CoS: things that make me cringe (Part 2)

[erisedstraeh2002]

"GulPlum" (AKA He Who Does Not Sign Posts) wrote:

> Also, Hermione's line: "Millicent Bulstrode, Slytherin": 
> why "Slytherin"? The whole POINT of what they're trying to do is to 
> turn into Slytherins!

Now me:

Well, since this is the first time Millicent is mentioned, I suppose 
they had to throw in a reference to her house.  But I think it would 
have been better if Hermione and Millicent had wrestled - we're left 
to wonder how Hermione obtained the hair in the first place.

"GulPlum" again:

> Being as thick as they are, and Malfoy being as *un*-thick as he 
> is, it should soon be apparent to him that they know nothing about 
> the conversation they just had. Why doesn't Malfoy smell a rat? 

Me again:

I agree this is a mystery in the book, but since the book didn't try 
to explain it, I was glad the movie didn't invent a solution (since 
it probably wouldn't have been what JKR had in mind).

"GulPlum" again:

> I sometimes wonder if Kloves actually *understands* what these 
> books and characters are about.

Me again:

I have to agree with you here.  Having Ron change Scabbers into a 
hairy goblet with a tail is a prime example.  Scabbers shouldn't be 
able to respond to a spell designed for animals, since he isn't 
really an animal.  And how they're going to explain this when it's 
revealed in PoA (the movie) is a mystery to me.

"GulPlum" again:

> (Incidentally, another book-to-screen transfer cringe. Why on earth 
> didn't Ron retain his line much earlier in the movie about *why* he 
> hates spiders? "George turned my teddy into one when I was three" 
> and  a shudder wouldn't have needed to add a nanosecond to the 
> movie's running time, as there was a huge pause at the end of his 
> sentence for another shot of the spiders.)

Me again:

I completely agree, and I also pointed this out in my mega-post.  It 
would have explained Ron's fear of spiders and not made him look like 
a gutless wonder.  (BTW, it was Fred who changed Ron's teddy bear 
into a spider.)

"GulPlum" again:

> Although there's a glimmer of what he [Daniel] *could* be capable 
> of in his delivery of "I bet Dumbledore saw right through you".

Me again:

I *loved* Daniel's delivery of this line - he gritted his teeth just 
like it says in the book, and the more the movie stuck to the book, 
the happier I was!!

"GulPlum" again:

> Harry showing his ankle: WHY?!?

Me again:

To show where the sock came from, of course!  But it *was* corny.  It 
would have been better to see him pull it off and wrap the diary in 
it, but I guess that would have taken up more screen time (and would 
they have had to put in smell effects?).

~Phyllis