dvd deleted scenes

[chthonia9]

Delurking temporarily in honour of DVD-day...

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, CLShannon at a... wrote:
> 
> I for one, am 
> glad they didn't include it because it does change the original 
> characterization of the father-son dynamic

I completely agree, and I was one of those very disappointed last 
November that the scene had been cut. Much as I loved JI's Lucius, 
that level of aggression towards Draco was completely out of 
character, IMO.  At least the scenes they left in allowed for more 
ambiguity in the interpretation.

But that wasn't the only reason to dislike the scene:
1) Draco reacted as if he *hated* Lucius - also OOC, IMHO.  That 
level of discord between the two would surely presage some major 
teenage rebellion on Draco's part later on, and there's been no sign 
of that so far.
2) Borgin was OTT - in his focus on the contents of the box he came 
across as being inherently slimy rather than sucking up to Lucius.  
With the result that:
3) Borgin's line about wizarding blood sounded too insincere to me; 
in the book he agrees with Lucius (if only because 'the customer is 
always right')
4) Were they really implying that Borgin saw the diary? OK, that 
might have made things clearer for viewers who hadn't seen the books, 
but I can't believe Lucius would have been that stupid.
5) And were they also implying that Draco saw Harry?!  At least that 
explains the ridiculous way that Harry got caught by the Hand in the 
final cut, but surely Draco would have said something to his father?  
Or at least questioned Harry about it?
6) Ditto with the other snippet, Borgin catching Harry at the exit.  
Would it not have occured to him that Harry would have witnessed that 
scene?
7) I would have *loved* to see Isaacs deliver that 'it is not - 
prudent' line. ;-)

I did like the way they were adding to and subtracting from the pile 
of money, though.  And Lucius' "You can keep the box" line.  Slightly 
OOC, perhaps (it looked like quite a nice box to me), but I suppose 
they had to get rid of it somehow.

Leaving the scene in would have created some gaping plot holes, IMO.  
And I have to agree with CC that introducing Lucius in the bookshop 
made for a far cooler entrance. :-)

Incidentally, that interview with JI really made me giggle.  There's 
something rather bizarre about seeing 'Lucius' chatting.

As for the other scenes, the full scene with Colin Creevy would have 
made the bit they left in less jarring, and Ron's response made me 
laugh - as did the extended scene at the Dursleys. Neither would have 
furthered the plot, though.

The scene with the car in the woods had the same problem as the scene 
where Ron and the twins use it to rescue Harry; the tension in the 
books comes from not *knowing* what it is, but the way they shot it 
the audience knew before Harry and Ron did.

I agree that more should have been made of the school's reaction to 
Harry - especially the Hufflepuffs in the library, though I also 
enjoyed the Fred and George teasing. Possibly there should have been 
more of his inner conflict, though that 'who am I' scene made me 
squirm.  Nice scenery though.

I was expecting there to be some cut Ginny scenes.  They really 
should have shown more of her growing stress and uncertainty.

And speaking of never-filmed scenes, I enjoyed the gallery sketches 
of the Deathday party.

I was disappointed though that there wasn't more of a photogallery - 
and is there really no commentary, or am I just unable to find it? 
Compared to other DVD's of films of this length, there didn't seem to 
be much to justify the two discs.  But I'm glad the wait is over...

Chthonia