Quote Originally Posted by Mordar View Post
Wasn't that from Prisoner forward, though? Thought the Columbus films were considered pretty straight ahead.

- M
The Columbus films were much more faithful (the most faithful in my opinion; I always liked the first two the most as a kid as a result), but even they indulged in Ron-bashing.

Somebody did a breakdown of the Devil's Snare scene in book 1 vs. movie 1. It's pretty stark when you look at the differences: in the book, Ron & Harry are trapped and Hermione has the knowledge and skills to save them, but is panicking and needs Ron, who is keeping his cool, to talk her through it ("Start a fire!" "But there's no wood!" "Are you a witch or not?!").

The movie almost entirely flips this scene on its head. It's Hermione who keeps her cool, and has to talk Ron through not panicking...which he fails to do, so she has to resort to plan B anyway.

Book Ron does a much better job of being the "practical" one to Book Hermione's "intellectual" role. Movie Ron, by comparison, gets all of his practicality and "everyday wizard knowledge" eaten by Movie Hermione, who often serves both roles.