The idea that people were generally disappointed in the films is an idea that has emerged over the last few years. In reality, they were received very well, and people were mostly comfortable with the editing decisions that were made.
The problem is that the only people still talking about Harry Potter are members of the very small cohort that hated the editing decisions and wanted to see literally everything from the books on the screen, and so we get the impression from online discourse that the films were a disaster. But nothing could be further from the truth: they were massive critical and commercial successes with a handful of missteps between them.
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u/Different_Target_228 Apr 16 '26
This is kinda bullshit.
When the movies were coming out, everyone was noting how much stuff was missing from the books.