One sentence sums up why Harry Potter's Ron Weasley is a billion times better in the books

One sentence sums up why Harry Potter's Ron Weasley is a billion times better in the books

Fans of Harry Potter are no strangers to the books v films debate, but there is one thing almost everybody agrees on: Ronald Weasley fared so much better in the BOOKS COMPARED to the movies.

Case in point, this post on Reddit manages to sum the whole argument up with a single line of dialogue, taken from a scene in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban.

Does this one sentence sum up everything that's wrong with movie Ron?

Difference between book Ron and movie Ron summed up in one sentence

Book

“That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger,” said Snape coolly. “Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all.”

Hermione went very red, put down her hand, and stared at the floor with her eyes full of tears. It was a mark of how much the class loathed Snape that they were all glaring at him, because every one of them had called Hermione a know-it-all at least once, and Ron, who told Hermione she was a know-it-all at least twice a week, said loudly, “You asked us a question and she knows the answer! Why ask if you don’t want to be told?”

and now the same scene in the movie

Professor Snape: That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger. Tell me, are you incapable of restraining yourself, or do you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all?

Ron: He's got a point, you know.

This post inspired a host of replies adding to the theory that Ron's character is very different on the big screen compared to the page. Like the scene in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone when Harry, Ron and Hermione struggle with Devil's Snare: in the film, he is a quivering mess; in the books, he's the one to remind Hermione that she could use her magic to conjure fire.

Fans also pointed out that some of Ron's best lines and key scenes were given to other characters. For instance, in Chamber of Secrets it's Ron, not Hermione, who explains the concept of a Mudblood.

We don’t know about you, but we certainly feel as though it’s a case of mischief managed.

And don’t worry Rupert Grint. We still love you

  

Source - Radiotimes