Lockhart in Fanmail & Dualing scenes (was:Request for CoS favorite quotes)

[Wanda Sherratt]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Andrea" <kattrap_meow at y...> wrote:
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> On the other hand, I enjoyed the film version of his lines in the 
> dueling scene better than the book. <loudly>"Can everyone see 
me? ..
> [insert movie crowd laughing]..Can everyone hear me?" <normal 
voice, 
> to himself> "Excellent."
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I liked him in that scene too - and taking off the cape and tossing 
it to the girls seemed to me to be pure Tom Jones!  I think they 
managed to change that scene a little bit from the book.  In the 
book, Lockhart was obviously incompetent, but he seemed blithely 
unaware of it. In the movie, it looked to me like Snape took control 
of the situation very early on, and Lockhart looked a bit uneasy, 
but unable to do anything about it, and determined not to betray 
himself.  After all, in the book, it's Lockhart who suggests 
teaching the students to ward off unfriendly spells - in the movie, 
Snape does it, and effectively takes over the direction of the 
lesson.  Snape also shoots down Lockhart's choice of volunteers, 
substituting Malfoy for Ron; Lockhart looks a bit uneasy as he turns 
to walk to the end of the table and wishes Harry luck on the way.  I 
think he can tell that this is not going the way he'd prefer, but 
there's nothing he do.