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Old 04-14-2023, 07:40 PM   #5158
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Originally Posted by Sr. Mints View Post
The movies did a good job of editing the books for Rowling. No publisher on earth was going to chop 90,000+ words out of a Rowling manuscript by the time book four came around.

There's a ton of content that never made it to screen, but how much of it was minutiae? (I can't remember). Having Rowling herself onboard as a show runner is quite significant in that she can add to and fill in the story herself instead of relying on a David Benioff/DB Weiss archetype.
The only thing I remember being disappointed by in the movies was the lack of Quidditch in #5? and how Harry/Ginny's romance was dealt with. It was much better in the books and the movies took a lot of agency away from Ginny as a character.

Otherwise I thought most pertinent stuff was included. I can see how have a season/book could be good (if each season was like 6-8 episodes). 10 seasons seems a bit crazy to me.
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