Ron's Rock Throwing and Deletion of Funny Lines (WAS: Ron's odd violence)

[erisedstraeh2002]

Ellen wrote:

> Whapping someone with a rock is <not> funny, and I hate to think of 
> kids emulating this casual act.  
 
and Constance Vigilance ("Susan Miller") responded:

> I agree, Ellen. What I thought when I saw this was not only was it 
> unnecessary at the time - Gilderoy was no longer a threat - but was 
> foolish. 

Now me:

In the book, Ron kicks Lockhart in the shins (or at least Harry 
thinks so, judging by the sound - he can't see, since they're behind 
the rock wall at this point).  So the movie decided to have Ron hit 
Lockhart with a rock instead of kicking him in the shins.  I never 
understood why JKR had Ron kick Lockhart in the shins in the first 
place.  It seemed out of place in the book, and it also seemed out of 
place in the movie.

Constance Vigilance again:

> And we lost the great lines of the book. "I'm a teacher? Not a very 
> good one, I bet."

Me again:

I meant to put this in my mega-post - I completely agree, the movie 
makers lost one of the great lines here ("I expect I was hopeless").  
Especially when Dumbledore says "Impaled upon your own sword, 
Gilderoy?" and Lockhart responds "Sword?  Haven't got one.  This boy 
does, though."  To me, these were some of the funniest lines in the 
entire book, and I'm surprised they left them out of the movie.

~Phyllis