[HPFGU-Movie] Wasted time in a tight movie

[Tam Nesbit]

Well, I was hoping my first post here would be a cheery, agreeing sort
of post, but.... :)  

I was very glad to see they began the movie with that scene!  I remember
how I felt when I first read that first HP book.  And remember, there
are people who are seeing the movie who haven't read any of the books. 
I think, I hope!, it makes them feel the way I did when I first read
it.  An ordinary street in an ordinary neighbourhood.... then.... what's
this?!?!  The world of magic appears in the workaday muggle world... for
the reader... for the movie-goer...

Tam, who also liked the Hedwig scene, but I'm big on scenery and even
bigger on owls, so you can't go by me....

norsecode wrote:
> 1) Dumbledore using the Put-Outer in the opening sequence.  What an
> idiotic waste of time!  Even when I read the book I thought to
> myself, well that's something that could be deleted for the movie.
> And what bothers me furthermore, is the fact that even after he uses
> the stupid thing, there are still lights on in the street (on houses,
> granted, but light nonetheless)!  When I read the book, I totally got
> the impression that it got completely dark, and it was akin to
> stopping time.  But in the movie, it has no effect whatsoever.
> Grrr.  And to think of all the scenes that could have been added in
> place of that one!!
> 
> 2) And I know most of you will disagree: the scene where Harry takes
> Hedwig out to the courtyard and sets her loose.  I know, it's a nice
> scene, a pretty scene, and some even say that it shows Harry "letting
> go" after the Mirror of Erised scene, but really, nothing was
> established.  I suppose you can argue that we see Harry bonding with
> Hedwig, but we saw that in the night scene the first night at
> Hogwarts.  And granted, I like the bird's eye view of Hogwarts and
> all, but there are scene's I'd rather have seen.