[HPFGU-Movie] The Importance of Being Flint (was Re: No Quidditch??)

[LeeMunLim03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/26/03 4:06:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dkewpie at pacbell.net writes:

> 
> 
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rdas at f...> 
> wrote:
> >Okay, so we don't have to see an extended bit of Quidditch. It has 
> >been done but some of the things that happen at the matches could 
> >have been depicted and not break the time bank. I will miss the 
> >exhiliration of seeing the team win the Cup. Call me an unrealistic 
> >so-and-so but that wouldn't have taken years. I also was looking 
> >forward to Harry's excellent patronus frightening the living 
> >daylights out of Malfoy. But don't tell me to get realistic because 
> >the absence of some bit of these scenes saddens me.
> 
> First you don't know whether those scenes you mentioned are really in 
> the film or not, you haven't seen the finish film yet. May be some 
> were there in the film? So before you scream/cry/sign petitions about 
> something, why not make sure they are indeed being remove or not 
> first? Yes we know Wood is cut and that's for sure, but we aren't 
> sure the entire Quidditch is removed and we don't know whether 
> Harry's excellent patronus is cut either. Unless you give me proves.
> 
> Second, they have been cutting fan's favorite scenes in the past 
> movies anyways. Where were all the potion classes? where is Peeves? 
> where is Valentine's Day? Where is the bit where Hermione solving the 
> potion logic? There are so much more and we all know that....so my 
> point is, since there have been too many book fan's favorites scenes 
> being cut from the movie in the past, shouldn't we know what to 
> expect by now? You can't have everything!
> so the more important thing to worry/look forward is whether Alfonso 
> Cauron would do a good job in translating/interpreting the book as 
> best as possible, instead of worry/cry/scream/sign petition about 
> this scene and this character being cut. Especially since those cut 
> could mean better things for the finish product, you never know!
> 
> Joan

No you dont know, but I am very concerned now!


Kyle Longbottom 


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