Remember that time Malfoy called Hermione a “Mudblood” and the Weasley family stood up for her. And she actually had no idea what it meant because she wasn’t from a wizard family?
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Once again taking Ron’s lines.
The movie made no sense here. Even if Hermione knew the meaning of the insult, she would still not feel the emotional harm it intends to do considering she hadn’t really lived in the wizarding world enough to understand the same beyond a theoretical level.
Also, the fact that Ron was pissed enough to explain all of this while in the middle of something as unpleasant and physically taxing as vomiting slugs, shows how bad the slur was and how protective he had grown of his friend (note that only the previous year he was questioning why anyone would want to be friends with her).
By diluting this scene, they didn’t only not make sense, and belittle Ron to the comic side-kick, but you also never got to see how the Twins were protective of Hermione (the one person who would eventually be able to tell them off properly other than their Mum).
Also, as an audience we are in the same shoes as Harry and Hermione and it is the Twins’, Ron’s and Alicia’s reactions that let us know truly how degrading and demeaning the insult was. The movie just makes it seem like he called her “silly” till Ron alone tries standing up for her, until Hagrid’s hut.
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