Hello, fellow Potterheads!
Today I am going to talk about Ginny, both in the books and in the movies.
As I'm sure you have realized by now, I am fully convinced that the book characters and the movie characters are completely different. I love Harry in the books, but hate him in the movies, while I hate Draco in the books, but absolutely adore him in the movies. And that isn't me being rude to either the directors of the movie, or to JK Rowling for writing the books. It's just me interpreting the plotline as I see it.
So when it comes to Ginny, I love her in the books. She seems like such a strong character, and such an amazing witch! She was one of the most powerful witches of her time, right up there with Hermione. She just seemed like she was a really chill girl, and her romance with Harry was amazing to read about.
But in the movies, all of that Ginny magic seemed to fall extremely flat. It was dull. It was boring. It is the part of the movie that I would most likely sleep through. There was so much potential in Ginny for a book to movie interpretation, but it wasn't shown, and I honestly do believe that it is partially because of how romanticized Cho and Harry were, and I think that it was partially because of how the directors wanted the films to be.
In the movies, Cho and Harry were so romanticized, it was almost ridiculous, while Ginny and Harry kind of appeared out of the blue. If someone hadn't read the books and just saw the movies, they would have probably seen Ginny and Harry as a complete shock. He doesn't end up with Cho? Or maybe Hermione? Nope, all of a sudden, Ginny is Harry's everything. It's like the directors completely swapped Harry and Cho's awkward relationship and made the awkward relationship happen with Harry and Ginny instead. Then made the most intimate relationship between Harry and Cho, when it was completely supposed to happen with Harry and Ginny. It is completely backwards.
I'll probably talk more about Ginny in my next post, because I have a lot of mixed feeling about her. Until next time, Potterheads!
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