Some of the Tom Riddle flashbacks that were really vital to the story were cut though and that seems like it could cause a problem.
Oh, yes. I don't know why they didn't show the Hepzibah Smith bit. Dumbledore could've said, "Tom seemed to have a fascination for items from the Hogwarts founders, I'm not sure why. But these two went missing," instead of revealing the whole Horcrux bit early like in the books. There were lots of bits cut out from the book, but that one, IMHO, was the most important.
Burning down the Burrow is totally an invention of the movie-verse, I wonder if they've really thought that one through. Aside from Bellatrix continuing to rock I wasn't crazy about that sequence, but at least partly because I'm not sure how it will work with later plot.
THAT bugged me. Seriously, what was the point of it? Unless, possibly, to give Mrs. Weasley more incentive to kill her (like threatening her children wasn't enough incentive?!)
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Date: 2009-07-20 08:47 pm (UTC)Oh, yes. I don't know why they didn't show the Hepzibah Smith bit. Dumbledore could've said, "Tom seemed to have a fascination for items from the Hogwarts founders, I'm not sure why. But these two went missing," instead of revealing the whole Horcrux bit early like in the books. There were lots of bits cut out from the book, but that one, IMHO, was the most important.
THAT bugged me. Seriously, what was the point of it? Unless, possibly, to give Mrs. Weasley more incentive to kill her (like threatening her children wasn't enough incentive?!)