Movie Hints

[Diana]

Andrea wrote:
 > Since CoS has been on HBO a billion times this month, I've been 
> watching it a lot more than I normally would and have noticed a 
few 
> things.  

Diana (me) writes:
Me too!  LOL  If the movie comes on when I've just got the TV on for 
background noise, I turn it to CoS.   

Andrea again:
> First, during the dueling club scene when Snape goes to get rid of 
> the snake, he says something that I can't remember and 
> then  "Evanesca."  Now, I don't remember ever hearing 
the "Evanesco" 
> command before OoP; however, this clearly is the same type of 
> command. My guess is that JK shared this incantation with Chris 
> Columbus during the making of CoS.
> 
> This leads me to my second observation, and question.  While from 
GoF 
> on, we are aware of "Stupify" and "Impedimenta", I do not recall 
the 
> incantation Harry uses to get rid of the spiders in the CoS movie. 
> Riddle is heard using it during the "50 years ago" scene when he 
> catches Hagrid, and Harry then uses it when he and Ron are in the 
> hollow with Aragog and his extended family - more specifically, he 
> uses it when Ron is being attacked by the spider once they get 
back into the car.  Now, the exact incantation is escaping me right 
now, but I know that it did not ring any bells with me as far as the 
spell being in any of the books.  
> Do you think that this incantation will end up in either books 6 
or 7, just like the "Evanesca" showed up as "Evanesco" in OoP?

Diana (me) writes:
I believe the spell is "arronia exemay" or "arronia exebay". I'm 
sure the spelling is incorrect as I'm just spelling it according to 
how it sounds like it's spelled.  The spell Snape uses for the snake 
in the dueling scene is "e perra evanesca", again I'm guessing on 
the spelling.  
Harry using the spell in Aragog's den strikes me as a way the 
filmmaker tried to give an example of how good (really good) Harry 
does under pressure.  After all, Harry successfully uses an unknown 
spell he only heard ONCE within the memory inside Riddle's diary - 
and quite a bit later than when he first heard it as well.   In the 
book, Harry does not try any spells against the spiders, but in the 
movie, he repeats the spell performed by Riddle in the memory he 
witnessed.  The exact spell Riddle performed in the memory is not 
given in the book, though he did perform a spell to open Aragog's 
box.  So, either JKR gave the filmmakers a latin-words spell they 
could use in the movie, or the filmmakers just added it on their 
own.  If she did give them the words to use, then I think your idea 
that this spell could appear in future books is a good one. 

Diana L.