[HPFGU-Movie] PoA - my thoughts (long; spoilers)

[clshannon at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/5/04 2:30:26 PM, holbroal at mcmaster.ca writes:


> -Magic blended in incidentally in scenes rather than becoming the
> focus of it.  Someone else pointed out, for instance, the giraffe
> running throught the pictures on the staircases and ghosts galloping
> randomly through the Great Hall.  That seems more in keeping with a
> world in which magic is part of everyday life.  I never could accept
> the gasps of wonder from Harry's first year class as they moved into
> the castle for the first time in Columbus' SS: "The paintings are
> talking!"  Duh.  Don't your paintings talk at home? (granted, some of
> those kids were likely to be from Muggle families, but not all of
> them)
> 

Thank you for expressing   what I was thinking so well! I was thinking the 
same thing about the first two movies - why are a   lot of the kids so amazed by 
things at Hogwarts? Aren't most of them from magical families? And I never 
could understand why Ron didn't know more about things when he got to school - 
he is a pureblood wizard. He should not have been surprised by anything other 
than dispelling any lies that the twins told him beforehand (like how they told 
him that to be sorted, one has to wrestle a troll <g>). 
You hit the nail on the head for me about the inherent magic in this movie - 
it's just there, no head turning, no gawking, it's part of their lives and 
they are used to it.
Cindy


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