[HPFGU-Movie] RE: Where is the humour?

[Richelle Votaw]

Steve writes:

> We all know that there are scenes in every book that seem irrelevant at
> first, but then becomes important in another book. When the screenplay is
> written, they have to eliminate many of the scenes in order to get the film
> with 2-3 hours. But they must be careful not to eliminate scenes that will
> play a greater importance later on.

Yes, there are a great many things that must be eliminated.  But some of them just get glossed over.  For example, Fred/George's "We got Potter" after the sorting in SS/PS.  I thought it had been skipped entirely.  But it's there.  You just can't hear them.  It took me at least 40 watchings to notice it! But Oliver or James (whichever) was definitely saying "We got Potter."

And Daniel rolling his eyes when Emma says "Nearly headless?  How can you be nearly headless?"  It's hilarious, but it took me forever to notice!  Of course, that's not from the book at all anyway.  But it was cute.

Richelle


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