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Yes, Wendy, I undestand that the movies make more sense if you've read the books. But it remains my point that a movie that can only be appreciated by having read the source materials is not a good movie. As I said before, I'm guessing you have opinions of hundreds of movies that are based on books you haven't read. It isn't "weird" at all. It is the norm.
If Voldemort is essentially a Bond villain then I will attempt to recalibrate my expectations for him (though I will point out that the last 15 Bond movies haven't been very good simply because they have embraced formula to the point of acheiving irrelevancy). Like I said, I was so thoroughly bored that it gave me plenty of extra mental computation time for picking nits. If the movie had been engaging I wouldn't care so much. Stupidity and sloppiness that entertains is much more easy to ignore (thus, I like Red Dawn despite its many flaws) than stupidity and sloppiness that bores.
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