Overall a pleasantly enjoyable adaptation of the book. A lot of material had to be cut in order to make the movie a tolerable length (most of the Rita Skeeter plot disappeared, and Percy Weasley is completely absent). But, my first reaction was just a sort of amusement at how people imagine things differently. For instance, the “pensieve” (the container that holds Dumbledore’s thoughts) that I imagine is more of a space than a physical object. And somehow Dumbledore should be a bit softer around the edges.
How can the Pensieve be a “space” versus a physical object? In book 6, Dumbledore takes the Pensieve out and places it on his desk — or its already placed there by the time Harry arrives….so it has to be something physical. But the whole bird fountain looking type Pensieve from the movie, I agree, is much different than anything I imagined…
I just imagine the pensieve as several prongs sticking up which suggest a bowl shape but which don’t actually provide a physical container. So, what I imagine is movable. But it is like you said, Dumbledore places it on his desk in the books, so it has to be much smaller.