Thoughts on CoS the second (?) time through

[c_voth312]

Yes, that's right, I've only seen the film twice.  I know I'm 
woefully behind ;-)  Anyway, some thoughts on minor things which may 
or may not have been canvassed already:

~Regarding the rumored JKR cameo: the lighting's dim, and her hair 
would have to be under a hat (& possibly a wig), but what I could see 
did look something like her.  It's possible it's someone with a 
similar face structure, though...

~Speaking of cameos: I read somewhere (probably IMDb) that Gandalf 
from "Lord of the Rings" can be seen among the pictures in 
Dumbledore's office, but I didn't catch him.  Anyone care to 
confirm/deny/question this?

~The mandrakes now rank ahead of nails on the blackboard (but behind 
Macy Gray's voice) as the most horrid sound in the universe.  I can 
believe something like that could fatally injure someone--good job 
from the sound effects people.

~This still bothers me.  Why do Harry and Ron still sound like 
themselves once they've drunk the Polyjuice potion?  Shouldn't their 
vocal cords have altered along with the rest of them?  On the 
positive side, the lip synching was managed quite well.

~When Harry's looking through his ransacked stuff, I swore I 
saw "Quidditch Through the Ages" among the books (it's about the 
right size and color).  "Fantastic Beasts" might have been in there 
too...

~Okay, we all know the Slytherin Quidditch team isn't exactly the 
most rule-abiding sort, but how are they getting away with an extra 
player?  In the end credits (and yes, I stayed all the way through, 
again) three cast members are listed as playing Slytherin *Beaters.*  
My first thought was these are actually the Chasers and someone wrote 
down the wrong term, but then what about Flint?  Did he switch 
positions?  I need to sit down now, my head hurts...

~Christi