Originally Posted by Antwone Thomas

Actually, in Yates' and Ron's defense, the way the whole scene was portrayed was pretty perfect in my opinion. Hermione is a big talker, she reads a lot of books because of her insecurities. She was heartbroken about Dumbledore and how it effected Harry so here way of dealing with things like that is to read a book or just keep talking and talking.

Harry doesn't speak much either but all he was focused on was setting out to find the Hallows.

But Ron ... Ron is a guy of passion, of emotion. He expresses himself not through his words (because let's face it, he's not the most loquacious fellow) but his action speak much louder than words. Ron was devastated and didn't know what to say. All of the things that were happening were beyond him and he didn't know how to handle it all. So, he just stayed back listened in and sulked.

David Yates is a very intelligent director. He doesn't do the things he does by accident, nor does any other professional director.