Another Ron Thought

[Andrea]

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> 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.

Well, for one thing, I'm fairly certain Ron said, "Hard to rely on this
one," not heart of a lion.  Anyway, I laughed along with everyone else
when Ron hit him on the head with a rock.  I didn't see it as particularly
out of character at the time, though I can understand people saying so in
retrospect.  Ron has always been somewhat impetuous and rash, so I could
see him doing something like that.  He didn't hit him hard enough to do
anything more than knocking him unconscious, which is a sensible thing to
do when he's all alone with Lockhart and a malfunctioning wand.


Andrea


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