Did anyone ever really wonder where they went

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Permalink Reply by Steven on December 29, 2008 at 4:24pm

You see nick in book 5 when Harry asks him where dead people go and the gray lady is a big chracter in book 7

Permalink Reply by Ivy Black on December 29, 2008 at 4:41pm

oh, i know that, sorry, i ment the movies

Permalink Reply by Katie Aleman on December 29, 2008 at 8:40pm

I think that with how much more starts happening in the books after book 2, they decided that the ghosts weren't important enough to include in the movies.

Permalink Reply by Ivy Black on December 29, 2008 at 10:34pm

yeah, i figured, but it's still so sad :(

they should atleast have them in the background if nothing else

Permalink Reply by Amy M. on December 29, 2008 at 11:35pm

I'm not sure how the ghosts are done, but visual effects can really raise the price of the movie. Because they're not crucial to the plot and the movies haven't been as true to the books since the first two films, they've probably been cut because the movies are expensive enough to produce -- think of the trio's salaries!
I wouldn't be surprised if the ghosts show up in the sixth film, just as a reminder -- because they are so important in the seventh book, and it's the last change for the filmmakers to do so before the end of DH.

Permalink Reply by Stephanie on December 30, 2008 at 10:25am

The ghosts are always present, but because they do not move the plot along, they are just not mentioned. In crowd scenes, not everyone presant is named. I think of the ghosts as silent observers. They also might have a favorite part of the castle, (Myrtle and her U-bend) which they spend time in doing whatever they want to occupy thier time.

Permalink Reply by Ivy Black on December 31, 2008 at 2:57pm

it's sad that myrtle isn't in HBP, was looking forward to that, but yeah they can't mess up DH by not putting them in

Permalink Reply by Stephanie on January 5, 2009 at 5:22pm

Hopefully, we will see a little more of them. It is quite fun reading about the students interacting with ghosts because it is common place for them, but not so with us muggles.

Permalink Reply by Lynnie on February 5, 2009 at 9:44pm

Different directors just want different things, and the ones that don't feel them essential to the story just cut them to make the workload easier, though I have to say that I would like to see them again. ^^

Permalink Reply by Andrea on February 10, 2009 at 3:13am

Yeah. I REALLY hope that they don't exclude them from DH! Especially the Gray Lady because who she is (or her background) is somewhat important to that book.

Permalink Reply by Aliyah on June 5, 2009 at 11:49am

Maybe it's just expensive to add ghosts... IDK, they aren't that important except for Nick and the Grey Lady.

Permalink Reply by Finbar Gallagher on May 12, 2011 at 5:24am

Peaves is not a ghost, I loved the ghosts popping up everywhere!