Sorting order/The second task

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Pressnell" <manda at q...> 
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
> --
> http://www.mandamia.com

    --Wow, I'm surprised that you think GoF is the weakest book, I've 
always thought it was the strongest. I never thought of it 
as "unnecessarily long". Can I ask which parts you think weren't 
needed? My favorite part about these books are how little things 
you've forgotten about come back and become very important to the 
story, and I thnk GoF does the best job of twisting together 
different plots. As for cutting out the second task: What?! I agree 
that it will be extremely hard to make it look believable (yet 
another reason why I think WB is mad for trying to make this a 
movie). There are several reasons to keep the 2nd Task, the first 
being that, without it, what's the point of the TWT? What kind of 
compition has only two tasks? That seems a bit silly to just fight a 
dragon and then go through the maze. Another is that it shows 
Harry's "moral fiber" or weakness at being a hero (whichever way you 
want to look at it) which is a huge, huge point in OotP (if they 
choose to make that). Plus (and this is the reason I love the 2nd 
Task), it shows that even though Harry and Ron had that huge fight, 
Ron is still the most important person to Harry, the person he'd miss 
the most. Sorry this is so long, but if you take out something like 
the second task, why not just take out the whole Tournament and have 
Harry and Cedric both grab the same bottle of butterbeer/Voldemort's 
portkey in Hogsmead?

Molly, who's definatly worrying too much about this whole thing.

ps: another though just struck me. If they take out the Yule Ball (or 
play it down), which they probably will, then how are they going to 
explain why Hermione is the most important thing to Krum in the 2nd 
Task? Sweet mother, HOW are they going to make this movie?