It makes me sad to watch Ron in the films. They never gave him the spotlight that the books did. I'm not sure Rupert could've pulled it off, but they push Ron to the side as a character that's very vague and only provides very blunt, dumb ideas--in the films. It's obviously because of Kloves' obsession with Hermione, but I did appreciate Ron's few scenes in both films where Rupert got to shine too.
Never found Ron funny or remotely interesting in the books save for a few occasions, I like the character but not enough to where I'm upset that he didn't get as much spotlight in the movies.
Never found Ron funny or remotely interesting in the books save for a few occasions, I like the character but not enough to where I'm upset that he didn't get as much spotlight in the movies.
Same. Rupert's a fine actor and I do like Ron, but I always love that section of DH where it's just Harry and Hermione alone after Ron leaves.
Like, I'll agree that there is some some underuse of Ron/overuse of Hermione, but I find things like "Ron's character and Ron's friendship with Harry are absolutely destroyed in the movies" over the top.
In the novels, Ron is totally the most human. He's very funny, sometimes arrogant, sometimes super stubborn. He's the most relatable by a mile. I like all the characters and think they are developed superbly, especially by Hallows, but Ron is the most relatable imo.
In the novels, Ron is totally the most human. He's very funny, sometimes arrogant, sometimes super stubborn. He's the most relatable by a mile. I like all the characters and think they are developed superbly, especially by Hallows, but Ron is the most relatable imo.
In the novels, Ron is totally the most human. He's very funny, sometimes arrogant, sometimes super stubborn. He's the most relatable by a mile. I like all the characters and think they are developed superbly, especially by Hallows, but Ron is the most relatable imo.
Out of the main three, he is the only one that i could have ever seen dying. Kloves went overboard with it, but Ron was always the clown of the trio. The sideshow.
I like Hermione but I do totally see what Braveheart is getting at. Her loyalty may have allowed her to stay with Harry past Ron's leaving, but inside she should've definitely had serious feelings about the food issue. It isn't that big of a deal but it's kind of a character flaw. And if Hermione is based on Rowling than maybe she wasn't able to face her own problems. Who knows.
I like Hermione but I do totally see what Braveheart is getting at. Her loyalty may have allowed her to stay with Harry past Ron's leaving, but inside she should've definitely had serious feelings about the food issue. It isn't that big of a deal but it's kind of a character flaw. And if Hermione is based on Rowling than maybe she wasn't able to face her own problems. Who knows.
I think that's what I'm trying to get at. Harry and Ron's flaws, even secondary characters' flaws, were often more emphasised than Hermione's. After PS we got almost no time at all to explore Hermione's humanity. Sure there were brief references to her flaws here and there, but we never saw them in the depth that we saw Ron and Harry's - even Dumbledore and Snape had more attention given to their flaws in the end. I guess that is probably just one of Rowling's problems, because in basing Hermione so much on herself she made it incredibly difficult to address Hermione's weaknesses without addressing her own.
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Lord Stafford.