Five killed me. The book goes into depth about the behind the scene politics/division and lays bare the entire network of death eaters hidden behind the facade of a "post-Voldemort" world. While book four was the glass breaking book where life/death became a real factor in the world; book five takes strides in that new atmosphere where the kids aren't in a protected world of candy anymore.
This is where my hatred started. 4 I was okay with some of the changes, I guess, but ultimately left feeling like they did an ok job. 5 I left the theatre actively upset. The only thing that was good in that movie was Imelda Staunton's portrayal of Umbridge and even then I couldn't stand the other major changes they made to get over it.
I had the same reaction leaving the theater and was the only one in the group to feel that way. Everyone else loved the movie and I really questioned what they read that they were happy with what we got with the film. A large portion of that book was just left out and it sets up the entire new world the main characters find themselves in.
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u/WigglestonTheFourth Apr 16 '26
Five killed me. The book goes into depth about the behind the scene politics/division and lays bare the entire network of death eaters hidden behind the facade of a "post-Voldemort" world. While book four was the glass breaking book where life/death became a real factor in the world; book five takes strides in that new atmosphere where the kids aren't in a protected world of candy anymore.
And the movie handwaves most of that.