That silly little box! (Some SPOILERS)

[Susan Miller]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
>  
> I can't speak for other people or for the first person to use the
> Kelpto!Malfoy reference, but I don't think they meant it literally. 
> 
> It was simply a general shorthand reference to the fact that we see
> Draco stealing twice in this move, when that is not actually part of
> the book. So it was a shorthand generalization, but it did beg to
> question why would they show Draco stealing, and I think my
> explanation show how they could justify it in the context of the
> movie. In two very short, no words, no speeches, no explainations
> scenes, they were able to show how far above the rest of the world
> Draco sees himself.
> 
> Thank, glad you liked my theory.
> 
> bboy_mn

Well, it's not TOTALLY out of canon. I mentioned this once before in 
this thread, but I think it merits repeating. I don't have the books 
here at work, but I remember from the Borgin scene, which was filmed 
and then cut from the movie, that Lucius is berating Draco for not 
having better grades than muggle Hermione. Lucius also says that if 
Draco doesn't improve, that stealing would be all he would be good 
for. I think this line is in the cut part from the movie, which would 
then have Klepto!Draco have meaning. 

Constance Vigilance