flying faceoff, Hermione's hair, Grint's Ron, Snape, Tom Baker

[Elizabeth Dalton]

> Also, what kind of a flying teacher has people line up *facing* each 
> other for a flying lesson? Hooch's order, which Neville preempted, 
> was to rise up and move forward a bit, then come down again. Wouldn't 
> they have crashed into each other? Very funny, but poor training.
> 

I wondered about this too, while I was watching. I was surprised no one else 
mentioned it up to this point. I remember thinking, "good thing this lesson 
didn't go any farther!" Maybe Madam Hooch was going to have one line take off, 
then the other? That still doesn't make much sense....

Probably the reason I was so dissatisfied with Hermione's hair is that I had 
exactly the hair Rowling described, as an adolescent. Very frizzy, not crimped, 
not just messy. And since it's a plot element in GoF, I rather wanted to see 
them do a better job with it. But then again, they probably won't have time for 
that level of detail in GoF, even if they do make two movies. (Is there any 
substance to that rumor that someone could post, like an interview pointer?)

OTOH, I never had a strong mental image of Ron before seeing the movie. Rupert 
Grint *is* Ron, as far as I'm concerned. :)

I've been amused to read the debate about whether Snape is attractive because of 
Rickman, or what. In the first book, I thought Snape was interesting, and I had 
a lot of respect for Rowling *not* making him the villain. He was so *obvious*-- 
but it wasn't him after all. That was a nice touch for a "kid's" book. It's 
really in the later books that he becomes fascinating. (I wouldn't go so far as 
to say "attractive" or "sexy" or whatever-- just very intriguing.) When I heard 
Rickman had the part, I thought he'd do a good job, and I still think he did. I 
liked the extra "nice" bits that Rickman/Kloves put in, though I think they 
should have left in more of his nastiness. But this en masse swooning is kind of 
baffling to me....

Does anyone else think Tom Baker (of Dr. Who fame) would have made a good 
Dumbledore? (Does he even act anymore?) He plays a good omniscient loonie. (In 
my own "fantasy casting," I've always had him pegged for Antryg Windrose, in 
Barbara Hambly's *The Silent Tower.*)

Well I'm out of room in the subject line, so I guess that's it for now.

Elizabeth

(Hm. Twice now I've posted here, and my posts have been copied in full by at 
least one person who responded. Let's see if it happens again.... could this be 
a new curse?)