sailing the fingers of the dragon

OOTP is my favorite of the books, and a lot of that is because of my love for NEVILLE (!). I love Neville. I love how brave he becomes in the book, I love how much better and confident he gets in the D.A., and most of all, I love the scene where everyone sees him and his parents at St. Mungo's. I was pretty upset that they didn't put it in the film. Partly because I was hoping they'd have an excuse to put in potty Kenneth Branagh.

But I really didn't like what they did with the ending. Part of what I love about OOTP is that Harry does NOT reign triumphant and heroic at the end. It's horrible, he hasn't done much, he's lost Sirius and put his friends in danger because he was STUPID. For once he doesn't get lucky and save the day. I hate that I feel like they added that V-mort possession thing to make Harry seem like he's done something heroic and brave. He has to stop being brave and start to actually think and reason. But most of all, I hated that they didn't do that awesome half hour later convo with Dumbledore. Because frankly? The first time I read that line about not making Harry a prefect, I cried like my dog died. I really wanted to see it. Maybe it's better they dind't, though- Michael Gambon could've ruined it for me forever.