Sorting order/The second task

[Amanda Pressnell]

On 12 Aug 2003 at 12:48, joanne0012 wrote:
> 
> JKR has mentioned in an interview that there's a magic quill that writes down 
> the names of Hogwarts candidates as they're born.  Perhaps the list was the 
> one generated by the quill, in birth order?  Is the sorting consistent with the 
> few birth dates that we know?

Sorta. Ron was born in March, Harry in July, and Hermione in September (all in 1980). The order in the sorting ceremony is Hermione, Ron, Harry. However, there was some 
confusion at one point about Hermione maybe being born in 1979. I think that's been cleared up now (wasn't there a JKR-sanctioned timeline on the DVD-ROM of CoS or 
Book magazine or something?), but maybe that's the birthdate they used and there is a method to the madness after all.

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/timeline_hermione.html#birthyear 

On 12 Aug 2003 at 23:33, joj wrote:

> They're going to be making GOF into one movie and they're considering recasting the trio.  Are they high?

About the recasting, yes. About making GoF just one movie, not necessarily. I think it's a good idea. GoF has, in my opinion, always been the weakest HP book just 
because it's so unnecessarily long. It's the only HP book I actually get bored reading. I'll leave it to others to make in-depth lists of what can be cut (and there's plenty). I'm 
not good at that kind of thing. But one thing I'm certain must be cut is the second task. Can anyone honestly believe that this set of filmmakers can do believable 
underwater sequences? I don't think they can unless they significantly improve the special effects work. It sounds like they're attempting to do that with PoA and the 
dementors, so there may yet be hope. But story-wise, the second task is non-essential.

Manda
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