Minor characters rock and rule

[Nicole L.]

Rrishi said:
> Hi all. Watched the movie, died of boredom and
> disappointment. There 
> are so many plot holes and non-sequiturs that very
> soon I was just 
> gesturing feebly in protest.

I'm glad you said this.  I was *extremely*
disappointed with the movie and I've been feeling like
I'm in the minority.  I hated how all of the focus was
on the action scenes and none of the focus was on
character development.  My favorite thing about the HP
books is the character development.  JKR does such a
marvelous job of bringing even the most minor of
characters to life that I wouldn't be surprised if one
of them knocked on my door.  I thought the main
characters in the movie version were all pretty flat
and lifeless and that it was the minor characters who
stood out more.  I enjoyed the portrayal of the minor
characters but I did not like the portrayal of the
main characters at all.

> 
> But -- did anyone care for the actors who handled
> the lesser 
> characters? I thought David Bradley (Filch) was
> marvellous; Jimmy 
> Waylett (Crabbe) and Joshua Herdman (Goyle) as
> Ron-Crabbe and Goyle-
> Harry were really quite good; I could have hugged
> Miriam Margolyes 
> (Professor Sprout); Robert Hardy (Cornelius Fudge)
> was sufficiently 
> helpless in the face of duty; Hugh Mitchell
> (Creevey) looked just 
> right, even though he was a tad too confident.
> Shirley Henderson 
> (Moaning Myrtle) was not bad. Julie Walters (Molly
> Weasley) was not 
> quite angry enough nor quite motherly enough,
> although I was hoping 
> for a lot from her.

I honestly think that Filch is one of my favorite
characters from the movie.  I just love the way David
Bradley plays him.  I found the canon Filch to be
rather annoying but I find the film Filch to be quite
comical.  I just love it when he says, "God, I miss
the screaming!" in SS/PS.  It's my absolute favorite
line from that movie.  I also loved when he said, "Oh,
we are in trouble!" when he caught Harry and Ron in
the second movie.  His nasty little grin and the
motions he makes with eyes just *work*.  I think he's
fantastic.

I liked Hugh Mitchell a lot.  He looks the way I
pictures Colin and he acted the way I pictured Colin
although I thought there was too little of him in the
film.  I'm sure I'll raise a few eyebrows when I say
this but I really *like* Colin.  I actually feel badly
for him when Harry brushes him off.  I know Harry
thinks he's annoying but he just tags along after
Harry all the time because he admires him so much.  I
loved the scene in the film where Colin takes the
picture after Ron retches up the slug and then when he
asks if Ron can turn around.  Priceless.  He's a
photojournalist extraordinaire.  

~Nicole, who will soon console herself for her
disappointment with the film by buying the paperback
copies of the books and reading the series again.

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      "You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed.  
        "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name.  
  But we're not stupid--we know we're called Gred and Forge." 

      Chapter 12, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
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