[HPFGU-Movie] Re: What to take out - GoF

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Hi everyone,

Someone said (sorry, don't know who)

>> HMyc> Much extraneous matter about Hagrid & Madam Maxim could be
>condensed
>> HMyc> maybe?
>>
And someone else responded

>> That whole subplot could probably go.
>
Deborah said;

>I think we're going to find that the Hagrid/Maxim subplot will
>figure greatly in subsequent books. The way Dumbledore speaks at the
>end, the giant may become an alliance. So, I would imagine at least
>some of this would have to stay.

Yes. The point is that, in the end, only JKR can say what goes and what
absolutely must stay, since she's the one who knows what's going to be
important later on. For example, anyone who saw the movie without having
read the books may have wondered about the mini-scene with Scabbers. If we
hadn't read PoA, we would have thought that it was unnecessary.

Regards,
Nicholas