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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xath" data-source="post: 2736461" data-attributes="member: 17040">I saw it at the midnight release.  Although I thought it was successful in compressing the book, I was dissapointed in how they handled things.Dumbledore: He was too clunky in this book.  He stomped around everywhere and didn't have that sense of calm which I identify him with.  Also his accent went all over the place.Moody:  Even if I hadn't read the books, I would have known Moody was the bad guy.  He kept doing the tongue thing that all of the bad guys were doing.  Also, they brought up the fact that someone was making Polyjuice Potion way too many times.  I didn't like the way he looked either.  Moody had injuries, but while reading, I never felt that he was signifigantly hindered by them.  Also his eye was supposed to be electric blue and actually set into his socket.  I didn't like how they padded it out and how they made it look like an actual eye.  He was entirely too cartoony.Krum:  He wasn't stupid in the books.  Hermione never would have dated anyone who couldn't hold his own mentally.  Also, he never says Her-mi-o-ninny.  I really wanted to hear that.Beaubattons and Durmstrang:  They're not all girl/boy schools.  Minor irratant, but there you go.The Maze:  I understand why they compressed the maze, but I missed the Sphinx, giant spiders, and the Blast Ended Skrewts.  Madame Maxine:  She was supposed to be beautiful, but large.  This woman was not.  Also, they never got into the whole "half giant" bloodline which becomes important later.Rita Skeeter: I liked the actress and the portrayal, but there wasn't much there.  There were no scandals and Hermione didn't see her as an Animagus which also becomes important in the next books.Percy/Mrs. Weasley/Winky/Dobby: Where were they?  As far as continuity goes, Barty Crouch Jr. was never at the old Riddle place.  They ignored the fact that Harry's wand was used to make the Dark Mark in the sky.</blockquote>

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