>Went to see the latest Harry Potter t'other day with the family. Man, I struggled to keep awake at a few points. There was the final showdown, as usual, but I didn't recognise it for that. I thought, "ah, that was quite exciting - the finale should be good" - then the film was over!
It seems that with every film in the series, it gets more difficult to cram all the details in the books, into a two or three hour film. Especially in the Order of the Phoenix, I had the impression that, while the story basically was true to the books, many important details would be missing for anyone who didn't read the books, and that the storyline would be quite confusing for such people.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
