[HPFGU-Movie] RE: More on Parseltounge...

[Moonstruck]

It seems to me that Columbus could have very simply
avoided the Parseltongue confusion by depicting the
scene from two perspectives:

* Harry's -- where we are seeing and hearing what he's
seeing and hearing. Thus, we hear him speaking in
regular English, telling the snake to get away from
Justin and we understand Harry's experience of the
situation. It makes sense this way because everytime
Harry speaks Parseltongue he has no idea he's speaking
in anything other than his native English tongue. He's
completely unaware that he's doing anything different
or exceptional and, as he is, in many ways, the eyes
and the ears of the movie (though not nearly as much
as the book), we should experience at least part of
this scene as Harry experiences it. 

* Everyone else's -- where we are seeing and hearing
what the students are seeing and hearing. Thus, we
hear Harry speaking an eerie, completely foriegn,
incomprehesible language, which appears to be goading
the snake toward Justin, and we understand how
everyone around Harry experienced the situation.

It only would have required a few simple cuts back and
forth and I think the disparity between Harry's
perception of his actions and everyone else's
perception of them would be a bit more apparent. Ron
and Hermione's shock and Harry's bewilderment would
suddenly seem believable and justified. I understood
what was going on because I read the books, but I
can't say I'm certain that non-readers wouldn't have
been rather confused by the entire thing. 

-Jessica 



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