My second viewing

[Angela Boyko]

Like so many others, I enjoyed my second viewing more than the first. The 
first section is still too choppy, but by the middle of the movie, I had 
stopped comparing it to the book.

Here are my nitpicks and observations: (and correct me if I'm wrong)

It's never said that owning a dragon is illegal. So the full weight of 
hagrid keepign Norbert is lost. Certainly, having such a little firebug 
around is dangerous and comical, but it's never explained how awful it was 
to have Draco witness it.

I think Hermione treated Ron with disdain at their first meeting because he 
spoke with a mouth full of food, and he had that dirty nose.

The Hogwarts Express should have had more cars. Just because it would look 
grander. :-)

When Professor McGonagall greets the first years, she never introduces 
herself. She doesn't in the book either, but Hagrid does address her by name 
when he brings the first years to her.

Those were definitely Blues Clues pyjamas that baby Harry was wearing. I saw 
Blue embroidered on the shoulder.

James Potter didn't look as old as I reemmbered the first time - but he 
doesn't look quite right. Too conservative - the Dursleys wouldn't have 
hated him on sight.

When Dumbledore was leading up to awarding Neville's points, McGonagall had 
a secret smile - makes me think that she pointed out Nevile's actions to 
Albus and thereby had soemthing to do with him getting the points. It makes 
me happy to think that she was looking out for him.

About Harry and Quirrell - to me, it looked like Harry was trying to block 
Quirrell from reaching the stone. It appeared that Harry stepped in front of 
Quirrell while he was heading for the stone, and put his hands on his face 
to try and block Quirrell.

I noticed in the Leaky Cauldron that Harry put out his hand to shake 
Quirrell's while they were being introduced - and Quirrell definitely 
avoided shaking Harry's hand.

Angela

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