Originally posted by mistystar
i think the whole harry-hermione thing is cause of the
movies...i dont know why, but after movie 2, they have focused less on
Ron, so you never really get to see his and Hermione's relationship
develop as in the book. Unless just one or two scenes where they might
feel awkward holding hands or something. But in the movies, they try
too much to develop an understanding between Harry and Hermione, which
i didnt find in the book.
I was pretty mad when they left out the whole fight between Ron and Hermione in movie...
Yeah, and that they cut out all of Ron's lines--like the
most famous one--'If you want to kill Harry, you'll have to kill us
too!'
And yeah, I agree that the Harry/Hermione thing is probably because of
the movies. In the books, there aren't so many 'moments' between the
two, and Harry certainly feels a little stifled by Hermione's mothering
attitude. And in GoF, he thinks something like how it was 'more fun'
being Ron's best friends than Hermione's. Harry has always been closer
to Ron than Hermione--he was Harry's first friend, and there'll always
be that 'us guys' thing between him and Ron, that Hermione just can't
penetrate, no matter how hard she tries.
Also, like you said, the development of Ron and Hermione's relationship
is JUST not shown in the movies! There was only that hand holding thing
in PoA (which was not there in the book!) so when GoF comes out, and
there's the Yule Brawl, some people are gonna be very confused!
The movies totally couldn't convey the tension between R and H.