comments on comments on the film

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A few comments on your comments...still haven't seen the film, though

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> - Lily and James were just right IMHO, but the whole Lily's death 
> scene was just plain wrong. This is the only thing I can say off 
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> top of my head was totally screwed up by the film.

Maybe we're going at this thing all wrong. Maybe this IS the way it 
actually happened. Remember that we are all assuming a lot from what 
Harry hears. Lupin was very surprised when Harry said he heard 
James' voice. JKR did write that additional scene herself and she 
said it would throw people for a loop. I think we need to reconsider 
what Harry was hearing. He only ASSUMES that the voices he heard 
were his parents, remember.


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> - Am I the only person who pronounced Draco as Dra-co, not Dray-co 
> until today? It's definitely Dray-co in the film.

JKR pronounced it DRAY-co in interviews. She also didn't pronounce 
the final 't' in Voldemort. So it's definitely DRAY-co and VOL-de-
more.



> - Richard Harris was very wooden, 

I saw Richard Harris in Camelot about twenty years ago. I thought he 
was boring. I suspected from his delivery that he might even have 
been slightly drunk. Judging by everything else I've seen of his, 
that's actually his usual style. I wouldn't have chosen him for 
Dumbledore. Also, having seen a number of interviews with him, I 
don't think he has a very high regard for the movie or the part. He 
literally did it because his granddaughter wanted him to, not 
because HE had any passion for it.

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> - Alan Rickman! *swoons* Even if I didn't already love chemistry, 
his 
> speech would have easily inspired me to sign up for potions.

Notice the way he moves his hands when he's saying the "Our new 
celebrity" line. The body language is brilliant. I have a tape of 
them filming a scene in the corridor where he tells the trio to go 
outside or "someone will think you're..." <<delicious pause>> "...UP 
to something..." which is just wonderful. There are a couple of 
takes on that tape and each one is slightly different and equally 
delightful.


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> - Quidditch playing McGonnagal? Hmmm. And I think I spotted the 
> initials R.J.L. on the plaque next to hers. Could this be who i 
think 
> it is?

Whoa, what's this? Tell me about the other plaques? There's one with 
McGonagall on it? And which house was the RJL plaque for? 

Steve