Amph Gaming Diagon Alley: The Official Harry Potter Thread/Hogwarts Legacy

IMO, they toned down her evilness quite a bit in the movies, at least in Order of the Phoenix. In the movie, she comes across as a pompous, overbearing wanna be dictator. In the book, she was a real nasty piece of work, on the level of Bellatrix Lestrange. While the movies can't include everything, I just felt the movie version was too toned down.

 

So she's even better in the books?

I gotta read those some day.

 

By the time you finish reading them, you'll understand why Harry hates her more than he does Snape.

 

I think you mean I'll understand that Harry knows he deserves to be punished. The movie didn't do a good job of getting that across.

Maybe I know a fellow Dolores fan who would be willing to loan me the books. I'll loan them my copies of the Thrawn Trilogy and Outbound Flight in return.

 

Neither Umbridge nor Snape were completely unjustified in their thinking him as a troublemaker, but their actions or thoughts definitely risked or allowed them to go overboard. To be fair, though, Dumbledore's awarding Gryffindor last minute points in the first book probably didn't help matters. Even Dumbledore had to eat his words about punishing Ron or Harry in Chamber of Secrets, despite their intentions.

So, while Snape was correct in his conversation with Fudge about Harry's actions being overlooked, both he and Umbridge still crossed the line at times (I mean, Snape taking points off Harry because Neville messed up his own potion, by claiming he failed to warn Neville; then two years later, he takes points from Hermione because she was helping Neville).

I think McGonagall was the perfect teacher to keep Harry in line. Although she was strict, and could go overboard (taking 150 points from her own house), her strictness was still balanced out by her humanity, her compassion.

 

exactly book umbridge is narcissistic evil person who hero worships fudge

 

so what was everyone's favourite book?

 

....All of them?

 

Goblet of Fire or Deathly Hallows.

 

mine would be prisoner of azkaban /goblet of fire or order of the phoenix. least favourite probably the chamber of secrets

 

Least fave is HBP.

 

Definitely Goblet

 

All of them lol

But Deathly Hallows is my favourite in all seriousness

 

I like all the books, but my least favorite of the movies are: Prisoner of Azkaban and Half Blood Prince. Prisoner of Azkaban just felt too disjointed; it didn't flow well, IMO. Despite cutting out more material, the GOF and OOTP movies flowed better. As for Half Blood Prince, it was almost a snooze fest, with only one real action scene: the attack on the Burrow (which wasn't in the book). They basically cut the skirmish at Hogwarts when Dumbledore is killed. I heard they wanted to save more of the battle for Deathly Hallows Part 2, but that scene could have had a bit more action.

 

Goblet of Fire, though I am a sucker for the first one too.

 

Tie between POA, HBP, and DH.

 

My least favorite book is the one where Dolores Umbridge first appears - I couldn't stand her.

 

I liked them all, but if voting I would say The Deathly Hallows. In the case of a tie, the honors go to the big, epic conclusion.

 

same as pg.

sirius, lupin, dumbledore and snape are probably my favourite adult characters, so that's probably part of it.

 

DH,
GOF,
OOTP
SS/COS/POA
HBP.

Book-wise for me.
Would say GOF is more fun than DH but DH is the finale, so it tops GOF for me.

Can't pick between SS/COS/POA. Just one continuous story for me.