I LIKED IT (bracing for rotton fruit thrown)

[serenadust]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, clshannon at a... wrote:

I wrote: 
  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.


Cindy replied:
> My impression of Snape's lesson was that they learn to idenify a 
werewolf 
> when he is in his 'human' form, going by clues of his behavior or 
appearance. 
> This would make sense then for Hermione to solve the mystery 
before she ever sees 
> Lupin change into wolf form. I thought that Snape was talking 
about clues 
> such as disappearing during the full moon, physical injuries 
indicative of one's 
> roaming around as a wolf and killing prey, etc., even weakness 
after the full 
> moon phase. Things like that.
> But that's just me ;-) 


Well, obviously it wasn't just you <g>. One reason I think that 
Snape was alluding to the werewolf's appearance in it's "wolf" form 
was the passage from OOP, chapter 28, when James, Sirius, Remus, and 
Peter are leaving their OWL exam and talking about question 
10, "five signs that identify the werewolf".  Lupin jokes about the 
werewolf "..sitting on my chair. Two:  He's wearing my clothes..etc"
At that point, Pettigrew says: "I got the snout shape, the pupils of 
the eyes, and the tufted tail....".  Obviously, PP is ignoring the 
jokes and taking the question seriously, so the DADA exam seems to 
be asking about the werewolf after transformation.  However, my main 
reason for assuming this was from Chapter 9, POA when Snape 
asks, "Which of can tell me how we distinguish between the werewolf 
and the true wolf?"  Hermione then replies, "the werewolf differs 
from the true wolf in several small ways.  The snout of the werewolf-
--."  At which point, Snape cuts her off and calls her 
an "insufferable know-it-all".  I really can't recall if Hermione 
begins her description of the differences in the film though.  I'll 
be sure to listen for it next time <g>. 


Of course, in the movie the slides we see Snape show the class seem 
to be showing humanoid figures, so maybe you are right about 
identifying the werewolf in human form.   In the book they 
are definately talking about the wolf form on the OWL exams, since 
it seems that there are no physical identifiers when in human form.  
Still, I suppose I should know by now not to try to understand the 
movies by using the books ;-).

Jo Serenadust, who is beginning to think that being too into the 
books is a real disadvantage in enjoying the movie..