What is Scenery-Chewing (with some SHIP stuff)

[Ebony]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at w...> wrote:
> "Shewing the scenery" is what used to be said of an actor who was 
> really hamming it up and being over-the-top nrealistically 
> overdramatic. There was a time (1800s IIRC) when audiences LOVED 
> that. Styles change. Maybe the phrase began as a reference to King 
> Lear's mad scene and the actor having such fun pretending to 
> be a loony that he tried to eat the (fake) shrubbery.


Oh, well, Emma certainly didn't do any of that!  I found her simply 
adorable from start to finish.  And for heavens' sake, she is 10.  As 
a former middle school drama teacher, I know from personal experience 
that Anna Paquins are hard to come by.  :-D

Like I said, the only problem I had with the child was something she 
can't help... her looks.  She is *far* too cute for Hermione, and as 
I've said, if they keep this cast until movie 4 I don't think the 
Yule Ball sequence will be necessary.  She doesn't have rabbit 
incisors, her hair is not extremely bushy, and I doubt very much that 
it'll take Ron 3 1/2 years to notice that she's "a girl".  So perhaps 
GoF will be less than two days long after all.

I think all of the kids were darling.  They are, after all, just 
kids.  I was pleasantly surprised by all of the performances.

And as far as the PS/SS section of my H/H manifesto goes, I feel 
vindicated... in the movie I saw *exactly* what I saw in the book, 
that Hermione has the beginnings of a crush on Harry in the first 
book.  Totally one-sided IMO, but then again, so is H/G.  

In response to the age comments--yes, they are indeed eleven.  But 
what's wrong with 11 year olds having crushes?  It's NORMAL!  I am 
more concerned with the idea that because Rowling confirmed there 
will be a bit of romance in the future, this means that the canon 
mains will go beyond innocent kisses.  Not so and totally OOC.

I also think that the way that Draco was portrayed shows he's 
something more than a one-dimensional evil junior Death Eater.  So 
yes, upon second viewing both Eb's Inner Shipper and Character 
Redeemer were happy.  HP as it ought to be.  ;-)

One more thing--get today's USA weekend magazine!  On the cover there 
is the most darling picture of Dan I've ever seen... and his hair is 
messy!  Why couldn't they do that for the movie, I wonder?

--Ebony AKA AngieJ