Another Ron Thought

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "serenadust" <jmmears at c...> wrote:
>> In my earlier lengthy rant, I forgot to mention something that 
> Kloves/Columbus had Ron do that really was shockingly OOC, IMO.  
In 
> the chamber after Lockhart has had Ron's wand backfire on him, he 
> says something (can't recall what) and Ron says, "heart of a lion, 
> this one"  which was really kind of funny.  Then he HITS HIM IN 
THE 
> HEAD WITH A ROCK!  Someone else mentioned this earlier and thought 
> it was funny.  I thought it was appalling and completely 
> inappropriate.  It seemed to be in there as an amusing sight gag, 
> but it bothered me both times I've seen the movie, and I can't 
> imagine why everyone thought this would be appropriate at this 
> point, when Lockhart is not any real threat.  Ron doesn't do 
> anything remotely like this in *any* of the books, and it seemed 
> like a really cheap sight gag.
> 
> Am I just being stuffy here, or was anyone else bothered by this?
> 
> Jo Serenadust

It bothered me a bit, also.  I know everyone around me laughed just 
a bit, but I don't think it was necessary to add that to the movie.  
I'm wondering why they even added it, at all.  There are moments 
when you just wish they would be true to character and the book, 
but, hey, they don't let us make the movie, do they?  Pity ;).  Just 
teasing.  Anyway, yes, it did bother me a bit.

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