opening scene of PoA

[Audra1976 at aol.com]

"Susan Atherton" <suzloua at hotmail.com> writes:

> As for my own idea of the PoA opening scene? Well, I'm quite fond of Oldman 
> in his cell, thin as a rake, reading the Daily Prophet (we don't see the 
> cover), before standing up, walking over to the bars, putting a hand on them, 
> and then, and only then...smiling. 
> 
> BAM!! Cut to Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban.


Oh man, between this idea and the tattoos in the pictures of Gary Oldman in 
character, I just keep thinking Max Cady from "Cape Fear."  Can't you just 
picture Sirius all tattooed, shirtless, and sweaty in his cell doing push ups and 
pull ups, maybe trying to get some strength up for his big break out.  Then he 
can be grasping the bars, grinning maniacally and repeating, "He's at 
Hogwarts!  He's at Hogwarts! he's at Hogwarts!..."  LOL.  

Actually I do love the idea of opening with the Sirius/Peter confrontation, 
zooming out, showing the explosion, and then zooming back in and showing just a 
hole where Peter was, people screaming, and Sirius in the middle of the 
chaos, laughing.  So what if the first two films opened on Privet Drive?  We've got 
a brand new director now.  There are going to be a lot of changes.  

What if they open with the Sirius/Peter confrontation, then go 12 years later 
to Privet Drive, the Hogsmeade form, and the news report on TV about Sirius 
escaping.  Then they can flash to Sirius again, somehow showing that he is in 
the cave right near Hogsmeade, and then they can have him muttering, "He's at 
Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts."

-Audra-


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