DVD: deletedscenes

[chthonia9]

GulPlum wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> > Mr. Borgin's line is so cool--why did they cut that entire scene?
> 
> Columbus said, and IMO not unreasonably, that he preferred to delay 
> Lucius's entrance until Flourish & Blotts. I can think of lots of 
> very good reasons to have done so, and no honestly good reasons to 
> have kept the B&B scene in. 
 
I can think of a couple:
1) It is the only time we witness the interaction between Lucius and 
Draco when (as far as they know) they are unobserved.  This is 
crucial because (as has been pointed out recently on the book list) 
Draco says nothing in the presence of his father in the bookshop, 
though I can't remember how they played that in the film?

2) It frames the story - we get to see unequivocally from the start 
that Lucius *is* involved with the Dark Arts, as opposed to just 
being an unpleasant character.  IMO this is important because it is 
Lucius' actions (the diary) that drive the story in CoS.  
Structurally it bookends the action (almost) with the showdown at the 
end.


> We can look forward to the fact that the scene was filmed though, 
and 
> that Columbus has promised to include it on the DVD. 

Arrgh.  I'm glad to hear it, but it might mean I have to buy a TV and 
DVD player...
 
> He said that he has already earmarked 8 minutes of scenes he cut 
from 
> the final version to be included, and B&B and the Lockhart quiz 
> (which we also know was filmed) will probably make up the lion's 
> share of that.

Well, I sure hope we get more of Ginny, too.  It *really* irritated 
me the way they racked up the action sequences to a ridiculous extent 
at the expense of character and plot development

Chthonia