[HPFGU-Movie] Spoiler; Ron Thoughts and the trio

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Sorry, don't know who said this:-
>> 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.

I agree. I know that it's hinted at in the book, and in the book, it was
justifiable. In the movie, because we didn't have the necessary insight
into Ron's frustration with Lockhart, and it just looked like a piece of
senseless violence.

This was Andrea:-
>Well, for one thing, I'm fairly certain Ron said, "Hard to rely on this
>one," not heart of a lion.

No, it was 'heart of a lion'. I was unexpectedly given the day off work, so
went to see CoS again, in an almost-empty theatre; great!

I concentrated on the trio this time. Some comments:-

I stand by what I said earlier about DR doing it all with his eyes. He's
particularly good at the 'well, if you say so, but I'm not really
convinced' expression, which he achieves with a sort of stare and a small
nod; noticed it esp. when Dumbledore was telling him that yes, he *did*
belong in Gryffindor, and sort of remembered it from PS/SS as well.

I also liked his 'dying' scene. If I remember correctly, the book says that
Harry felt numbed as the basilisk poison took hold; DR conveyed that very
well.

Some good things about Emma Watson's performance; I think that it was
pretty clear that she had a crush on Lockhart, from the way in which she
applauded him in Flourish and Blotts, with a nice little movement of her
head. When she does her big crying scene with the mudblood explanation, I
believed her, not because of the tears, but because she managed to make her
voice wobble partway through.

Rupert was most convincing when he was behaving as he did in PS/SS; as
Harry's guide to the wizard world.

No intermissions at the local multiplex; I think that that mostly happens
in smaller theatres, where ice-cream sales are very important to overall
profitability!

Regards,
Nicholas