JKR addition--Neville's toad--Harrydore?--Caliburn!--Vauxhaulls on PD

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Indyfans at a... wrote:
> We saw the movie last night, and I realized as we left that I
> didn't catch the little part that JKR had written especially for
> the film, supposedly shedding a little light on Harry's past.  Did
> any of you far-more-astute observers catch it?

I assume this is simply the scene where Hagrid describes the fateful 
events at Godric's Hollow to Harry.

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> 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?

Not necessarily (though it's certainly possible).  The inclusion of 
the toad seemed to serve two purposes in the film: First, mention of 
the toad is a convenient device to introduce Hermione on the train, 
just like in the book.  Second, in the scene with McGonagall, this 
was clearly intended to establish Neville's seeming cowardice (I 
would not say it is entirely successful in this attempt, but that 
does appear to be the purpose).

The toad's second appearance (on the chair where Neville is sitting) 
simply foreshadows (for a whopping fraction of a second) the eventual 
revelation that Neville is sitting in the chair.

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "David" <davisaacs at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Joywitch" <joym999 at a...> wrote:
> > In the hospital scene towards the end of the movie there are a few
> > closeups of Dumbledore as he's talking to Harry, and it looks to 
> > me like Dumbledore has a very faint scar on his forehead that
> > looks like a lightening bolt.
>
> On the back of the English edition of PoS, there's a picture of 
> Dumbledore, and he does have something odd on his forhead, where 
> Harry's scar is, although it's quite blurred.
> 
> You know, it seems like a stupid suggestion, but maybe Dumbledore 
> *is* Harry. Maybe he travelled back in time when he was an old man 
> so he could meet his parents, but then got trapped or something?

Well, further speculation on this in general (as in not regarding the 
movie evidence specifically) should probably go to the main list, but 
if this theory is true than Dumbledore must be wearing colored (or 
magic!) contacts . . . as his eyes are blue in canon.

Also, someone mentioned the London Underground map scar: this scar is 
above Dumbledore's left knee, assuming Dumbledore is serious.

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., frantyck at y... wrote:
> Luke, who wields Caliburn against my use of episodicity:

I am so temporarily enamored by Rrishi's understanding my Yahoo! ID 
without being told that I am quite willing to forgive his implication 
that I am being over-literal.  ;-)

Seriously though, I was mostly being semantic, but I am still not 
100% convinced that a T.V. series would work better.  Really, I don't 
think there is anything wrong with the medium they chose--it's the 
execution, and the fact that they didn't fully avail themselves of 
all of that medium's particular advantages.  But anyway, I reiterate 
that I *DO* like the film and think they did the best they were 
capable of, and that the task of adapting PS/SS in particular is more 
difficult than any of the other HP books, so the sequels are less 
likely to suffer from the same "focus" problems.

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., nlpnt at y... wrote:
>  -Privet Drive must be home to an extremely persuasive Vauxhall 
> salesman. Everyone has the exact same GM-ish looking sedan when
> Baby Harry's dropped off. Ten years later, everyone has *new*
> matching wagons- Vauxhall Vectras, I think- in both cases the only
> variation is color!

I assume this is intentional--done to emphasize the conformist nature 
of the suburbs, and the Dursleys in particular, to whom individuality 
and "standing out" is anathema.  Very nicely done, I think.

-Luke