Seeking Common Ground

[heathernmoore]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "ftah3" <ftah3 at y...> wrote:
> cindy wrote:
> > After seeing everyone's reactions to the film, I was wondering 
> > whether it is possible to reach consensus on anything.  
> 
> I agree with all of your list, except (and no doubt I'm in the 
> minority):
> 
> > 2.  Seamus' scenes should have gone to Neville.
> 
> I didn't mind this.  I was actually rather glad that Neville didn't 
> get all the blowing things up scenes, because I like Neville and I 
> don't think he's as much of a nincompoop as I fear that would have 
> made him out.  Meaning, if all he did was loose his frog and look 
> perplexed, *plus* blow everything up...with only the bit where he 
> stands up to the Trio to redeem him...he'd have seemed like just 
> comic relief to me.  I felt that spreading the awkwardness between he 
> and Seamus was in character for both of them (because Seamus *did* at 
> least light up that feather in the book), made them both marginally 
> more real (because there's never just *one* goofy kid in a class), 
> and gave Neville a chance to be a more rounded character within the 
> constraints of his screen time.
> 
> Other than that, thumbs up!  I'm very agreeable to your speculations 
> on common ground!
> 
> Mahoney 


 I loved Neville's unmitigated SHOCK at being praised and singled out during the Leaving Feast. He didn't beam out like Herm and Harry, nor go through a "who me?" phase like Ron; he looked as if this was completely out of his zone of experience. I got the impression that although he appreciated getting the points, he might not have quite enjoyed being made such a public spectacle.