I think maybe more cut scenes might of made it all 8 of the movies for the ABC channel, where as deleted scenes made it too just on the DVDS separately.

I just hope we can get all eight of the movies with both the deleted and cut scenes together for the the HBO max streaming. Extended editions final cut.

That would be solid.

 

I didn't even know there were any extended cuts . I don't think they've ever been on in the UK

 

Yeah, there are. The extended cut of TPS has actually aired on TV in the US and Canada a few times, but it’s never been release on DVD/iTunes/Google Play as far as know, and I think it’s the only one that got that treatment.

 

Why do you say that? I believe they make the films better or closer to the novels despite the fact that a lot of material from the books was cut out and never made it to the films.

 

One thing I was fine without in COS (my favorite) was the Deathday Party and the Headless Hunt (Nothing against Nick).


Maybe it's my own preference, but I missed the Quidditch plots in the later films. 3 and 6 had some Quidditch but the books went more in depth.

 

Yeah, the quidditch parts in the latter books spend more time getting to know the other students. It felt like a real school... albeit one falling to pieces... but the students and good profs are trying to keep it together with these old pastimes like sports. I can completely understand why the films chose not to focus too much on the other kids (wayyy too many characters), but it's one of the major aspects where the books were better.

 

Which is why I am looking forward to the Harry Potter reboot when it happens because maybe we can see more of those details from the books portrayed on screens that didn’t make it to the current cuts of the films both original and extended cuts on the ABC channel,

Like I said in an early post, this could be a big win for the fans of the novels who were disappointed with the film's, and maybe lord of the rings and the hobbit could sometime in the future follow that concept idea of a reboot as well.

 

I subscribe to the popular opinion that the movies didn't accurately portray Ron. He had his faults in the books, and he wasn't a saint at the end, but he had more loyal and brave moments to even out his moments of fear and pettiness.
The most famous example is Ron talking back to Snape on Hermione's behalf versus saying "He's got a point."

Another one I can think of on the spot is Ron showing more concern for Harry in the OOTP book after his first detention with Umbridge.

 

Let’s hope this third movie turns out better than the second fantastic beast movie.

 

Oh yeah, totally. I watched that first film spoiler-free and wanted to scream so loud when Depp appeared. It's not that he's a bad actor, but it's like... if Colin Farrell turned into Matt Damon. The casting overshadows the character.

 

I'm really excited about Mads in this one. Hope the rest of the movie isn't a giant idiotic cluster**** like the second one was.

 

I think Depp overshadowed the role plus he wasn't completely owning the role. I think Mads will own the role more.

 

Mads is the better actor.

 

Will David Yates direct the third installment of fantastic beasts like he did with the other two movies?

 

Maybe the death day party can be filmed for the Harry Potter reboot.

I know that’s what I would hope for in the reboot since almost much the other materials from the books never made it to films. The films basically cut out most of the details from all the books.

 

The first two films and Deathly Hallows (2 part) weren't too bad, but yeah, it was pretty jarring how much material they cut out in the other films.

 

I’d agree with that. Prisoner of Azkaban fills in a lot of Harry’s deep backstory through the Marauders’ Map and the movie leaves most of that out.

 

In PoA novel, where and who explains the identities?

I understand why it's never spelled out in the film because it's the mystery of the entire film that is revealed in the final act. Also, can we admit that they're just bad nicknames? Moony sounds too much like Moody as in Mad Eye, and Prongs sounds like a fork not a stag.

 

There’s a few. The first one is when Snape catches Harry out of bed with the Marauders’ Map and Lupin comes along and takes it. The second is the scene in The Three Broomsticks, with Fudge and the teachers, which actually made it into the movie in a very shortened form, the third is the Shrieking Shack and the fourth is at the end of the book when Lupin gives the map back to Harry and explains that Sirius, James and Wormtail were Animagi.

 

I haven’t read PoA in a long time. Back in the day, the lack of backstory annoyed me. Today, I don’t really understand how the backstory adds to Harry’s personal narrative- it feels like baggage. I feel like I’m missing something, but can’t remember what.