Ron's Robes, Violence, Car, Parseltounge...

[Scott]

--I like this second hand robe idea. But, BUT, his robes are clearly 
black in the Pixie scene (with strong lighting), and clearly grey in 
the mudblood scene (strong lighting as well). Argh! Why don't Fred, 
George, and Ginny have second hand robes as well. (Percy, being a 
prefect had new robes of course.)

Isn't it ironic that the silk used to make robes look old is really 
more expensive? ;)

--I didn't like this violent bit either. (I'm not a big slapstick 
person at all.) This was one of the times people in the theatre with 
me all laughed, and silly me didn't really understand why. (No of 
course I *understood* why, just didn't agree.) Lockhart's memory was 
gone, he certainly wasn't a threat. If Ron has pushed him, that'd be 
one thing, but to hit him with a *rock*, on the *head* no less, 
seemed like a desperate grasp for a funny moment that just didn't 
seem funny or in character at all. 
(also Ron believes at this point that his sister is likely dead. I 
would be so completely distraught...)

--Right about the car and the Knight bus. Muggles can't hear the 
night bus, but it is a completely magical invention right. The FFA 
is just a muggle object that has been enchanted to fly. There's a 
small difference there, but a difference nonetheless. Hmmm. Of 
course there's nothing to suggest that Arthur didn't enchant the 
car's noise level as well. If so it's only yet another of the 
laundry list of enchantments enacted upon the flying ford.  I wonder 
what other things our favourite car can do that we've yet to 
discover...

--I meant about parseltounge that when the snake speaks in the wall 
it's in English, albeit with a slithery sound but still-, and when 
Harry or Tom speak it we hear another language all 
together...shouldn't their's be all slithery english too...I suppose 
this is a plot point that takes its ambiguity from the book, but 
it's not as confusing on paper since we can't *hear* it.

Why isn't Neville suspended when Hermione immobilises all the pixies?

Scott 
(me)