Questions, questions

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> Yes, I'm full of questions.  Okay, first, I got the CoS soundtrack 
> today, inside there are several pictures.  One is a picture I'd 
> seen on The Leaky Cauldron and assumed it was a between scenes shot 
> of the kids cutting up. But it's stuck in there with the others 
> like it's from the movie.  Harry and Ron have their arms around 
> each other, laughing like crazy, and Hermione's behind them 
> laughing.  Is this in the movie or was my first suspicion correct?

I can't be certain about this, as I've not seen the soundtrack yet, 
but what you're describing comes somwhere in the middle of the two 
options. :-)

If it's the photo I think it is, it's in the movie, but it's not a 
live-action scene - it's a magical photo in Harry's photo album. The 
film opens with him browsing through it at night in Privet Drive (the 
shot in the trailer of the reflection of James & Lily in his specs 
comes from this sequence) and the Trio photo is there as well. 

> Next question,  does Harry destroy the diary before or after Fawkes
> heals him?  In the book it's after, but I thought someone said in 
> the movie it was before.  I think.

You think correctly. :-) This has given rise to one of the many nit-
picks of the movie (as a movie, not just as an adaptation). Harry 
manages to stumble around, check Ginny's still alive, "kill" the 
diary, wait for Ginny to wake up and explain herself, and urge her to 
clear out even before Fawkes lands. 

I'm going to be REALLY anal here: 
Assuming the fang going into Harry's arm as time index 0, Riddle 
finishes saying "you have little more than a minute to live" at 60 
seconds, and Fawkes' first tear lands in the wound at 3 mins 19 
seconds.  Draw your own conclusions.

(Yes, I sat in the cinema with my watch in stopwatch mode. :-))

(incidentally, a further little spoiler for you about that scene: 
Riddle's line in the trailer "Let's match the power of Salazar 
Slytherin against the famous Harry Potter" was edited for spoiler 
purposes. It's actually "Let's match the power of Lord Voldemort, 
Heir of Salazar Slytherin, against the famous Harry Potter".)
 
> Third question, the thing with Draco and Quidditch and the hospital 
> wing? Can someone explain that one to me?  It sounds great.

The match action focuses on Harry and Draco as soon as the rogue 
bludger takes off after Harry. Harry and Draco chase around after the 
Snitch (which Harry spots above Draco's shoulder) and Draco ends 
up ... err... unseated ... on the pitch (there's a TERRIFIC reaction 
shot from Lucius sitting in the stands!). The bludger breaks Harry's 
arm, etc. Cut to the hospital wing. Draco is lying in the bed nearest 
to the door, surrounded by a couple of Slyths (Harry is in the 
furthest, with Ron and Hermione - and I think Colin). Draco is 
moaning in pretend agony. Pomfrey walks past and tells him to shut up 
and get out (i.e. there's nothing wrong with him) on her way to 
Harry's bedside with the Skele-Grow.

Foreshadowing? :-)