So that's why Jo doesn't mind that Hermione gets many of Ron's most important lines in the films ("If you want to kill Harry, you'll have to kill us too." - RON WEASLEY, PoA; "We're with you whatever happens." - Ron Weasley, HBP...and yet, he doesn't say a word in that final scene in the film)....even when Ron is the one who says them in the books and would know some things over Hermione because he is a wizard and lived in the world his entire life, way before Hermione knew of it...("Mudblood" conversation from CoS)
But I digress...
I'm glad they get along so well. I think that also helps explain why some of the things happen or don't happen or are changed in the films; if she does consider him a kindred spirit, someone who gets the books, then she trusts him with the films. She's a more forgiving soul than I...
I still respect the heck out of Kloves; his job isn't an easy one. But what he did to Ron, particularly in the third and fourth movies, still irritates me. But DH Part 1 was brilliant. Hope the last does it justice.
Shannon