Sylveria said:
(I base the following statements purely on the movie portrayal)
Too bad to. Ron was a character who kinda deserved to die. He spent the last half of the series being jealous and spiteful and many of the times he did a "good" thing it seemed really out of character because of that.
He honestly seemed like he'd be the type to get tempted by Hitler.. er.. I mean Voldemort, do a heel turn then get killed by someone who used to be his friend and, come the end of the series, I was rather surprised he didn't.
See, here's the thing, the films went out of their way to cut the bad bits or ramp up the good personality aspects of Harry, Hermione, and Dumbledore. Harry spends a pretty significant chunk of the last three books screaming and being self-righteous, which is nowhere to be seen in the films. Most of Hermione's annoying traits are non-existent in the films and she was given important character-shaping lines of others (like Ron.) And Dumbledore? Well, his shady actions were not driven home the way that they really should've been. The way the films portray things, you'd think the only people who got really close to Harry were Hermione and Dumbledore and that's not the case.
The films didn't accurately or fully portray most of the characters and show their significance. Ron is the biggest victim of them all. With the exceptions of the films for Stone and Hallows, most of his hero moments were cut; important lines of his were either cut or given to Hermione; and most critically, the context or reasons behind his sometimes dick-ish behavior weren't shown, like in HBP. The film made it look like he was spiting Hermione for no apparent reason. Meanwhile, in the book, you see him spending a portion of the beginning desperately trying to get her attention, while she ignores him and boosts up Harry ego when it comes to girls. So when Lavender came along (as annoying as she was), she was actually paying attention to him, and can anyone really blame a 16 year old for attaching himself to someone who showed interest and acted on it? It was a jerk thing to do to Hermione, obviously, but it wasn't without reason.
TL;DR: Bottomline, the film-makers made a series without realizing or acknowledging that the most interesting part of the Harry Potter series ISN'T Harry Potter. As a result, many characters didn't get their moment or proper backstory/context. And I firmly believe, it was Ron's character that suffered the most as a result. He was the heart of the Trio and it's a shame that many who've only seen the films don't get to see why.
