Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Hm, I'm afraid they're already cutting the wrong plot points. What I greatly disliked about OotP (the book) was the endless avalanche of shit rolling onto Harry, after some time it became just ridiculous (not to mention boring). But his ban from the Quidditch team is something movie goers could probably relate to fairly well, so why the hell are they cutting this?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by avanent

I was actually a tad disapointed we didnt get to see any of the championship quidditch match in the 4th movie.

Agreed, all we got out of these world cup scenes were some impressive sets but in the end they did nothing with them. Instead they inflated the dragon trial ad nauseum. If I want to see big lizards animated for the heck of it, I'll gladly re-watch one of the Jurassic Park flicks.

I also dislike how the HP movies sometimes throw in minor plot points which either serve no purpose (bad) or aren't resolved (worse). An example: In PoA, the Weasley twins point out the nicknames of the creators of the Marauder's Map. And if I'm not very much mistaken, the movie never bothers to tell us who they actually are and why Harry's Patronum takes on a certain form (though I think they didn't quite show that anyway).

Granted, they can never put in everything, but a decent adaption should be at least fully coherent in itself, without any open threads and no unnecessary baggage either. Five minutes of well used additional screen time could do wonders sometimes.

There's nowhere I can't reach.