My Review (Quite long)

[Barb]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Penny & Bryce <pennylin at s...> wrote:
  
> EMMA -- Sorry, Barb, but I have to disagree strongly.  I liked 
> her.  We have to remember that PS/SS Hermione is bossy & a know-it-
> all.  She's supposed to be grating.  

It's not that she's grating so much as chewing the scenery.  She has 
no subtlety.  It seems as though she's trying too hard to convince 
us that she's Hermione.  The boys are really living in Ron's and 
Harry's skins; she's playing make-believe and mouthing words.  I've 
seen scads of young actresses do far better jobs.  (Just watch "The 
Piano" again--I'm so sad that Anna Paquin is too old for the role of 
Hermione now!)

> SHIPPY STUFF -- Just briefly (really!) ... my inner H/H shipper 
> (to borrow Cassie's phrase) is quite pleased.  Quite, quite 
> pleased.  Yes. Hug or no hug ...there was some nice interaction 
> over Ron's inert body in the chess aftermath.  *grins at Cassie*

I snipped a bunch of your comments about H/H because they frankly 
baffled me.  I only noticed one fairly clear H/H moment, which I'll 
get to.  The chess scene struck me as inarguably R/H, especially 
since Hermione's first impulse was to run to Ron as soon as he fell. 
In a way, the book was far more H/H in that the two of them left Ron 
and continued on after that (since she was needed to solve the 
potions problem).  Her speech to Harry about being a great wizard 
made my teeth hurt, it was so bad.

> Yes Barb -- I too noticed the very strange re-alignment of seats 
> at the Welcome Feast.   Why would Harry move?  Especially in 
> between Percy & Hermione?  Esp. since in canon Hermione is talking 
> to Percy during that meal.  I do note, however, that they did seem 
> to seat Harry next to Hermione & on that side of the table for all 
> scenes in the Great Hall (anything H/H there?).  :--)

Doubtful.  I think it was just a continuity problem.

> The Troll was okay.  I love the "sheer dumb luck" line by 
> McGonagall. You will all be pleased that I will refrain from 
> noting what my inner H/H shipper observed in this scene.

The beginning of the scene was where I did see the one clear 
possible (note the word POSSIBLE) H/H moment: Upon realizing that 
Hermione didn't know about the troll, it was Harry who was concerned 
about her safety.  But I doubt he would have reacted differently if 
it were some other student.  He's just being Hero Harry here, more 
concerned about others than himself.  It just happens to be Hermione 
who's in peril.  And remember, it's actually Ron who saves her (and 
Harry) by levitating the troll's club using the charm that Hermione 
was coaching him on (he was sitting next to her in Charms, too, or 
is did that escape your notice, Penny?).

> Okay, here goes my inner H/H shipper again. 
> Anyone else notice that Hermione says "Trust me," and Harry 
> immediately falls through to safety whereas Ron gets even more 
> entangled?  ::wicked laughter:::

I think this is just indicative of Harry's personality again.  He's 
very much my mind-over-matter Harry in the movie. <g>
 
> Pre-dinner scene between the Trio: heh, heh, heh.  That is *all* 
> my inner H/H shipper will say on this score.  :::sweet smile:::
 
Now you've really lost me.  Did you not notice that Ron and Hermione 
were hanging out alone together?  Hmm?  I thought this scene was 
unnecessary anyway, but maybe that's just me.

Oddly enough, although I perceived far more R/H moments than H/H, I 
have to say that the R/H ship that this film really put in my mind 
was Ron/Harry, not Ron/Hermione.  The two boys had such a wonderful 
rapport and a clear, deep bond that it oddly made me think that 
Ron/Harry slash fics are probably much more spot on than 
Draco/Harry.  (And I read a bunch of those.)

Probably a strange reaction, I know, but perhaps it was due to the 
fact that Emma turned in the weakest performance of the three and 
that I liked both Rupert and Dan so much.  Did anyone else notice 
how tight they already were on Christmas morning?  Okay, I'll stop 
now...

--Barb
(who is still probably not going to start writing a Ron/Harry slash 
fic...)