Seeking Common Ground

[wanda02481]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Penny & Bryce <pennylin at s...> wrote:
> cindysphynx wrote:
> 
> > E.  Emma's chess match speech was clunky.
> 
> Nope; there can be no unanimity here.  I *liked* the speech in the 
book, 
> and I liked it even better in the Movie.  No clunkiness in my view. 
 :--D
> 
I agree, I thought it was one of the best Hermione moments in the 
movie. She seemed very natural there, not trying to impress anyone, 
just saying the truth.  And I think it's an important truth:  Harry IS 
a great wizard, and she's the first to acknowledge it.  Mr. Ollivander 
could foresee it, but Hermione is the first witness.  Not best in the 
class, not the smartest, not the most accomplished, but GREAT, a 
person with a destiny to change the world.  Hermione is the best 
person to realize it, because she has all the other abilities, and she 
knows that it will take you far, but greatness is a completely 
different thing.  I think by the end of the series, we'll all know 
what the nature of Harry's greatness is.

Wanda