Special Effects Challenges

[Joanne0012 at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Megan" <virtualworldofhp at y...> wrote:

> > mandrakes? (though I would bet money these are cute)...
> 
> Sorry, that's supposed to be CUT.  

They are essential for curing the people frozen by the basilisk, so can't be cut 
out entirely.  And as wriggling baby plants, will probably be cute as well, LOL.

.Do you think they use the amout of
> CGI effects required to determine whether a piece/scene gets cut
> (Peeves?)?  

But Peeves was apparently flimed and THEN cut because Columbus didn't like 
the way the scene turned out.

I really do wonder what they are going to do
> about Dobby. (I really see him as getting cut, I really do...after
> some of the wacky cuttings of PS/SS I wouldn't be surprised!)

Yikes, Dobby is so crucial, in book 2 and later, it's hard to see how they'd get 
along without him.  Though personally I wouldn't mind, I find him annoying.  
Anyway, apparently (according to the Leaky Cauldron site) Warner is in 
negotiations for casting someone to do his voice, so he'll apparently be CGI.