it annoyed me so much i almost got thrown out of the theater for saying thats not how it was in the book! they cut out so much i was confused and did not know what part was which and i had to explain everything to my mum because she has not read the books it was really fast pased too. lets just say i was not a happy camper.

Well that was obvious that James was Harry's Patronus, pat=father!
I was madd, too about it, and somebody wrote to J.K. Rowling about it. She said she didn't really mind! I guess that's good for her, because people might be so confused that they buy the book and read it!

i know, but lets not make a big fuss of it, we didnt wrote it

I was very mad at how short the movie was. They totally cut out too much and rearranged it. It was good as movies go, but compared to the book...what can I say?

This was my favorite book, and I was so excited for the movie. But, they cut out most ofmy favorite parts!
Like Quidditch! This is the year that they finally won! And it was to help with Harry's Patronus! Also in Quidditch, there was the part where Draco imitates a dementor, but ends up getting caught.
Also there was the part where Sirius sends Harry the permission slip which makes sure that Sirius is alright. It also allows Harry to go to Hogsmeade the next year!
And finally, there wasn't any explanation as to what the patronus symbolized and who the marauders were! That was a major part of the book!

yip i agree .... my brother decided to come with me too see this film...he's never read any of the books but saw the first to films and thought they were good...anyway... when we came out he was like "what just happened in there, it made no sense" he didn't understand why there was a stag in the middle of the water and the whole scene in the shriekin shack it went too quickly and brushed over all the important stuff.....

however i think it is the best film so far...i love the part when they use the time turner.....

yeah i was kinda ****** at how much they left out, but it was still good anyways

That really bothered me. They did leave out a lot of information. For example, when Sirius says "the map never lies," they dont explain how he knows that! Hopefully they will not leave out a lot of information in GOF.

Finally........I was scared to admit it. This is a HP fansite, I was afraid to make HP sound bad or anything. But that was totaly freaky. You had to have read the book to really, truly get it. Eh?

definitely cut out too much. my brother who was with me and havent read the book came out not understanding a single thing. i had to narrate the entire book to him!!

i liked how chris columbus was loyal to the books but i admire what alfonso brought in as well... he gavee it that sinister feel and the great graphics

I was really dissapointing in POA. I mean alot of my favorite parts were cut out.
I wasn't that dissapointed in GOF but I think I'll go nuts if it happens in OOTP b/c that's my fav book! Some people have been saying they'll caught off the whole "Snape memory". I think that'll just ruin the whole movie for me!
~~RQT

blame the screenwriter, just blame that id*ot Steve Kloves
but wait a sec, i kinda like PoA though.
i like the way Cuaron turned the movie to a bit more contemporary-ish style instead of really old-fazhioned like what Columbus did.
i feel the same way like you guys about the unexplined missing part, but on that part, i rather blame the freakin screenwriter

I liked this one, but it didn't make sense to non-hp readers. like some other people said, my bro didn't really get it(mostly the whole time turner thing but time travel is a confusing concept..) oh well...i really liked GoF but they cut out soo much! wait a minute..there must be a thread for that somewhere...

but yes, they cut out to much in PoA

i has really left out some really important imformations!!!

HeY
i have to say that PoA is my fav book and they left out a lot of important stuff.

Yes, I was sooooooooo mad when I heard they would be leaving the stuff out, but look at Gof? That's even worser. I just can't wait to see what they will do with Ootp. **Sniffs** I'll freak out if they delete one big scene that includes Siry....

~~RQT XD

I hate how in every film there are huge parts with Snape that are completely cut out! I mean I know that the film has to be a condensed version of the book but still. Like in POA they removed the whole Snape thing at the end where he flips after Sirius escapes, looses his Order of Merlin.... come on! That just sets up the stage even more for the conflict b/t Snape and Harry. And what about how Snape knew Lupin was a werewolf? That would have made the film make a whole lot of more sense to people.... and then i don't remember which book it was in, Snape was reffing a Quidditch match. I know that wasn't a very important part in the book but man would I have ever loved to see Snape on a broomstick? wow lol. But, Curon (sp) did do a wicked job with what was actually included in the film. Props to him

I have to agree POA is my favorite book so I was dissapointed. The movie has grown on me in it own way. I still say it smells like HP in a vage sort. of way

its just stupid about leaving most of the stuff off! like harry didnt get the firebolt at the end he got it hlafway through the book at xmas and what about pig? I like pig *sniffs* when i saw it at the movies I whent with my mate who also reads the books so we were having a huge whisperd conversation about how much they cut out! It just anoys me! they dont even mention that harrys father was an animagus

Also my fav book too, and i was upset when they left out important things.

All that stuff is so important but it seems to happen a lot with the movies.

I would have never known that Sirus, James, Lupin & Wormtail created the map or that James and Harry have the same patrounus if I didn't read the book.

We all know they have to leave stuff out but this stuff is key to understand what happens later on in series. maybe they do it on purpose so you have to read the books to get the whole thing?

I don't even like to get started on this Movie. It was done so Horribly. They cut so much stuff it was painful to watch. It was the shortest movie of them all. They could have added some more stuff. It focused more on the Patronus then anything else. I was expecting something totally different. I absolutely disagree with how this movie was made.