order at work, or the assassination of Scrimgeour, or the struggle between Dumbledore's Army and the Carrows.It's symptomatic of the way that the Harry Potter movies operated, though. None of them are truly excellent movies, IMO, because they were too conservative. Decent movies, sure. Good movies, in some cases. Generally fun movies. But not exceptional. Virtually none of the changes they made showed any daring at all, instead being made for the sake of limited run time. Movies are different from books. Great movies based on great books reflect (and in some ways benefit from) this difference.The closest they ever came to being daring was PoA, and that's why it's still among my favorites in the movie series.Also, you and your love of Hermione-torture. I'm fine with that bit; the original was arguably softer than the movie version as it is...though to me it was somehow more chilling than the movie version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted November 16, 2011 Community Manager Share Posted November 16, 2011 No Peeves. I blame Christopher Columbus for not including him, but Peeves was the best ghost. Heck, he had single-handendly the best moment in OOTP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 The cut out memories in HBP, that was inexcusable, it should all have been there and so should have Grindelwald/Dumbeldore relationship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Most of this stuff was even shot (excluding the funeral), it just didn't make the final cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 iri10, I completely agree with you that they should have shown the assassination of Scrimgeour. We could have seen Voldemort even look more ruthless. I also think we should have seen Luna get kidnapped, it would have only added tension to when they visit Xenophilius.If I were the director, I would have easily shown the death of Fred, but kept it as an intimate scene between only him and George. I would want Ron to only find out after Snape's death when he sees his dead body lying in the Great Hall.Also, regarding Tonks/Lupin, I wouldn't have exactly shown them getting killed. I would cut out seconds before they died. Whether they were both cornered somewhere, unable to flee, etc, but I would want Bella to be the reason.Also, I really think they needed to have a scene of Snape/Lily as teenagers. Not just one, but maybe two to see the fallout and his lust for the Dark Arts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Death of FredDumbledore pastMemories of HBP' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawa Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I know I keep harping on this, but man, Goblet of Fire could have been amazing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdevidem01 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 This may sound stupid but the whole sub plot about house elves JUST so that we could have seen Hogwarts' kitchens in the movies :)Apart from that I agree with most of the thread ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
