Quirrel flying, James vs. Dursleys, Quirrel's handshake, Dormath

[Elizabeth Dalton]

> Lexicon Steve wrote:
> It states quite clearly in QA that there isn't a spell to make 
> someone fly. But Quirrel flies

and later:
> Clearly that was a bit of dramatic license on the part of the 
> filmmakers, yet another indication that the film cannot be 
> considered canon.

QA says there's a levitation spell, it's just not good for distances, doesn't 
get much height, doesn't go very fast, etc. Still, you're right, the movie is 
not canon. ;)

Angela Boyko wrote:
> 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.

He came from Hogwarts-- of *course* the Dursleys hated him on sight! Petunia and 
Vernon, anyway. Probably Petunia's parents thought he was ok, if they were 
really that pleased with Lily being a witch.

> 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.

This scene has been the source of a bunch of threads on the book list, I think. 
Because of course Quirrel does shake his hand in the book. I think the popular 
theory is that Voldemort was not cohabiting Quirrel's body in mid-summer, but 
became posessed between then and the start of the school term.

Joanne0012 at aol.com wrote:
> Dormath only has one head.  Plus, he's guarding the underworld, which is just 
> the opposite of Fluffy's assignment. 

Fluffy is pretty obviously a reference to Kerberos, the three-headed dog who 
guards the Greek underworld. (Hence, a "Greek chap.") I think Orpheus got past 
him with music, too. (Seems like this discussion would belong on the book list, 
except that we're arguing about the "Irish chap" in the movie. I don't know as 
Dormath is a good enough excuse for changing it, but I'm glad to know that at 
least there's a similar legend.) Still, I like a "Fluffy" instead of "Flint" for 
movie errors.

Elizabeth