James--Biggerstaff as Wood/Flight Scene

[LJLBub at aol.com]

> When I saw the movie, having the screenwriter add something to the 
> book made it more exciting and refreshing for me.

Note:  This is a reply to a very old post, so excuse the delayed 
reaction.  I just joined the group and am reading the old posts so 
I'm not redundant in my discussions.

I thought that some of the most interesting things to watch (and ones 
that got big laughs from the audience) were the additions.  Take the 
wonderfully swoonworthy Sean Biggerstaff line of his first Quidditch 
match, or the water and rum line with Seamus.  Another nice touch was 
the catchphrase of Hagrid's (I shouldn't have told ya that)... people 
actually started quoting along with it towards the end of the movie. 

However, I did not welcome many of the changes.  Some things did not 
fit into my view of PS/SS- I think I needed to believe these things 
could actually happen in the books to really accept them.  Additional 
lines could have actually happened in the books and were just not 
mentioned (hope that made sense because its about as coherant as I 
can get at the moment).  Some things, like Dudley's jumping on the 
stairs, helped a bit with the characterization of minor parts for 
people who hadn't read the books.  Any thoughts?