Gazing Into The Crystal Ball

[Joywitch M. Curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> I'm wondering what things we learned from the movie that might 
> reflect what will happen in OoP and beyond.
> 
> The thing that struck me as receiving emphasis out of proportion to 
> what was in the book was Filch and Mrs. Norris, particularly Mrs. 
> Norris.  It was a striking looking cat, wasn't it?  Anyway, people 
> have speculated on the main list that Mrs. Norris is more than a 
cat 
> and will be important in future books, and this looks more likely 
now.
> 
> As many people have said, the Hagrid/Norbert movie scene seemed 
> unnecessary.  That must be in there for a reason, so I suppose 
we'll 
> meet up with Norbert again soon.  I wonder if Hagrid is going to 
die 
> in OoP, perhaps at the hands (or jaws, I suppose) of Norbert.

Well, maybe.  Or it could just be that Columbus and crew wanted to 
wow us with their cool special effects.  The way the cat was done was 
very spooky, and Norbert was sensational.  Also, leaving half of the 
Norbert subplot in the movie could have been a compromise measure -- 
maybe Columbus' daughter cried when he told her he had to take 
Norbert out.
 
> Someone already mentioned this, but Susan Bones was one of the few 
> students to be sorted.  Her parents were killed by Voldemort, so 
she 
> must be a Big Deal.
> 
Actually, Susan Bones' grandparents, not parents were killed by 
Voldemort.  (This sub-message brought to you by the League of 
Obsessive Nitpickers.)

> People have speculated that Neville's toad is important, and the 
> movie seems to confirm this.  We see the toad twice, but it plays 
no 
> role in the movie plot.  Maybe there's something there?
> 
If that stupid toad turns out to be yet another unregistered animagus 
I, for one, will be very irritated.

--Joywitch