Hermione Granger and the Prisoner of Azkaban

[Haggridd]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan" <v-tregan at m...> 
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> <Ali>But, my biggest problem with the film was (IMO) the enhanced 
> role of Hermione. She seemed to take the lead in so many things. 
In 
> the book Hermione becomes a bit of a wreck, in the film she takes 
> the lead in a lot of the action</Ali>
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> Yes, and no.

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> Now, though it's not explicit in the text, I get the impression 
that 
> Hermione has got the upper hand here. She's clearly not mundane, 
so 
> it is Hermione's interjection and Hermione's departure that stayed 
> with me as the powerful elements of the scene. But in the film 
> Professor Trelawney is given a different rebuttal to say. She is 
> given far more eloquence, and hence it looks like Hermione is 
> defeated and leaves in a sulk. Perhaps Cuaron's personal beliefs 
> prevented him portraying Hermione's quest against Divination as a 
> victory.
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> Cheers,
> 
> Dumbledad.

I am sorry to have to disagree with you, Dumbledad, but when I first 
read PoA, long before any HP movies were released, I took from the 
scene  a sense of profound frustration and defeat on Hermione's 
part, because she was the only one to see what a fraud Professor 
Trelawney was (little did she know!), and everybody else, 
particularly Lavender Brown and her friends, thought Trelawney was 
oh so wonderful.  

I haven't seen the movie of PoA yet, but from your remarks, it seems 
that Cuaron has interpreted the scene the same way I did.

Haggridd