[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Cedric Diggory cut from PoA

[Richelle Votaw]

dan1575 writes:

> I'd just like to say that I quite agree with Susan on this. The three
> quidditch matches in PoA are very important. If not, why JK Rowling
> wrote three separate chapters on it? By far, they were the most
> thrilling quidditch matches that Ms Rowling had written. It truly
> saddens me to hear this news that they will be cut, especially since
> I reread the Hufflepuff match and the Ravenclaw match in PoA last
> night. I can only hope that this isn't true. 

First of all, let me say I hope the rumors that Sean Biggerstaff is not resigned for PoA aren't true.  I understand that the magazine the article where he said he'd not yet been signed (or asked even, can't quite remember) is a couple of months old.  Which means that it's possible the interview is a couple of months older than that.  He comments in the article about having seen Alan Rickman's Private Life on Broadway.  That started in the summer, anyone know how long it ran?  Anyway, basically I'm saying if it's been as much as four months, he could easily have signed on in those four months.

However, if he's not signed, what does that mean for Quidditch in PoA?  You can hardly have Harry playing Quidditch by himself.  Or with just the twins.  You've got to have the whole team.  Is it possible to cut Quidditch entirely?  To the story line in general, I mean?  It would be a butchering of the story as a whole.  As dan1575 wrote above, why would JKR include three separate Quidditch matches/chapters if it weren't important?  Just logically speaking for a minute, if Harry isn't playing Quidditch, the dementors can't come to the match and he can't fall off the broom.  If he doesn't fall off the broom, he won't know how desperately he needs a defence against the dementors.  If he doesn't know that, he won't ask Lupin for help.  If he doesn't ask Lupin for help, he won't have dementor lessons, won't know how to produce a patronus, won't save himself, Hermione, etc.  Well, there goes the whole story.  So he's got to fall off the broom.  What else would it be?  I think I've successfully convinced myself they can't cut Quidditch entirely.

Now, unfortunately, I do think they'll narrow it to two (please, not just one) Quidditch games.  Which means no Hufflepuff, no Ravenclaw, no Cho Chang or Cedric Diggory.  Which pretty much guarantees they've just about decided to make GoF two movies.  One for character development, one for the rest of the story.  I guess, theoretically, they could have just one match against Slytherin in which Harry falls off the broom and Malfoy catches the Snitch (ugh).  But I can't see them not having that priceless scene with the fake dementors where Harry first produces a patronus of some sort.  It's needed.  I need it.  I need to see McGonagall yelling at Malfoy and co.  Or at the very least at Crabbe and Goyle, if they make it the Quidditch final against Slytherin. 

Richelle


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