the coming movies

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"River3_98" <ITZregina at h...> wrote:
>   While rereading COS I was mentally taking notes of what I thought 
> would be taken out.  I think the "Deathday Party" will be skipped. 
It 
> doesn't have anything to do with the main point of the book.  It's 
> just a humorous diversion.  Unfortunately, a lot of the humor is 
> taken out to keep the movie short.  The trio would not need to be 
> coming from the party for Harry to hear the basilisk again.

It's not "just" a humorous diversion. It's an insight into Harry's 
character (he'll help someone even if it's distasteful for him and 
though he could be enjoying himself instead) and it shows something 
of the HRH dynamic in that Ron & Hermione follow along despite it not 
sounding particularly good fun. 

It also gives us an insight into the ghosts' social life (!) which 
may or may not become important later on. Furthermore, one of the 
invented lines in the first movie was NHN mentioning his attempts to 
get accepted for the Headless Hunt. I can't imagine the team dropping 
that thread. That the party introduces Moaning Myrtle is perhaps 
secondary...

I'm deliberately trying not to re-read CoS before the movie comes 
out, so I can't remember if there are any other salient points to be 
raised. :-)