[HPFGU-Movie] Re: harry's broomstick surfing

[Lucy Austin]

>> I'm just wondering if anyone else thought that Harry's scene where 
>> he's 'surfing' his broomstick during the quidditch match was a teeny 
>> bit cringeworthy? I personally thought it was a bit too much and over-
>> the-top.

>Yes, it was cringe-worthy and completely unnecessary.   I read about it before 
seeing it, and was *so* grateful that we saw mostly just his feet, not a 
full-fledged surfer dude!  I suppose Harry, having seen surfers on muggle TV, 
would be more likely to think of such a strategy than the teammates raised in 
the wizarding world. 

>I do hope that in CoS, Kloves and Columbus include more of the original dry-ish 
humor, and less of such American-style dramatic hijinks.

Yes, aarrghh!!! I couldn't believe it when I saw that scene - yuck, yuck! The whole point of flying (particularly a top broom like the Nimbus) is surely being able to move around in the sky - if he needed to get closer, he could have just gone a bit higher and faster. If they HAD to add drama, he could maybe have flung himself forwards nearly off the broom, like I think he does in some other matches - but no surfing - aaargh!

Lucy, back to lurkdom again now.


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