Ron

[rach_sparra2001]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "ftah3" <ftah3 at y...> wrote:
> Dawn wrote:
> > Speaking of Ron.  I loved him so much in the movie.  But it 
> bothered 
> > me a little that he came off as a total sidekick.  I didn't like 
> that 
> > b'c when someone is a sidekick, they're not really their own 
> person.  
> > I never got the impression that Ron was a sidekick from reading 
the 
> > books.  Did any of you?
> 
> Well, I did, except that in the books he was quite a more fleshed-
out 
> sidekick.  Harry is always the hero; while Ron, and Hermione for 
that 
> matter, do heroic things, still Harry is the hero of the story ~ 
> i.e., in the end he has to conquer the bad guy(s) alone.
> 
> On the other hand, I do see what you mean, because in the movie, so 
> many of his wonderful lines, actions and reactions had to be cut, 
> that he necessarily remained "Ron, Harry's friend and sidekick," 
> instead of being able to fill out into "Ron, witty interesting kid 
> who is friends with Harry and is under it all a sidekick."  Er.  So 
> to speak.  I'm looking forward to future films to watch characters 
> like Ron and Hermione flesh out!
> 
> Mahoney

I agree with both of you - Ron's character should have been given 
much more of a chance to develop, but then so should many of the 
characters in the film. For example, I was quite disappointed with 
Fred and George in the film - in the book they are so funny but we 
hardly got to see any of that. Obviously, time is the main 
restriction here, and it would be almost impossible to tackle that 
problem. However, I am hoping that in future films, especially when 
we visit the Weasley's house in the second year, we will see all the 
Weasley characters acheiving more significance in the storyline! 
After all, in many of the scenarios, without Ron and Hermione, Harry 
would be completely stuck. I think that that alone moves them up 
from 'sidekick status'! ;o)

Rach / Sparra ('v')