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The "Harry Potter" movies lost the whole point of Hermione's character after the third film.
Everyone praises Emma Watson but the movies turned her into this perfect, always-right hero while the books had her being flawed and learning from mistakes like when she was totally wrong about the Deathly Hallows symbol, so why do fans keep pretending the movie version is better?
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cole_hall27d ago
Well, that's a fair point actually. I didn't remember that detail quite right from the movies, so you're probably correct about the symbol part still being there. But I think you hit on the bigger issue there with the S.P.E.W. stuff. That's where her real flaws were - being so sure she's right that she can't see why other people don't care about her cause. In real life, I've noticed this same pattern everywhere. People remember someone as being perfect or always right just because they're smart and confident, but they forget that confidence can also mean being stubborn and wrong sometimes. The movies took that nuance away and made her bluntness look like wisdom instead of being socially clueless. It's like how in my own life, I've seen people promoted who are just good at sounding certain, while the ones who admit when they're wrong get overlooked. Same thing happening with Hermione on screen.
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jenny_sullivan9727d ago
You said the movies made Hermione "totally wrong about the Deathly Hallows symbol" but actually that part is in the films too. She dismisses the symbol in the third movie when Xenophilius Lovegood wears it at the wedding, and then in the seventh film she's the one who figures out it's the Deathly Hallows from reading "The Tales of Beedle the Bard." I always thought they kept that flaw pretty intact, honestly. The bigger change for me is how they cut out her S.P.E.W. stuff and her moments of being socially clueless, which made her feel more like a real person than a walking encyclopedia. The movies definitely made her more flawless overall, but that specific example about the symbol doesn't hold up.
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