I think so. Is it just me, or did a lot of the information they left out in PoA have some importance? Let's recall...they left out:
why the Shrieking SHack is called why it is
How Sirius and Lupin knew how to work the map
why the patronous is a stag
How Snape knew Lupin was a werewolf
How Snape knew where the secret passage in the Whomping Willow was
the list goes on folks......did this bother everyone or just me?

& the whole mauraders thing & some stuff about Neville (I think)...I don't know how they made that movie without all of those important details. People who who didn't read the book were soo confused.

I know.....I was talking to my chorus teacher (dont ask) about it.......he says that the directors assume that like everyone who sees the movies has read the books and can understand all that....but thats not true my bff who was talking with us hasnt read any of them!

They did leave out some stuff that was pretty importaint. LIke, for instance, that James was Harry's patronus? That was touching.

yeah........yet for some reason its still my fave. movie out of the three........

Mine too. I love the way Cuaron did the setting. It looks exactly like it's hidden. The way it should be.

yeah........but they still left out a lot *back to snappy and critical mode*

They did. Like how the Maruaders made the map. KEY POINT THERE!

they left out a lot of things. honestly. especially in Quidditch. but what was amazing in PoA is that, it amazed a lot of people by its new effects. surely, Alfonso would think of way that would cover-up his cut scenes.

I agree and disagree. There was a lot more they could've packed into the movie because it was the shortest of all three. Or the second shortest. I forget now, but it was still under 2 and a half hours. But I think the one's everyone is nitpicking most people got. My mom, who never read the books, got the whole map deal. Figured that Sirius and Lupin invented the map. She realized all four of them were friends. And now it probably would've been nice to know how Snape knew Lupin was a werewolf, the passage thing, Harry's patronous, and the shrieking shack thing, but it in no way is relevent to the overall plot.

Also Alfonso mentioned that some of the stuff would be touched on in GoF that didn't make it into PoA...

No it was the shortest...

he did?! Yay! I said to myself that if they didn't include some of the more important details that they left out, I'd freak...although in truth I probably wouldn't...but I'd be a bit angry at least! ><

I agree with you.
But they would have to explain the new Quidditch capitan(now that Wood's gone); and honestly... I don't think they will because ootp it's the bigest book so they must do other - more important things instead...

seriously...I forgot that Wood left...yeah see there's all these little things that bother the readers that were left out. I was talkin to my teacher and he said that they assume everyone has read the books, so they can leave out stuff like that, but my friends' seen all the movies and never even touched any of the books...see?

Grrrrr yesh, it bugs me a lot to think how much they missed out.

ESPECIALLY the marauders map, they never explained about the whole padfoot, moony, wormtail and prongs, and the 3rd movie would have been the right one to do it on, due to Lupin being there aswell as Sirius.

Oh well.

And Oliver Wood, not exactly crucial, but it could have been in the background at least.

Also they missed out all about Pigwidgeon (i havent spelled that right i don't think).

But that at least can be caught up with.

I reckon that they should make an extended dvd, like a 4 disc one, like lord of the rings did, and make the movie 4 hours long, and include all these extra bits!!!!

did ne one even realize they forgot Cedric??? i mean without knowing that Cedric beat Harry in the PoA its gonna be a little confusing when Amos says "that'll be something to tell ur grandchildren, you beat Harry Potter...they also left out that the Firebolt was from Sirius...that crookshanks supposedly ate Scabbers...and that Hermione and Ron got in a huge fight over it.

Yea thats what i thought. In the movie you dont really know it was Cedric unless you've read the 4th book. I wasnt happy about how much they left out and nither was a mate on mine. Shes read the books and didnt like the movie cus of the lack of content! Poa was the first book i read (id seen movies 1&2) i didnt want to go over what ive already seen. For some reason i found it hard to get into the first 2 books cause i know what happens. There isnt any mistery about those books for me now.

......Umm back to the film!! They also left out the part where Harry saw Sirius and Crookshanks suposedly talking on the edge of the forest. Also at the Whomping Willow scene where Crookshanks push the park of the bark on the tree and it immobilised it. I prefered that than what was in the movie.

All the stuff that was left out was unimportant. All substancial changes are discussed with JK.

A feather was left with the firebolt making it very obvious who it was from.

The tree was immbolised once in the film, just via a spell.

You have to realise adaptations are adaptations for a reason they can never include everything.

You're wrong; the feather showed it was from Sirius and Ron said in the film, "Your cat ate my rat," and Scabbers was lost for alot of the film. This is called nit-picking.

And the fight was featured. Have you even watched the film? Ron and Hermione got into a pretty big fight and when Scabbers was found, she tried to get him to apologise.

Hmmmm i don't care to much for what is thought to be "umimportant", but come on don't cha think it shoulda been at least mentioned one of the reasons Snape hates harry's father and friends so much? Snape's character needs to be built already...in POA you learned what u didn't know. Sirius nearly killed him with a prank [even tho i still laugh when he tells him to run along and play with his chemistry set lol] Harry thought he saw himself, but instead found his dad in him. -sigh- And just for comic relief (i found it funny) Snape gettin his order of merlin taken away...thus adding another reason to seriously hate Harry. lol But you gotta admit somewhat that you were looking at the movie in the theater like "how did we get here so fast?" My sister said that and she's not really a big fan, but loves POA and she was upset. lol

And another thing that I think shoulda been there that wasn't was Trelawney's ENTIRE prediction.

Yea i agree with you that they may have to leave out unimportant things. But im saying that some of my fave parts in the book was left out. I loved the book and was a tiny bit disheartened at the time, but now i love the movie and since its dvd release ive prob seen it like 75-100 times!!

PHLphlyest i agree with you compleatly!! It was great when Snape had his orderv taken away!! Yea and it was good to know exactly why he hates James.

Okay...this forum is about what they left out in PoA...ANYTHING...i doesnt matter how unimportant or important it was the thing is it was left out...and if we dont watch the movie as closely as some...u might not see the feather....and to Ron and Hermiones fight...they had it the same night Scabbers faked his death...not when he was found...and the feather...idk how is that proof that it was from sirius???just wonderin

When i read PoA it was my fave to date and i was i bit miffed of how much was cut. But i do have to say it is my fave of the movies so far. I watched it last night and its just fantastic. I think Alfonso did a great job of it. Im not sure if it would of looked as good if Chris did it (from the point of veiw that they wernt as dark).

But they can't please everyone; at the end of the day what is important to the story is kept.

That's the viewers fault ... Hermione holds it up.

Simply pointing out what's left out is pointless because every adaptation has things left out.

Because Sirius took Buckbeak off into the night hence they both escaped.

I prefer PoA because the characters feel more alive. The first two films were stuff in comparison. And Hogwarts finally looked Scottish!

Yea if you really want to know whats going on you have to watch it really hard. I must of seen it 50-70 times by now!!

I know! When my family went to go see it, I had to explain everything to my dad and my brother, because neither of them had ever read the books.