[HPFGU-Movie] couple thoughts

[Chris M. Dickson]

In message <47901B6155 at lincoln.treasurer.ohio-state.edu>, Rachel Bray 
<bray.262 at osu.edu> writes
>Well, I myself will be bummed not hearing Peeves cackle
>"ooh...ickle firsties."  But, oh well.

It must be more likely than not that the eventual DVD release will 
feature deleted scenes like this. (Mmm... can you say "director's cut"?) 
At least we have reports that the Peeves scenes were filmed, rather than 
the film script deviating from the book story. It's not clear whether 
the Norbert-up-the-tower scenes weren't filmed due to a deliberate 
storyline decision or whether they weren't filmed due to CGI cost 
considerations. I would hope it's the former - I have vague fears about 
(eg) Quidditch scenes being cut out of (or cut down within) future 
movies as a money-saving measure.

There seems to be logic and inspiration behind casting Rik Mayall as 
Peeves. Mayall fans may care to see "Drop Dead Fred" in which Rik plays 
a child's former imaginary friend come back to haunt her in later life, 
a role with some similarities to that of a poltergeist. The movie isn't 
a classic, but in some ways, it was ahead of its time - there are 
parallels to the gross-out comedies of the last few years.

Cheers!
Chris

PS Got to brag: my ticket to the Scottish Gala Charity Screening of the 
movie on November 6th arrived yesterday. *bounce*  *bounce* Drinks at 
6pm, movie starts at 8pm. JKR will be attending as she is patron of the 
MS Society Scotland, one of the two charities which the event is 
supporting.You don't just have my word that I'm not making this up - I 
got the ticket in an auction that was listed in The Leaky Cauldron and 
you can see my name listed as a winning bidder on 
<URL:http://www.qxl.com/cgi-bin/qxlhome.cgi/EN/QXL/PR/U1008986871/_20290685> 
. Will anyone else from this mailing list be at the same event?

-- 
Chris M. Dickson, Middlesbrough, England.      chris at dickson.demon.co.uk

My brush with greatness - November 6th: 122.6 hours and counting
( http://www.qxl.com/cgi-bin/qxlhome.cgi/EN/QXL/PR/U1008986871/_20290685 )