Extra footage & worries for the future

[alhewison]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "shelaghcol" <ShelaghC at a...> wrote:
> So far as anyone can tell, there's no way to get to those deleted 
> scenes without going through Warner Brothers overly imaginative and 
> totally annoying maze.
> 
> What gets me is that *every* time you want to see them you have to 
> circumnavigate that whole circuitous route. And god forbid you 
forget 
> or accidentally hit the wrong combination of ingredients to the 
> potions, winding up in the hospital and back at the beginning of 
> potions class. And by the time you get into the scenes, you've 
wasted more time than the scenes actually total. 


I've had the DVD since it came out in the UK on May 11th - I even 
bought a DVD player specially to watch it, and no, I haven't found an 
alternative "quick route" to getting to the deleted scenes. Actually, 
though, I've got pretty quick at going through Diagon Alley etc to 
get to the scenes, so it nolonger bothers me quite so much!

I guess the truth is that Warner Bros are just marketing the film for 
kids, they may be happy to take our money; but we are not their 
primary audience. 

I have a love/hate relationship with the film. I don't rate it as one 
of the best films I've ever seen, by a long chalk, and yet I'm 
strangely addicted to it. I have now replayed the DVD dozens of 
times, and even my 4 year old daughter has asked me why I keep 
watching it! 

I am another of those who cannot understand why they didn't leave the 
whole Potions lesson in. Of all the deleted scenes, it really annoys 
me that it isn't still there. It shows a more feisty Harry, and 
defines the Harry/Snape relationship for the future. I also wonder if 
Snape is actually trying to spell out the significance of those 
spells to Harry - perhaps the Bezoar and Sleeping Potion will yet 
prove important!

On to another one of my rants: Whatever concerns I have about the 
film, the acting etc etc, I really don't like the idea of the young 
actors being replaced. I know that James Bond has changed several 
times, but in that case we are presented with each film as a stand-
alone, rather than HP which is episcodic. Again, characters are 
replaced in soaps, but how common is it to replay old soaps? I fully 
understand if the kids themselves nolonger want to take part, or if 
there is going to be several years between the making of the films, 
in which case they would outgrow their parts. But otherwise, I am 
rather attached to Dan Radcliffe etc (I'm a bit worried that that's 
not normal for a 33 year old, but there we go!)

Ali