You know, today I've had a conversation with my godmother(who's the reason I'm such a huge HP fan in first place cause she and my parents bought me first two books for my 9th birthday), and while she doesn't hate the idea of the show, she can't imagine any of the adult characters with different actors, she actually likes the movies(alongside the books), and I've thought about how attached some folks are to the actors from the movies...but me personally–and I've talked about it– I have zero attachment to any part of the movies, sure I like the adult actors, but their characters may as well be named differently cause of how different they are to their books' counterparts–just as much as all kids characters really. Honestly, even as a kid, I stopped caring about the movies–beyond what they're gonna adapt–past 4th one, or rather starting with it, and my attachment was less and less, despite how I was introduced to the series via the first two movies as each came out.
As you mention them, the movies cut characters and arcs that the movies–that have no excuse of being cut. Sure, there's only so much they can fit, but given how they cut stuff and replaced them with plot holes, the excuse of not having enough time doesn't sit with me. Ignoring the 2nd oldest Weasley kid, and Percy's arc was something that had no reason to be cut, absolutely none.
I'm looking forward to all that just as much as you.
And besides, the books came first, and the movies were an adaptation, much like this is. People treat it as a remake, but it's not. It's an adaptation much like all MCU and DC movies are to all the superhero comics.
(She'd talked about a movie from our country and how it'd if they made another version of it with different actors and how it wouldn't be the same, but like, that wasn't an adaptation; this is, and another thing is not every fan even watched the HP movies, so to them Gambon, Maggie, Rickman, Robbie, etc aren't Dumbledore, Minerva, Snape, Hagrid, etc, they don't imagine them as they're reading the books over and over again. Hell, I don't do that, and I grew up with the movies, but none of those actors are portraying the characters from the books; they're so far removed from the canon that they may as well be someone's OCs in their fanfic. All the mentioned actors–may they all rest in peace–were fantastic actors, and were the bright spots of the movies, but I have no attachment to any of them.)
There was no need to cut so many characters and their arcs, especially those that impacted the plot and other character's arcs–like Percy and his arc–in favour of original plot points(that as I've said ended up being plot holes).
(Sorry this kinda got away from me lol)
Also, getting upset at seeing edits with new actors is just so silly, and I wouldn't get it even if I liked the movies and the characters as they were portrayed by the actors.
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