Harry and the Hand of Glory

[Hollydaze]

> >  I wrote:
> >
> >there is one other thing that puzzles me about the deletion of this
> >scene and it puzzled me the very first time I saw the film, why did
> >they favour the scene with Harry and the Hand of Glory OVER the scene
> >of him hiding from the Malfoys? It seemed like a bit of a strange
> >choice unless there is a reason behind it. There are certain other
> >scenes like this in the movie, where something 'insignificant' has
> >been favoured over something that seems to be more important
> >(although the others are a lot more subtle) and it just seems
> >interesting when taken with JK and Kloves' comment on the interview
> >about there being a certain aspect of the books that JK said HAD to
> >be included for something else to make sense later in the series.
> 
> Bohcoo replied:
> Yes, yes, yes! Hollydaze, I, too, watched the movie (COS) with that 
> information in mind, especially when something in the movie just 
> didn't make sense, or, was different from the book and driven home by 
> a sledge hammer. (Draco being a thief, Ron's cruelty in the Chamber 
> towards an incapacitated Lockhart, affection for Hagrid in the final 
> scene, etc.)

Hmm, I'm not sure about those bits actually. I was referring more to things that ARE in the book but had a different spin on them in the film. Although Harry is not grabbed by the Hand of glory in the book, the Hand itself is still there, just made less significant. Basically any importance that it MAY have was hidden in the Malfoy/Borgin conversation. 

The points you've made are things that are totally different from the book, they've been added in, and unless, like the added scene in the first film, they are said to be JK approved -which I think is unlikely- then I don't think they'll have any major significance (if they did have, surely they would have been mentioned in the books wouldn't they?) Remember that JK said it was something that needed to be kept, not something new that needed to be added.


HOLLYDAZE!!!


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