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    My hate comes from having read the book. I really liked that the first two movies were basically total conversions of the books, and was annoyed with the changes in Prisoner of Azkaban, and the changes are greater here. I understand the book is much longer, but it still seems insane that the movie goes through the first 15 chapters in about 15 minutes. Not even a line about why the Dursleys let Harry go to the Cup? We don't even get to see the Qudditch match, which is especially disappointing with how little Quidditch there was in the Prisoner of Azkaban movie (the PoA book meanwhile was the only one to have three games). Couldn't things have been paced better? And pacing aside, some changes seem unnecessary. Why does the dragon escape in the first task? What was wrong with the way it was? I remember reading the book and wishing I could see exactly what happened in a movie. It doesn't even make sense that they wouldn't have enchantments to keep the dragon in. Continued below
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      Editing … And in the third task, instead of the plethora of awesome challenges, we just get living hedges. Yay. The second task was my favorite in the movie, despite being my least favorite in the book, because it stuck the closest to the book. Also, the tone feels excessively dark throughout, almost like every scene is stuck in the graveyard at the end. It feels very unlikable and made the humor feel really awkward and out of place. The effects are clearly technically impressive, but in the first couple movies, they looked more practical and less like effects to me. I'm able to buy the visuals in Chamber of Secrets as real in a way I can't with this one. Finally, Dumbledore felt perfect to me in the first two movies. In Prisoner he felt too dumb and in this one he felt too stern. After this movie, it was a long time before I watched the next one. End nitpicky nerd rage. ^^
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