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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hijinks" data-source="post: 3645218" data-attributes="member: 31094">Yeah he had a few lines when they were having dinner at the Order headquarters.Regarding Dumbledore and Filch:  Filch is a Squibb (i.e. born to wizard parents but without any magical talent himself) as is Mrs. Figg, the neighbor who helped Harry after the Dementor attack.  That explains why they appear to be Muggles, have no powers, and yet know all about the wizarding world.  They have to be employed somewhere, and Dumbledore has a history of letting "undesirables" stay at Hogwarts and/or work there (Hagrid, Professor Trelawny, etc)Filch being a Squibb also explains why he feels hostile towards the "normal" wizards who go to school at Hogwarts.  He's jealous and most of the time he's harmless - Dumbledore knows that.It is also character building for young people to have to deal with people that they don't get along with.  That's why Dumbledore never intervenes when there's 2 different factions at the school (Harryphiles versus Draco-ites)I enjoyed the movie but I thought that they crammed too much stuff into it.  It was understandable that they did, of course (and I'm probably the only person alive who was relieved to have NO QUIDDITCH, but ah well), but I know there were some things that my friends (who have not read the books) missed.For example, when Fred and George lit their fireworks and left the school, my friends didn't realize that they were quitting school.  Even though they said something along the lines of "our scholastic career is at an end" or some such, right beforehand.  It just didn't come across very well.I loved that part but was disappointed it wasn't longer.  That was my favorite part from the books and I waited for it for a long time.  I was really hoping that they'd have the sparkler spelling out "poo" in the sky but .. alas ..Also no one mentioned that it was Sybil Trelawney who foretold the prophecy.  The whole prophecy thing was glazed over, imho.  It was like, why are they there?  Well, if you read the book, you knew.  But there was no exposition after the big battle that explained the prophecy at ALL.  And I was really disappointed that Dumbledore didn't tell Harry about the prophecy POSSIBLY being about Neville originally, but that Voldemort attacking Harry made it about Harry.I had to explain those things to people or else they totally had no idea.  I felt like a Harry Potter snob.</blockquote>

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