[HPFGU-Movie] Re: I LIKED IT (bracing for rotton fruit thrown)

[juli17 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/7/2004 10:32:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jmmears at comcast.net writes:

> 
> Tasukibeth1 wrote:
>  
> > (7) I had no problem with the creative interpretation on Lupin's 
> werewolf. I 
> > like that he DIDN'T look like a dog; he is NOT a dog, after all! 
> He is 
> > a....thingy...a monster, a creature. He is not a dog and therefore 
> shouldn't look 
> > like one.
> 
> 
> That's perfectly true.  However, since the scene where Snape assigns 
> an essay on werewolves with particular emphasis on How To Identify a 
> werewolf, it was a bit silly to have a werewolf that couldn't 
> possibly be confused with a wolf or a dog.  Requiring that the film 
> maintain it's own internal logic doesn't seem unreasonably 
> picky to 
> me.
>


I didn't find this illogical, since I assumed Snape was 
teaching them how to identify a possible werewolf 
*before* it changed, or perhaps by its sound, its
effect on the surrounding environment, etc, so one
could avoid confronting it. Once it's in its werewolf 
form *and* in sight, you'd be able to identify it most
easily by the fact that it's the thing trying to rip 
your throat out!

Julie