You're joshin'yeah?? The brillance of Peeves!!!! He's gotta be up there for my fav. character. The neglect of Peeves is one of the reasons why I don't like the movies much. I mean, you've got to see the movies because... well it's Harry... but the reduction of the GLORY to glo; instead of CHARACTER we get char, instead of rich TAPESTRY we get trappings (couldn't make this last one as clever as the others- but you get the idea?!).

Characters get cameos until they're called up to perform some role in future episodes (Neville for eg.) or because we love 'em so (Gred and Forge for eg.), they're not given the true respect they deserve. Quick eg's: Neville being with the trio when they discovered Fluffy (Philosopher's Stone) and Crookshanks protecting Sirius when Harry was trying to kill/hurt him in PoA were great scenes in the books but don't feature at all in the movies. Very disappointed I gotta say.

I agree. The lack of info. about Ravenclaw and HUfflepuff in-even!- the books is awful. Downright House-ist if you ask me! I'd like to blame the editors if that's alright? I say: forget the page numbers and shipping costs, forget packaging and handling, forget all the OH&S issues associated with a 2000+ page book, I want to know everything; every JKR thought, note, character and every inch of Hogwarts AND the complete genaelogy of EVERYONE who has ever set foot in the place!!!!!!!!!!!! * deep breath and look around embarassed that I have ranted so*. Please ?