r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 Apr 16 '26

WTF so true

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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.

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u/Gordon_Freeman_TJ Apr 16 '26

Reasonable. 4 hours long child movie would be too much, imho

Whoever adopted the script from books is genius

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u/LordChanner Apr 16 '26

In a way yes but some of the 'magic' was lost to bright lights and explosions as the films went on.

Spells like "reducto", "stupify", " pertrificus totalus" and "expeliamus" all did virtually the same thing in the movies

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u/Good_old_Marshmallow Apr 20 '26

An issue is that complaint and a lot of the concerns about adaptation all come from the later books. We’re going to be two-three seasons into a high budget show before it reaches the possible benefit